BPOC Mutual Aid Fund (Formally BPOC Travel Fund) (currently closed, reopening 25/11/24)

This mutual aid travel fund is available to all Black, Brown and Racialised people living in Scotland (you do not have to be an art worker to claim.) We hope this fund can support people now and into the future. 

You can claim up to £50 per month, in any form of amount/s that works best for you, no questions asked. 

This is a solidarity fund aimed at redistributing finances across our communities.

OR

1. On the right of the screen, click ACTIONS and then click ‘Request Grant’

2. Click  ‘Request Grant’

3. You will have to create an account. You need an email address to make an account
** To be anonymous on the website, sign up with an anon name. That will be your profile name which is visable. Your legal name is needed for the bank account details, none of which is visible.
** You make your profile name at this stage:

Open Collective will then send a link to your email address. You will then need to click this link in your email to return to  Open Collective to make the claim.

You will then be taken back to your claim, to complete the remaining information outlined below.

4. Input the Payee’s information and your preferred ‘Payout Method’.

5. Click ‘Next’.

6. Under ‘Grant Subject’ write ‘Travel’  

7. In the description box write ‘Travel’

8. Ignore the optional ‘Upload documentation’.

9. Click ‘Next’.

Note: We are aiming to structure this fund to be sustainable and reliable in the long term. While we aim to support everyone who submits a claim, we can only provide access to the funds we have in the Open Collective account. We will be continuing to seek regular contributions to this fund from allies, with the goal that the fund becomes sustainable in this format. If we are running close to the end of our finances we will firstly seek more contributions and we will also share updates on social media. Check AW4PS social media where we aim to share other resources folk can access for support.

If you have any questions or would like support with this online platform please email AW4PS at: [email protected]