Financial Help Available to Artists in the Entertainment Sector

It's been a challenging year for residents of the Wood Buffalo Region. If you are an entertainment professional who is facing financial hardship, there is help for you by way of The AFC, previously known as the Actors’ Fund of Canada.

The AFC provides emergency financial assistance to all who work professionally in the arts and entertainment industry, including all aspects of film, television, theatre, music and dance. They strive to help Canadian entertainment professionals  when illness, injury or other personal or professional hardships compromise their health, dignity and  ability to work.

You are eligible to apply for assistance if you have:

• earned more than half your income in the Canadian entertainment industry over the past 3 years;
• earned the majority of your income from the Canadian entertainment industry, if you are over 65;
• experienced an unforeseeable emergency that has led to a financial crisis;
• made reasonable efforts to find other means of income or support.

Within the last 24 months, The AFC has distributed close to $1 million in emergency financial aid to help entertainment professionals working in all aspects of Film & TV, music, theatre and dance.

Learn More 

Please visit: http://afchelps.ca/about/what-we-do/ 

For Assistance 

Please visit: http://afchelps.ca/get-help/ 

Film & Television Relief Program

The Actors’ Fund of Canada provides emergency financial aid to assist cultural workers in recovering from an illness, injury or other circumstances causing severe economic and personal hardship. The Fund is not just for actors: performers, creators, technical staff and other production team members in the fields of film & TV, theatre, music and dance can benefit from the Fund. The Actors’ Fund of Canada receives no government funding and is wholly sustained by support from individuals and entertainment industry organizations. 
Through its Film and Television Relief Program (FTRP) the Fund will help hundreds of film and television industry workers in 2014. The Actors’ Fund of Canada was the recipient of the 2011 Gemini Special Award for exceptional service to the Canadian television industry.
Help us spread awareness of the Actors’ Fund of Canada by spreading the word on set, in the studio and on stage! 

Learn more: http://www.actorsfund.ca/about-us/what-we-do 
Apply to the Fund: http://www.actorsfund.ca/apply-for-assistance 

The Actor's Fund of Canada

The lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry

The Actors’ Fund of Canada provides emergency financial aid to assist cultural workers in recovering from an illness, injury or other circumstances causing severe economic and personal hardship. The Fund is not just for actors: performers, creators, technical staff and other production team members in the fields of film & TV, theatre, music and dance can benefit from the Fund. The Actors’ Fund of Canada receives no government funding and is wholly sustained by support from individuals and entertainment industry organizations.

Through its Film and Television Relief Program (FTRP) the Fund will help hundreds of film and television industry workers in 2014. The Actors’ Fund of Canada was the recipient of the 2011 Gemini Special Award for exceptional service to the Canadian television industry.

Help us spread awareness of the Actors’ Fund of Canada by spreading the word on set, in the studio and on stage!

Learn more: http://www.actorsfund.ca/about-us/what-we-do
Apply to the Fund: http://www.actorsfund.ca/apply-for-assistance

For information:
David Hope, Executive Director
Phone: 1.877.399.8392
Website: www.actorsfund.ca
Email: contact@actorsfund.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/actorsfund
Twitter: @actorsfund