Amid ongoing calls for the U.K. government to offer financial support to the country's self-employed and freelance workers, Netflix has donated 1 million pounds ($1.2 million) to help establish a new fund set up by the British Film Institute and the Film and TV Charity.
The COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, to be administered by The Film and TV Charity with support from the BFI, will provide emergency short-term relief to the many thousands of active workers and freelancers in the creative sector who have been directly affected by the closure of productions across the U.K.
due to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. "The film and TV industry is now facing a huge threat.