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Katie Jackson is a freelance deputy stage manager and The Stage columnist

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Arts foundations link up to offer series of £20,000 grants to artists

Jerwood Arts, the Wolfson Foundation, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Linbury Trust have come together to launch the Live Work Fund for individuals working the performing arts and music in the UK