Brexit
What is One Dance UK doing?
One Dance UK has been working tirelessly to build a close and constructive dialogue with the policymakers tasked with creating the frameworks for a UK post-Brexit.
Having conducted member surveys and published reports, we have regular meetings and discussions with a range of Government departments; created the Dance Sector Brexit Working Group; provide case studies, evidence, feed into scenario planning; work alongside partners and organisations representing the performing arts and creatives industries; and connect Government officials with UK dance artists and companies, to help build an understanding of the unique challenges the dance sector faces.
- We urge the Government to put the right conditions to be put in place to ensure the UK dance sector can continue to thrive after the UK leaves the EU.
- We highlight the reliance of the UK dance sector on EEA migrant workers.
- We call for the continued ease of movement of people and objects across borders both in terms of visas as well as appropriate entry criteria such as salary thresholds.
- We signal the direct impact on touring work of large to mid and smaller-scale companies, as well as on the vast number of freelancers doing important work in our sector.
- We express concern about the potential impact on the art form itself.
As your sector support organisation, our first priority is representing you – as such, if you wish to talk with us further about Brexit, ask a question, or express a concern that you would like us to represent use the button at the bottom of the page to email us.
Preparing for Brexit:
The latest Government guidelines on preparing for Brexit can be found by clicking here
Not sure what it all means? Check out this list of FAQs on this regularly updated BBC Brexit Guide, including a really useful jargon buster.
A collection of guides has been updated by DIT, FCO and BEIS on providing services and travelling for business to the EU after Brexit. It includes links to business travel and entry requirements, which is something we know many in the sector have asked for.
DCMS has also published this ten-point checklist for arts and cultural organisations.
The Home Secretary has announced that EU citizens moving to the UK after a no-deal Brexit will be able to access a temporary immigration status, until the new skills-based immigration system goes live at the start of 2021.
Government has also announced that a 24 month visa will be introduced for Tier 4 students to work in any number of roles after they graduate, to come into force for those starting university from the next academic year onwards.
EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK will have until at least 30 June 2021 to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, you will need to be living in the UK before it leaves the EU to apply. The deadline for applying will be 31 December 2020.
For our members who are UK nationals living in the EU, see this Living in the EU: prepare for Brexit guide on the rights and status of UK nationals living in the European Union, European Economic Area (EEA) and European Free Trade Area (EFTA), and Switzerland post-Brexit.
For EEA citizens and their family members arriving in the UK after we leave the EU in the event the UK leaves without agreeing on a deal, the Government has set out these provisions. In this scenario, the Government will end free movement, and this will happen as soon as practically possible. In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, there will be a transition period until the UK’s new skills-based immigration system is introduced at the beginning of 2021.
There is also an employer toolkit to equip employers with the right tools and information to support EU citizens and their families to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme here.
The Scottish Government is offering a Brexit Support Grant to help small to medium-sized enterprises in Scotland manage a wide range of Brexit impacts.
