The document discusses the implications of Brexit for charities in the UK. It provides updates on key Brexit milestones such as triggering Article 50 and agreeing to an implementation period. It outlines how the Office for Civil Society can help charities understand Brexit impacts. Brexit may affect EU funding for charities, freedom of movement for EU citizens working in the sector, and EU laws and regulations that charities operate under. The future is uncertain but the sector is encouraged to provide views to help shape policies on these issues.

1. UPDATE ON BREXIT AND THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR
CHARITIES
CHAIR
BRENDAN COSTELLOE
SENIOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER (EU),
NCVO
SPEAKERS
GABRIELLE MELVIN
SENIOR POLICY OFFICER, OFFICE FOR
CIVIL SOCIETY
ALI HARRIS
CEO, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FORUM
AMY MOUNT
HEAD OF GREENER UK UNIT, GREEN
ALLIANCE
Dinner
sponsors:
Media
partner:
Headline
sponsor:
Lead
sponsor:
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2. OFFICE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
WHO WE ARE
We are responsible
for policy relating
to young people,
volunteers,
charities, social
enterprises and
public service
mutuals

3. OCS & EU EXIT
• To understand the impact of EU exit on the Voluntary,
Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector across
Whitehall
• To listen to and champion the views of the VCSE sector
• To support the VCSE sector through this time of change
HOW WE CAN HELP
• We want to hear your views and offer our support e.g. in
contacting other government departments
• ocseusubteam@culture.gov.uk
OUR ROLE

4. THE ROAD TO BREXIT
KEY MILESTONES
29 March 2017 – Article 50 triggered
December 2017 – Joint Report: ‘divorce bill’, citizens’ rights, N
Ireland
23 March 2018 – Implementation period agreed
Ongoing in 2018 – Negotiations on future relationship
October 2018 – Withdrawal Agreement ratified
29 March 2019 – EU Exit
31 December 2020 – End of implementation period

5. PM’S MANSION HOUSE
SPEECH
• Set out PM’s vision for future economic partnership
• Frictionless trade – seeking mutual recognition and
regulatory alignment
• Customs – either customs partnership or highly streamlined
customs arrangement
• Labour mobility framework – to facilitate trade in services
• Explore membership of EU agencies
• Independent arbitration system

6. IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD
• Implementation period will run from 30 March 2019 to 31
December 2020
• The UK will no longer be a Member State, but market access
will continue on current terms
• Common rules will remain in place meaning we will be able
to trade on the same terms until end of 2020
• UK able to negotiate, ratify and sign new trade deals (to take
effect post Dec 2020)
• Secured reciprocal deal to give further certainty on citizens
rights

7. BREXIT LEGISLATION
• EU (Withdrawal) Bill – aka ‘Repeal Bill’, brings EU law into
UK law (maintain regulatory environment on Exit Day +1)
• Taxation (Cross-Border) Bill – allows creation of UK
standalone customs regime
• Trade Bill – creates powers to negotiate FTAs
• (tbc) Immigration Bill – control numbers / access to
brightest & best

8. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
• Estimates from NCVO suggest that in 2014/15 the sector
received between £350-£450m of EU funding. Funds include:
• European Social Fund
• European Regional Development Fund
• Humanitarian Aid and International Development funding
• EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation
• Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme
• Horizon 2020
• Erasmus+
• Creative Europe
• EU Life
EU FUNDING

9. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
• Agreement on implementation period – certainty on
participation in EU funding programmes until end of 2020
• Once agreed in Withdrawal Treaty this will supersede
requirement for a domestic guarantee of funding
announced by Treasury last year
UK organisations should continue to bid for EU funding
• UK participation in future EU programmes will be a matter
for negotiations and our future relationship with the EU
EU FUNDING

10. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
EU FUNDING
• Conservative Manifesto 2017 promised to:
“use the structural fund money that comes back to the UK
following Brexit to create a United Kingdom Shared Prosperity
Fund, specifically designed to reduce inequalities between
communities across our four nations. The money that is spent
will help deliver sustainable, inclusive growth based on our
modern industrial strategy”
• Commitment to consult widely on the fund

11. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
• Estimated 4% of the 853,000 paid employees in voluntary
sector EEA nationals. We are undertaking analysis to
estimate number of volunteers who are EEA nationals and
number in social enterprise sector
• VCSE sector draws on EEA nationals from low skilled (e.g.
in the social care sector) to medium-high skilled (e.g.
medical research specialists)
• Migration Advisory Committee – Call for Evidence July-
Oct 2017. Detailed study of evidence on patterns of EU
migration, and role of migration in wider economy
• MAC to report to Home Secretary Oct 2018 –
to inform future immigration system

12. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
CITIZENS RIGHTS
• Settled status scheme for EU citizens and their family
members. The new system will be streamlined, low-cost
and user-friendly
• EU citizens applying to stay in the UK after the
implementation period will have until June 2021 to obtain
settled status and leave to remain
• During the implementation period, EU citizens coming to
the UK and UK nationals going to the EU will be able to live,
work, volunteer and study as they do now, but there will be
a registration scheme for EU citizens who arrive in the UK
during this period

13. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
CITIZENS RIGHTS
• The agreement set out in the Withdrawal Agreement text,
will provide certainty to EU and UK nationals about their
rights going forward. It will enable families to stay together
and also gives people more certainty about residence,
healthcare, pensions and other benefits.
• EU citizens will also be given a statutory right of appeal,
if their application is unsuccessful

14. EU EXIT & THE VCSE SECTOR
OTHER IMPACT AREAS
• EU laws and regulations: EU laws do not directly regulate
VCSEs but sector may be impacted by any changes. Future
regulatory landscape will be subject to negotiation
• Economic impact: Impact on international spending power
with any fluctuations in value of sterling. But overall the UK
economy is fundamentally strong, highly competitive and
open for business

15. NEXT STEPS
• We want to hear your views on other areas of impact,
and any concerns or opportunities you wish to raise
• Keep up to date: OCS ‘for info’ newsletter
• Please contact us: ocseusubteam@culture.gov.uk

16. BREXIT AND EQUALITY
ALI HARRIS
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
FORUM
Dinner
sponsors:
Media
partner:
Headline
sponsor:
Lead
sponsor:
Digital
partner:
#BrexitEquality #SharedProsperity

17. ALI HARRIS, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FORUM
@EQUALITYFORUMUK #BREXITEQUALITY
#SHAREDPROSPERITY
Brexit and Equality

18. The EU and rights
Just one example of many: age discrimination
Maximum age on job ads
Men working 5 years more for pension
Women over 60 no unfair dismissal
No protection in consumer and services
EU role:
Case law and Directive 2000/78 => UK age employment
regulations
Consumer protections based on employment protections
Red line below which national laws cannot fall

19. Withdrawal Bill priorities
1. Rule out the use of delegated powers to amend or
limit equality and human rights laws
2. Ensure the use of delegated powers has proper
and appropriate parliamentary scrutiny
3. Include a principle of non-dilution of equality and
human rights
4. Retain the protections of the EU Charter of
Fundamental Rights
5. Introduce a constitutional right to equality
6. Ensure UK courts consider when to take account
of EU law

20. The EU and funding

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22. EU requirements:
-cross-cutting themes (CCTs) for all programmes - equal opportunities and
gender mainstreaming, tackling poverty and social exclusion
-address needs of those at most risk of discrimination
UK Government and devolved administrations’ principles for meeting
requirements of CCTs, and expectations on Managing Authorities for delivery
Fund-specific thematic priorities and participation targets
Good practice: CCT support team, use of procurement
Equality drivers

23. SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Replace REC fund - to tackle domestic abuse, hate crime, etc
2. Shared Prosperity Fund should continue support to people and
communities facing discrimination and marginalisation
3. ‘Domestic’ priorities for current and replacement investment should
include equality and human rights, and take account of devolution
4. Build equality drivers into all future funds
5. Improve processes and targeting, including the use of equality data
6. Increase accessibility of funds for voluntary and community organisations

24. Shared prosperity, shared rights: replacing EU funding for equality and human rights after
Brexit:
edf.org.uk/sharedprosperity
Our Brexit resource bank:
edf.org.uk/brexit
Our newsletter:
edf.org.uk/get-involved/newsletter

25. THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SECTOR’S RESPONSE
TO BREXIT
NCVO Annual Conference, 16 April 2018
Amy Mount, head of Greener UK unit, Green Alliance
@ASmallAMount

26. 26
The Greener UK coalition

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30. RISK TRACKER
30

31. 31
Withdrawal Bill

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36. The environmental NGOs’ Brexit ecosystem
Greener UK board (Shaun Spiers, Green Alliance), partners’ group & unit
Pillars Task groups
Parliamentary (Paul McNamee, Green Alliance)
Brexit scenarios (David Baldock, IEEP)
Withdrawal Bill (Ruth Chambers, Green
Alliance)
Devolution (Lloyd Austin, RSPB)
Public campaigns (Steven Roddy, RSPB)
Climate &
energy
(Chaitanya
Kumar, Green
Alliance & Pete
Clutton-Brock,
E3G)
Fisheries &
marine
(Lyndsey
Dodds, WWF)
Farming & land
use
(Richard Hebditch,
National Trust &
Jenna Hegarty,
RSPB)
Policy (Tom
Lancaster, RSPB
& Marcus
Gilleard, National
Trust)
Link Legal
(Matthew Stanton,
WWF & Richard
Benwell, WWT)
ELUK Brexit
nature
coalition (Kate
Jennings, RSPB)
Link 25YP
(Richard Benwell,
WWT & Karen
Ellis, WWF)
Link agriculture
(Helen Chesshire,
Woodland Trust)
Link marine
(Chris Tuckett,
MCS)
Sustai
n
The
Climate
Coalition
Key
Greener UK pillar
Greener UK task group
Link group
Joint Link & Greener UK group
Sustain
The Climate Coalition
Brackets = chair/sEnvironment Links UK (NIEL, SEL, WEL & WCL)
Coordination group (Amy Mount, Green Alliance)
EU negotiations (Stephen Hinchley, RSPB)
Media & comms (Ben Halfpenny, Green
Alliance)
Legislative strategy (Stephanie Hilborne, The Wildlife Trusts & Tony Juniper, WWF)
Trade (Ali Plummer, RSPB)
Risk Tracker (Amy Mount, Green Alliance)