Returning to DanceCOVID19 vulnerability

and equality and

diversity: Review of

the government

guidance

By the end of this webinar today, we hope to

● Give an overview of the pieces of UK government

guidance for England on vulnerable people.

● To discuss One Dance UK’s role in advocating

for and supporting equity and diversity in the

dance sector

At the end of the webinar, we welcome questions.

This will give us direction for what support we could

help to provide to the sector.

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Tomorrow – Panel and open space

Tomorrow, we will discuss implications of COVID with a panel of

people from across the dance sector including:

• Hannah Robertshaw, Programmes Director, Yorkshire Dance

• Sophie Tickle, Lead Artist/Project Manager, Dance Syndrome

• Kimberley Harvey, Director, Candoco Youth Dance

• Ellie Douglas Allan, Senior Producer, Candoco

• Jeanefer Jean Charles, Creative Artist and Producer

To follow up this initial information sharing, we will host open spaces

for discussion. This will allow us all to become more aware of each

other’s stories and situations and share how we are approaching this

issues. Anyone interested in being a part of the open space discussion

is welcomed.

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Context of these webinars

● Public health is a devolved issue. Keep in mind that guidance for

dance activities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

varies.

● If planning dance activity, you should always consider whether there are

local restrictions in place in your area or region. If so, you should

first read the guidance relevant to your area as this may supersede

guidance in this webinar.

● Government guidance will evolve with science. No one has all the

answers, as medical and scientific understanding of coronavirus

disease is developing – we are learning together!

● Read the relevant government guidance for your planned work.

Use creativity, consider the resources available to you and discuss ideas

with others to address guidance within your context.

● We aim to:

○ Provide a space to discuss, raise questions, identify issues and

share practice

○ Support practical implementation of government guidance across

the dance sector to help everyone to return to dancing safely4

How to use this webinar

Type questions into the Q&A box

● We will try to address as many questions as possible live. All

answered questions will be available in writing on One Dance

UK’s website after the session

● You can upvote questions you see in the Q&A box so they will

move to the top of the list to be answered

CHAT QUESTIONS

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Our panel today

Co-Chair:

Andrew Hurst

CEO, One Dance UK

Mercy Nabirye

Head of Dance of the

African Diaspora,

One Dance UK

Co-Chair:

Christopher

Rodriguez

Deputy CEO and

Finance Director,

One Dance UK

Dr Roger

Wolman

Consultant in

Rheumatology and

Sport & Exercise

Medicine

Nick Allen PhD

Clinical Director,

Birmingham Royal

Ballet

Tori Drew

Dance in Education

Manager, One Dance

UK

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Co-Chair: Andrew

Hurst

CEO, One Dance UK

Who we are

One Dance UK

Sector support organization for dance

Subject association for dance

Dance Medicine and Science Expert

Panel

National Institute of Dance

Medicine and Science

Enhancing dancers' health, wellbeing and

performance

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• Stage One - Rehearsal and training (no

audiences and adhering to social

distancing guidelines)

• Stage Two - Performances for broadcast

and recording purposes (adhering to

social distancing guidelines)

• Stage Three - Performances outdoors

with an audience plus pilots for indoor

performances with a limited distance

audience from July 11. We will now also

work with the sector to get small pilots

started as soon as possible and will set

out further details in due course.

• Stage Four - Performances allowed

indoors / outdoors (but with a limited

distanced audience indoors)

• Stage Five - Performances allowed

indoors / outdoors (with a fuller audience

indoors)

The UK government, published guidance and a

roadmap for re-opening the performing arts in

July that allows live indoor performances with a

socially distanced audience from Saturday 15

August. We currently in Stage 4.

This roadmap applies to England, but Scotland,

Northern Ireland and Wales are currently

developing their own guidance and are likely to be

similar, if perhaps a little later (as we have seen

already through the easing of lockdown). We will

update members once the guidance for the other

nations has been published.

1. Phased return to professional performing arts

Updates Five-Stage Roadmap

Risk assessment

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● Reopening requires a written Risk Assessment for anyone

employing more than five employees to show you’ve

addressed COVID-19, using the guidance to inform your

decisions and control measures, and taking account of the

needs of those with protected characteristics.

● We covered this in a previous session which you can find on

our website and YouTube channel.

● Template risk assessments can also be found on our

website: https://www.onedanceuk.org/return-to-dance/

Diversity in the performing arts

● Today we are considering Vulnerability, Equality, and

Diversity and before we get to the government

guidance, myself and some colleagues will give some

brief updates on our work in this area.

● When we do get to the Q&A section, please note that if

we don’t answer your question it may have already

been answered. You can find answers to all questions,

the video recordings and slides from all previous

sessions on our website.

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Three sources of guidance

Depending on where you are in the UK, the setting you are working in and who you are

working with, you will need to refer to different pieces of guidance.

● Following an update to the guidance on 13th August ,Professionals and non-

professionals are covered by the DCMS Performing Arts guidance for England.

● Dance Studios in England can fully reopen and will need to refer to the grassroots

sports, gym and leisure facilities guidance. Those in Northern Ireland, Scotland and

Wales will need to refer to guidance for the nations once it has been published (to date

only guidance for Northern Ireland on reopening venues has been published).

Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) Performing Arts

Grassroots sport and gym/leisure facilities

Protective measures for out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Meeting people outside your household

Our work during COVID19

● Regular contact with government and officials reporting on the impact on

our sector, and shortfalls in support.

● Written evidence submission to the DCMS Select Committee enquiry,

including impact diversity in dance. Called for targeted intervention to

safeguard the progress that has been made on diversity. The Select

Committee picked up on several of the points raised by us in their report.

● Wrote to DCMS and the Arts Council when the Cultural Recovery Fund

was announced - diversity needed to be specifically addressed in

recovery plans.

● Please do voice your concerns about diversity and inclusion in the

dance sector with us directly, and consider joining the webinar

tomorrow which includes a panel discussion followed by an open

space opportunity for you to raise and discuss your concerns.

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Co-Chair:

Christopher

Rodriguez

Deputy CEO and Finance

Director, One Dance UK

● DCMS impact of diversity to the sector - 3 rounds of

talks with Dance of the African Diaspora

organisations and individuals to be guided on their

key concerns for returning to work

● We believe that equality, diversity and inclusion

in leadership, workforce, education and

performance output is ethically right and a pillar

for an inventive and future-proofed dance

sector.

● Diversity in dance has made huge strides in the last

decade but is not where it should be at the time of

lockdown and in danger of being reversed on

reopening.

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Summary of discussions

● We’re not fully satisfied that actions needed have been fully

addressed - we keep pushing and supporting this agenda.

● People of colour have been disproportionally affected by

COVID-19.

● Dealing with grief, loss and mental health and wellbeing

concerns and need for financial support to have skilled

professionals and extending their work to hold communities.

● As we’re at Stage 4 of reopening, we urge venues and

marketeers to work even more strongly in partnerships with

diverse leaders to reach out to diverse audiences. With

social distancing in venues, it becomes more important to

include diverse audiences in marketing plans.

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Summary of discussions (cont)

● Loss of diverse freelancers is a key concern.

Freelancers make up 70% of the workforce and

remain most in peril.

● Organisations are making efforts to maintain

freelancers and ask that you please maintain

and support diverse freelancers as their skills

and knowledge are not easily replaced.

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Ensure diversity doesn’t lose

ground

If you’re an employer, venue or company, dare

to look at your diverse staff’s upward

progression. Commission and stage diverse

artists and please do whatever within your

means to hold on to freelancers.

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Mercy Nabirye

Head of Dance of the African

Diaspora, One Dance UK

Mapping Dance of the African Diaspora (DAD)

Strategy to identify

● Where the sector is,

● What it looks like now after two

decades,

● What the priority needs are

Methodology

● Mailchimp surveys,

● Regional roundtable

consultations with the sector,

● 121 sessions and interviews with

key leaders in the sector

Findings

● Report with findings and

recommendations

● 2019: world café with national

and international delegates to

further explore the findings and

the emerging themes, and to

produce an action plan with

outcomes and goals to help

implement a framework for real

change in DAD’s future in the UK

and beyond

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ACTION PLAN shared in HOTFOOT Spring 2020 (Pages 14 –

19 – Actioning change section)

https://issuu.com/onedanceuk/docs/hotfoot_spring_2020

DAD Mapping Report (Pages 8-33 – Mapping DAD section)

https://issuu.com/onedanceuk/docs/_hotfoot_magazine_autumn_2019_

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Excerpt email from Inc Arts / Amanda Parker CEO

#BAMEOver - Let's get rid of the acronym.

Add your voice to a nationwide survey on how we - and others -

refer to us. We're taking the results to government, after we come

together as a community to discuss and consult.

Please keep the date free for the #BAMEOver zoom conference

on September 4.

Before that: take the survey and share widely to make it - we've

attached some artwork for you to use on your socials too.

#BAMEOver https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KJNTL7Z

We'll be sharing more information nearer the time.

Summary of survey findings –the DAD sector

● developed over the past 5

years however in varying

degrees e.g. geographically

● is demographically diverse

● is strongly community

focused

● key priority needs for the

sector - Funding and

knowledge of fundraising

● The self-employed and sole

traders are predominant

● Women make up the

majority of practitioners

● DAD is strongly rooted in

connection to Africa

however, African

Contemporary practice

dominates the sector in

comparison to neo traditional

forms

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Six key goals in the short to medium term

1. IMPROVEMENT IN SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING AND

SUSTAINABILITY Our measure is that by 2021 50% of the dance

sector knows where to find opportunities and that there is a

significant success rate in resourcing individuals and robust

programmes.

2. IMPROVEMENT FOR A DAD EDUCATION AND TRAINING

INFRASTRUCTURE Our measure is that by December 2020

announce a revised biennial scheme that addresses at least 3-5

educational professional development sector needs identified

through research

3. MORE VISIBILITY AND PLATFORMS FOR DAD WORK Our

measure is that by December 2021, at least 3 strategic partnerships

are forged to collaborate with One Dance UK on providing platforms

and promoting artists and their work

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Six key goals in the short to medium term

4. URGENCY TO DOCUMENT LEGACY, OPEN UP AND INCREASE

ARCHIVES Our measure is that by December 2021 we can signpost

to or highlight at least 2 significant resources that focus on Dance of

the African Diaspora.

5. MORE AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT Our measure is that annual

statistics from a national programming perspective, indicates at least

a 5% increase in some form of black dance engagement physically

or digitally

6. PROVIDING SUPPORT TO BUILD NETWORKS TO SHARE AND

REDUCE THE KNOWLEDGE GAP ACROSS THE SECTOR Our

measure is that by December 2021 have or support a scheme that

enables intergenerational networking, sharing and peer to peer

learning and collating resource at least twice a year

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Activities

● May - call to action in our

HOTFOOT for the sector to

share initiatives that can

benefit the greater good.

Resource pack to share in

the November issue.

● June - social media

campaign called ‘I MOVE’ to

highlight artists, artforms and

initiatives across the sector. I

MOVE new Facebook

Community

● Ongoing - invite people to

identify and suggest

areas in the action plan

that they can be involved

in.

● From Sept - focus groups

to work with us on each of

the six goals Please get

in touch if you are

interested.

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Current affairs

● Analysing the impact of COVID 19 and the Black Lives

Matter movement has exposed and exacerbated the

long-standing inequalities present in the structures and

systems we work with daily.

● There is a triple global crisis around our Health, our

Economic wellbeing, and race relations.

● We cannot do it alone. We are looking to government

recommendations, but we are also seeking to hear,

listen and learn more from you to help us adjust and

review our plans.

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ADAD (The Association of Dance of the African Diaspora)

● Collective voices

● Set up in 1994

● Direct response to help address the imbalance in the dance ecology

● To raise awareness, appreciation and understanding of artists and

the artforms of the Dance of the African Diaspora

This vision is still yet to be realised to its full capacity.

We continue to advocate to Policy Makers, funders and partners in the

wider creative sector – locally, nationally and internationally, to

recognise the value of this diversity and to ensure that it is well equipped

to deal with the obstacles faced year on year

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Dr Roger Wolman

Consultant in

Rheumatology and Sport

& Exercise Medicine

Nick Allen PhD

Clinical Director,

Birmingham Royal Ballet

COVID Vulnerability

COVID Age: risk as a function of age (usually over 60) and

combined risk factors such as sex, ethnicity, and co-existing

illness such as obesity, diabetes or hypertension

Reducing any controllable risk factors helps to reduce

vulnerability.

Although no one has the answers to prevent all risk of

contracting coronavirus disease, each person should

do what is in their control to mitigate their own risks

and support health.

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Who is vulnerable?Clinically vulnerable people

Refers to people who may be at increased risk from

COVID-19, including those aged 70 or over and

those with some underlying health conditions.

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Definition of ‘clinically vulnerable’

If you have any of the following health conditions, you may be

clinically vulnerable, meaning you could be at higher risk of severe

illness from coronavirus. Although you can meet people outdoors

and indoors, you should be especially careful and be diligent about

social distancing and hand hygiene.

Clinically vulnerable people are those who are:

● aged 70 or older (regardless of medical conditions)

● under 70 with an underlying health condition listed below (that

is, anyone instructed to get a flu jab each year on medical

grounds):

● chronic (long-term) mild to moderate respiratory diseases,

such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(COPD), emphysema or bronchitis

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Definition of ‘clinically vulnerable’

Clinically vulnerable people are those who are:

● chronic heart disease, such as heart failure

● chronic kidney disease

● chronic liver disease, such as hepatitis

● chronic neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease,

motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), or cerebral palsy

● diabetes

● a weakened immune system as the result of certain conditions or

medicines they are taking (such as steroid tablets)

● being seriously overweight (a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or

above)

● pregnant women34

Who is vulnerable?Clinically extremely vulnerable people

Expert doctors in England have identified specific medical conditions that, based on what

we know about the virus so far, place some people at greatest risk of severe illness from

COVID-19. Disease severity, medical history or treatment levels will also affect who is in

this group.

Clinically extremely vulnerable people may include:

● solid organ transplant recipients,

● people with specific cancers: people with cancer who are undergoing active

chemotherapy, people with lung cancer who are undergoing radical radiotherapy,

people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or

myeloma who are at any stage of treatment, people having immunotherapy or other

continuing antibody treatments for cancer, people having other targeted cancer

treatments that can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or

PARP inhibitors

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Definition of ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’

Clinically extremely vulnerable people may also include:

● people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6

months or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs

● people with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe

asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

● people with rare diseases that significantly increase the risk of infections (such

as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), homozygous sickle cell)

● people on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk

of infection

● women who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or

acquired

● other people who have also been classed as clinically extremely vulnerable,

based on clinical judgement and an assessment of their needs. GPs and

hospital clinicians have been provided with guidance to support these

decisions

Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-1936

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Clinically extremely vulnerable people

As of 1 August, you are no longer eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) on

the basis of being advised to shield by the government. Your employer

should help you to transition back to work safely and support you to

maintain good hand hygiene and distancing practice in your workplace if

you are unable to work from home.

Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from

COVID-19

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Employment Clinically extremely vulnerable people

● You can go to work as long as the workplace is Covid-secure, but should carry on

working from home wherever possible. You may be able to take up an alternative

role or change your working patterns temporarily.

● If you need support to work at home or in the workplace, you can apply for Access

to Work. Access to Work will provide support for the disability-related extra costs of

working that are beyond standard reasonable adjustments an employer must

provide.

● Employers should be mindful of the particular needs of different groups of workers

or individuals.

● It is breaking the law to discriminate, directly or indirectly, against anyone because

of a protected characteristic such as age, sex or disability, race or ethnicity.

● Employers also have particular responsibilities towards disabled workers and those

who are new or expectant mothers.

Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-

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Tori Drew

Dance in Education

Manager, One Dance UK

Children and Young PeopleDance for AllToday’s young people are feeling lonelier, nearly a third are overweight or obese and are more likely to be depressed than they were 10 years ago.

Sport England data showing a decline of physical activity during lockdown with children and young people

Adults with disabilities showing that most are not doing any exercise at all

Children and Young People from Black and ethnic communities have seen an increase in exercise but more indoors

Dance has the power to improve physical and mental health

Young Woman’s Trust. (2019) Lifetime of loneliness: one in four young people feels lonely

Department of Health and Social Care (2017) Childhood obesity: a plan for action

Patalay, P. and Gage, S.H. (2019). Changes in millennial adolescent mental health and health-related behaviours over 10 years: a population cohort comparison study

Sport England (2020) Children’s experience of physical activity in lockdown insight

Children and Young PeopleGuidance

Department for Education

Guidance for full opening: schools

Supporting children and young people with SEND

Protective measures for out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Providers of grassroots sport and gym/leisure facilities

Advice

Activity Alliance. Reopening activity: An inclusive response

Full School guidanceTo deliver a broad and balanced curriculum for their pupils, including full educational and care support for those pupils who have SEND.

Supply teachers, peripatetic teachers and/or other temporary staff can move between schools. They should ensure they minimise contact and maintain as much distance as possible from other staff. Specialists, therapists, clinicians and other support staff for pupils with SEND should provide interventions as usual.

Whether individual risk assessments are used to help plan for the autumn term or not, schools should, in the spirit of coproduction, contact parents and involve them in planning for their child’s return to their school from the start of the autumn term. They should also contact and involve young people over 16 who have education, health and care plans

Due to the smaller size of many alternative provision (AP) settings, and because APs are not typically organised by year groups, APs may wish to adopt whole school bubbles as part of their system of control and in order to best meet the needs of their students.

If it is not possible to maintain bubbles being used during the school day then schools should use small, consistent groups.

Schools should bear in mind the potential concerns of pupils, parents and households who may be reluctant or anxious about returning and put the right support in place to address this.

Guidance for full opening: schools

Supporting children and young people with SEND

In these circumstances, staff should minimise close contact

wherever possible, increase hand-washing and other hygiene

measures, and clean surfaces more regularly and maintain

existing routine use of personal protective equipment.

Supporting children and young people with SEND

Protective measures for out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

It is breaking the law to discriminate, directly or indirectly, against anyone in

employment and the provision of services because of a protected characteristic,

such as age, sex, race or disability.

Providers should be especially sensitive to the needs and worries of black and ethnic

community children and young people, parents and carers, and staff, and should

consider if any additional measures or reasonable adjustments may need to be put

in place to mitigate risk.

Barnardo’s See, Hear, Respond Service

Protective measures for out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19)

outbreak

Providers of grassroots sport and gym/leisure facilities

Ensuring any changes to entries, exit and queue

management take into account reasonable adjustments

for those who need them, including disabled customers.

For example, maintaining pedestrian and parking access

for disabled customers.

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Advice

it is important to communicate new safety measures, cleaning processes,

and routes into, out of and through your venue in relation to Covid-19.

Highlight how you have ensured these are inclusive and accessible.

Communication and discouraging term vulnerable

Confidence and wellbeing

Activity Alliance. Reopening activity: An inclusive response

Wheelchairs to be wiped down after class

British Wheelchair Basketball Association

Consult your participants and parents

Sport England - Recognising the needs and views of the people at your

club or organisation during the COVID-19 pandemic’

Cerebral Palsy -It’s OK to Play

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Questions

Attend our upcoming webinars

• Thursday 20 Aug 10am – noon COVID19 vulnerability and

equality and diversity Part 2: Voices from the sector on

implications of vulnerability in COVID19 and returning to dance

Future webinars will cover:

• Transport, touring, and travel