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Brexit & charities—what’s changed?

26 March 2021 / Stephen Cole , Oliver Silk
Issue: 7926 / Categories: Features , Charities , Brexit
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UK charities are facing the challenge of securing funding and ensuring compliance with a range of new rules after Brexit. Stephen Cole & Oliver Silk discuss what charities now need to consider

In brief

  • Brexit: an end to free movement of labour.
  • EU Settlement Scheme: employment considerations.
  • GDPR: continuing to comply with data protection regulations.

One of the most significant changes produced by Brexit is the end to free movement of labour and its automatic right for UK citizens to live and work in EU member states and vice versa. Many charities may be unaffected by funding and customs changes. However, the new employment and immigration rules are likely to have a broad impact across the sector, while any change to the rules governing the processing of data has the potential to affect every charity.

From 2014-2020, the UK received on average approximately £2.1bn per year from the European Structural and Investment funds. Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the end of the transition period, new funding from that

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