About Us
Tim Brennan’s petition asks the UK Government to negotiate a free cultural work permit that gives touring professionals visa free travel throughout the 27 EU states for music touring professionals, bands, musicians, artists, TV and sports celebrities that tour the EU to perform shows and events and to secure a Carnet exception for touring equipment. Very clearly Tim’s petition chimed a chord with the public and the many UK artists and professionals who tour in the cities and nations across Europe, with over 280,000 signatures that continues to rise. On the back of Tim’s petition, the Carry on Touring campaign was established to keep the pressure on Government to go back to the negotiating table.
Carry on Touring is the umbrella campaign which all those who tour – and rely on touring - can support and sit under. It brings together voices from across the touring, cultural and creative industries sectors to secure cross-party support for Tim Brennan’s petition and campaign for a return of free EU movement for all touring artists and professionals. The strength of this campaign is that it is inclusive reaching across the sector, industry and political parties. This public facing campaign brings a spectrum of voices together to demonstrate its diversity and demographic.
Carry On Touring
Trade Body Supporters
The #CarryOnTouring Trade Body supporters are the professional bodies that represent the various sectors of the creative touring industry who are showing their support of the campaign.
If you would like to join us & show your support please contact us or follow @TimmoWorldWide on Twitter and send him a DM.
Or send us an email using the contact link below.
Our Trade Body Supporters include: ABO - APA - AOP - Bectu - BFMA - CBS - CiTEA - Equity - FAC - Fashion Roundtable - Freelancers Make Theatre Work - IMPALA - ISM - MPG - Musicians Union - Music Managers Forum - NTIA - UNI MEI
We've have designed this page so that it randomly loads our Trade Body Supporters, that's because we are all in this together, whether you are an artist, musician, actor, supplier, dancer, technician, DJ, journalist or anyone involved in Creative Touring around the UK and the EU. Refresh the page to see a different order.
Music Producers Guild
The MPG represents Record Producers, Recording Engineers,
Mixers & Mastering Engineers.
The MPG is a non-profit organisation that represents professional Record Producers, Recording Engineers, Mixers and Mastering Engineers from all backgrounds as well as Recording Studios to make sure that their voice is being heard within the music industry. Run by members for members, the Guild is led by five elected directors in a voluntary role.
Formed as a Guild rather than a Trade Association, MPG has no party political agenda, but we do represent our community to government so that our voice is heard. Individually, and through membership of UK Music and the CMM, we lobby government on matters that affect our members, including Brexit, self-employed issues, and Covid-19 support. We also support members in their dealings with local government and devolved administrations. We also encourage and support discussion and development within our community through various events, sub-groups such as the Mastering, Pro Tools and Logic user groups, and joint events with other industry trade bodies.
The MPG are proud to support the Carry On Touring campaign, not just in solidarity with our talented colleagues in the live sector, but in recognition of the importance of the UK as an international touring destination for our members, who rely on international artists being able to tour freely and work with our world-renowned producers, engineers and studios.
Olga Fitzroy | Executive Director
Email: communications@mpg.org.uk
Tel:
The Association of Photographers
Promoting, protecting & inspiring professional image-makers
since 1968
The Association of Photographers (AOP) was originally formed in 1968 when a group of influential professional photographers came together to form the Association of Fashion & Advertising Photographers (AFAP). It would later become AFAEP, when editorial photographers were included and more recently, the AOP, in 1993.
Our objectives remain to promote, protect and inspire professional image-makers and to develop, encourage, support and maintain best practices in professional photography across all sectors of the industry. We lobby and campaign for the rights of image-makers wherever we can.
Brexit has, at a stroke, created huge barriers to trade for our members, many of whom have built businesses with clients across the EU. The lack of clarity and formalities created by the chaos of Brexit is impacting our members economically. The creative industries in the UK are a success story, and we want to be able keep it that way by supporting this campaign.
AOP
Email: info@the-aop.org
Tel: +44 20 7739 6669
The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC)
UK Trade Body
Representing the rights of Music Artists
Since 2009
The FAC is the UK trade body representing the specific rights and interests of music artists. A not-for-profit organisation, serving a diverse, global membership of creators at all stages of their careers, the FAC is formed by artists, for artists, and places this ethos at its core. The FAC is an inclusive community that advocates, educates, collaborates and researches on behalf of artists, coming together to provide a strong, collective voice within the industry and to governments domestically and abroad.
Having been formed in 2009 by pioneering artists including Billy Bragg and Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason. The FAC’s Board of Directors represents some of the most recognised names in the music world with the likes of Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, Imogen Heap, Katie Melua, Sandie Shaw, Howard Jones, Dilys Uwagboe (Eckoes), Fran Healy (Travis) and Blur’s David Rowntree as the organisation’s Artist in Residence.
David Martin | Chief Executive Officer
Email: info@thefac.org
Tel: 020 7700 5755
Bectu
The Union for Creative Ambition
Representing over 40,000 workers in media and entertainment
Bectu represents thousands of staff, contract and freelance workers in non-performance roles in the arts and entertainment industry, including many who (pre-pandemic) regularly tour Europe with musicians, theatre productions and other performers.
We support #CarryOnTouring because the economic and bureaucratic barriers presented by the new EU trade deal will have a hugely detrimental impact on the ability of Bectu members to work in Europe and vice versa. Consequently, this will damage both the UK economy and cultural experience.
Philippa Childs | Head of Bectu
Email: info@bectu.org.uk
Tel: 020 7346 0900
Freelancers make Theatre Work
Campaign Group for 200,000+
Self-Employed & Freelancers.
"Freelancers make Theatre Work are a campaign group who have come together to create an inclusive, independent community for the 200,000+ self-employed and freelance workers from all areas of theatre, opera, dance and live performance, who make up 70% of the UK theatre workforce.
They are working to ensure that the needs of this vital workforce are heard and understood – and that their many voices are given space.
FMTW are vitally aware of the very real issues already being experienced by so many of our community because of the situation we are in post leaving the EU earlier this year. While the pandemic may hide some problems, there are already many insurmountable barriers to us being able to work within the EU where we have had such a varied and wide exchange of ideas and work in the past. We are campaigning to raise awareness and putting pressure on every area of government to address these problems urgently."
Josie Underwood | Administration Coordinator
Email: Hello@freelancersmaketheatrework.com
Tel:
Equity
A union of more than 47,000
performers and creative practitioners
Since 1930
Equity brings together entertainment professionals and ensures their demands are heard: whether these are for decent pay, better health and safety regulations, or more opportunities for all – regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability or class.
Equity is delighted to be working in partnership with Carry on Touring. Our 46,000 members - actors, dancers, singers, variety artists, theatre directors and designers, stage management, comedians and many other creative workers - stand together with everyone in the entertainment industry calling on the Government to urgently resolve the visa and work permit issues which put our jobs and livelihoods at risk.
Paul W Fleming | General Secretary
Email: info@equity.org.uk
Tel: 020 7379 6000
UNI MEI
UNI Global Union - Media, Entertainment & Arts
UNI MEI
Representing 500,000 Creative Workers
UNI MEI is the global voice for more than 140 unions and guilds in the media, entertainment and arts representing over 500 000 creators, technicians and other workers.
UNI MEI caters to the special concerns of unions and similar associations whose members are engaged in mass media, entertainment and the arts.
UNI MEI sees part of its role as encouraging stronger links between those active in the media, entertainment and the arts and the trade union movement in general.
Hanna Harvima | Policy Director
Email: uni-mei@uniglobalunion.org
Tel: +41 22 365 21 00
NTIA
Trade Association and Membership Organisation
Promoting the unique contribution of The Night Time Industry
The NTIA is a Trade Association and Membership Organisation that promotes the unique contribution of The Night Time Industry in the UK and internationally.
The NTIA has been formed by independent bar, nightclub and restaurant owners, pubs, festival and live music event operators as well as music managers and other supporters of the benefits of the Night-Time Industry from the world of business, culture, media, and politics.
The NTIA is the voice for the sector and works to increase awareness and understanding of its contribution and benefits. It seeks to influence the decisions of policymakers and ensure that the night time economy continues to flourish, supporting regeneration, creating jobs and enhancing the UK’s international reputation.
Michael Kill | Chief Executive Officer
Email: 07957 434517
Tel: Contact@ntia.co.uk
Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
Professional Body for Musicians
11,000 members across the UK and Ireland Since 1882
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) is the UK's professional body for musicians and a nationally recognised subject association for music. Since 1882, we have been dedicated to promoting the importance of music and protecting the rights of those working in the music profession. We support almost 11,000 members across the UK and Ireland with our unrivalled legal advice and representation, comprehensive insurance and specialist services.
Unravelling the huge bureaucratic obstacles preventing touring musicians and other creative workers from working in Europe is now an urgent priority as we look beyond coronavirus. We support the Carry On Touring campaign and will continue to work collaboratively with organisations across the creative industry to try and find a solution.
Deborah Annetts | Chief Executive
Email: membership@ism.org
Tel: 020 7221 3499
IMPALA
A non-profit making pan-European organisation
Levelling the playing field for independent music across Europe
Formed in 2000 by prominent independent music companies and national trade associations, IMPALA is a non-profit making pan-European organisation with a scientific and artistic purpose, dedicated to small, micro and medium sized music companies and self-releasing artists.
With over 5,000 members, IMPALA has a broad ranging agenda. You can read more about our mission, what we are currently working on and our milestones, as well as more detail and accompanying documents on specific priorities on our resources page.
European music market is not defined by the EU and includes the whole of the UK - it cannot be that UK musicians and crews touring in Europe face more burdens than even some “third country” nationals. IMPALA will keep pushing hard for an outcome that recognises the contribution of touring musicians and their crews to European culture and allows them to continue to tour all across Europe seamlessly and are happy to support campaigns like Carry On Touring with the same common goal.
Helen Smith | Executive Chair
Email: info@impalamusic.org
Tel: +32 2 503 31 38
CBS
Cross-Border Services
Drawing awareness to the effects of the UK's withdrawal from the EU
Since 2020
The Cross-Border Services group (which originally bore the provisional name of the UK-EU Cross-Border Services working group) was founded by Zoe Adams Green and Debbie Williams in September 2020.
CBS aims to research, examine and draw awareness to the effects of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on the provision of cross-border services between the UK, EU and EFTA, including the rendering of services by British citizens resident in one EU/EFTA member state to clients in other EU/EFTA member states.
The members of CBS have expertise in aviation, IT, translation and interpreting, culture and media, sports, and tourism.
Nick Gammon | Core Team
Email: media@crossborder-services.org
Musicians Union
UK trade union for all musicians
30,000 + members across the music industry
Since 1893
‘Musicians’ Union General Secretary Horace Trubridge says: The MU are happy to endorse the work of Carry On Touring. Whilst we have been at the front of talks with the UK Government to push for easements for the creative sector, it remains that the promises the UK Music Industry were given prior to January 2021 have not been followed through.
Carry On Touring, along with other industry bodies are an important part of the lobby to raise awareness of the plight the music industry finds itself in now BREXIT has happened.
Horace Trubridge | General Secretary
Email: info@theMU.org
Tel: 020 7840 5537
Association of British Orchestras
National Body Representing
Professional Orchestras & Youth Ensembles
The ABO is the national body representing the collective interests of the UK’s professional orchestras and youth ensembles. Its mission is to enable and support an innovative, collaborative and sustainable orchestral sector by providing advice, support, intelligence and information to the people who make British orchestras a global success. In 2019, the UK’s orchestras generated £8.4 million from touring in the EU, from over 400 concerts.
We support Carry On Touring, to ensure that this crucial source of export income can continue.
Mark Pemberton | Director
Email: info@abo.org.uk
Tel: 020 7759 1060
OutdoorArtsUK
National Membership Organisation
Outdoor Arts
sector
Since 2015
OutdoorArtsUK is a national membership and strategic organisation that aims to bring together the many diverse parts of the Outdoor Arts sector. OutdoorArtsUK celebrates the work, talent and achievements of the individuals, companies and organisations working in this most accessible of art forms.
We believe that Outdoor Arts are a vital and unique part of our cultural ecology and offer the broadest possible access to public engagement with the arts. The work challenges and entertains; it is our most inclusive and empowering art form; it captivates communities and inspires innovation and cohesion.
The Outdoor Arts sector, liberated from buildings, is key to effecting social change and opening up culture with exciting, challenging, engaging and sometimes confrontational work. And we do really great fireworks.
Angus MacKechnie | Executive Director
Email: info@outdoorartsuk.org
Tel: 020 7388 9767
Fashion Roundtable
Fashion Industry Think-Tank
Influencing Policy and Outcomes
Since 2017
Fashion Roundtable is the leading for the fashion industry, improving people’s lives by influencing policy and outcomes. We work towards the transition to an economy which is environmentally sustainable and inclusive, levelling up across the UK and our global partners, committed to net zero and supporting the green economy with a roadmap of jobs and opportunities.
Fashion Roundtable work closely with Government and Parliament, through our All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), and to support the diverse voices of the sector and across the public, private and third sectors to develop our policy ideas and strategies.
Fashion Roundtable are a non-partisan, independent voice.
: Tamara Cincik | Founder & CEO
Email: admin@fashionroundtable.co.uk
Tel:
CiTEA
Costume In Theatre, Entertainment & Arts
Representing Costume Professionals
Since 2015
CiTEA is made up of costume professionals with experience of theatre, opera, musicals, music and live events. Our members include Costume Designers, Associates, Supervisors, Bespoke Costume Makers, Textile Artists Seamsters, Tailors, Milliners, Craftspeople, & Costume Managers, Assistants and Support Technicians.
We advocate for better working conditions and hours, pay equity, more diversity and inclusion in the costume industry and more sustainable working practices.
We see Brexit as a bigger threat to our industry than Covid19. We support the Carry On Touring campaign because restrictions to working in the EU threaten the livelihood of our immensely talented touring professionals and those exceptional costume makers based in the UK who supply costumes for productions built in the UK and recreated in the EU. We can't afford not to act now to do something about it.
Nikki Edmonds & Catherine Kodicek | Co-Chairs CiTEA
Email: wearecitea@gmail.com
Tel:
Music Managers
Forum
Largest Worldwide Representative Body
Of Music Managers
Since 1992
The Music Managers Forum is a community of over 1200 UK-based music managers who help navigate their artists global businesses.
The MMF engages, advises and lobbies industry associates and wider industry on issues that are relevant to managers. We continue to recruit members and grow our network, so we are truly representative of the wider management community.
The new financial and bureaucratic barriers post-Brexit are causing our members clients EU tours to be un-viable.
We support Carry on Touring’s great work in raising the issues an impact on both artists and their crew.
Annabella Coldrick | Chief Executive
Email: lovisa@themmf.net
Tel: 020 7700 5755
BFMA
The British Fashion Model Agents Association
Trade Association of the UK Fashion Model Industry
Since 1974
The British Fashion Model Agents Association is the trade Association of the UK fashion model industry. Formerly the Association of Model Agents, it was founded in 1974 to protect and manage the careers of our models. This continues to be the aim of the Association.
The BFMA is officially affiliated with the BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL.
Brexit has completely ignored the EU touring needs of the modelling industry, among many others, to the extent that a model will need a different visa/work permit for any EU country in which he or she may wish to work.
25% of the UK industry income is generated directly from the EU. This total disregard for the sector puts the careers of individuals and businesses at serious risk. Additionally, it will lead to a significant loss of revenue to UK PLC.
John Horner | Managing Director
Email: info@bfma.fashion
Tel: 020 7759 1996
Advertising Producers Association
Representing production companies, animation, VFX,
immersive, sound design, music & editing companies.
The Advertising Producers Association was formed by and represents the interests of production companies, post production, music, sound design, VFX and editing companies making commercials.
Our objective is to create the best possible business environment for our members, which includes making the essential process of travel across Europe for shoots and talent as pain-free as possible.
We support #CarryOnTouring because the UK as a globally recognised advertising hub brings in millions of pounds to the British economy each year, and the barriers presented by the EU trade deal will certainly impact that.
Email: info@a-p-a.net
Tel: 0207 434 2651