Performance licences & chaperones

Performance licences, Body Of Persons Approval (BOPA) and Chaperones

IMPORTANT – if selected for the U.Dance Regional platform it is essential that: 

• All groups from out-of-school settings MUST obtain a performance licence for each child of compulsory school age.  You MUST have the required number of up-to-date local authority licenced chaperones for your group. Any additional supervising adults must have an enhanced Disclosures & Barring Service (DBS) check. 
   
• School groups with students of compulsory school age will be required to provide details for the BOPA. School teachers can be chaperones for the group. The BOPA only applies to groups from full time mandatory education settings. 
   
• Dancers of school leaving age or older do not need performance licences and are not required to be included on the BOPA. These groups must have supervising adults with an enhanced DBS check.  
   
• Each group must have a minimum of two chaperones / supervising adults.  All supervising adults/chaperones must have an enhanced DBS check within 1 year and/or be registered on the online DBS update service and be able to provide their DBS reference number.
   
• The Safeguarding Lead at your organisation/school/group must be in receipt of two satisfactory references for each adult accompanying young people, including from their most recent employment that involved working with children/young people. 
   
• DanceHub CIC and South East Dance will provide full details about requirements for chaperones, performance licences and the BOPA to all selected groups. 
   

Safeguarding

Please consider the safety and well-being of your dancers and refer to your organisation/school/group’s safeguarding policy when working with children and young people. 

Your dance piece must be appropriate for a family audience of all ages.

Content: Only include age appropriate movements, themes and issues for your group. 

Costumes: No revealing costumes, no costumes with a nude effect, no costumes that sexualise young people. 

Music: No swearing, no violent language and no explicit or age inappropriate content. 

Check out the U.Dance Good Practise Film produced by our friends at Dance4.
 

Public Liability Insurance
Please be prepared to provide proof of Public Liability Insurance (PLI) cover if selected for Let’s Dance Crawley featuring the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025. 

You may have your own individual PLI cover for working with your group, or this might be your school or organisation’s PLI that covers you/the group leader/teacher for working with this group. 

Please contact Sarah Kearney at South East Dance if you have any questions. 
Email contact: sarah.kearney@southeastdance.org.uk
 

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