Documents, policies and reports

We have collected documents and policies by FFT, other Gypsy and Traveller organisations and the Government which are of interest to the Gypsy and Traveller community.

FFT and documents

Voluntary Sector organisation’s policies and reports

Government documents/policies and reports
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FFT’s documents

Annual Report and Business Plan

• FFT’s Annual Report 2010-2011
• FFT’s Annual Report 2009-2010
• FFT’s Business Plan 2009
• FFT’s Annual Report 2008 – 2009
• FFT’s Annual Report 2007 – 2008
• FFT’s Annual Report 2006 – 2007
• FFT’s Annual Report 2004 – 2006
• FFT’s Annual Report 2003 – 2004
• FFT’s Annual Report 2002 – 2003

FFT Newsletter archive can be accessed here

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Flyers for Projects and Services

• FFT’s leaflet
• Cultural Capability Training programme Download as PDF
• Evaluation of the TRIF project 2009-2011

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Articles/reports and presentations by FFT staff and directors

• Child poverty relating to Gypsy and Traveller children and young people in Sussex.
  A report written by FFTs Young People’s Coordinator Clare Bingham this report looks at child poverty relating to Gypsy and Traveller children and young people in Sussex.
  Download here

• FFT Policy Statement on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
  The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is a comprehensive overview of the health and social care needs of the local population, put together by the Local Authority and the health services. Each locality has to produce one and it is used to design services for the local population. Put simply, it is a snapshot view of what the health and social care needs of a population are, and commissioners then use it to decide what services will be put in place. Friends, Families and Travellers have been working tirelessly to ensure that Gypsies and Travellers are included in the JSNAs. We are working with Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent and Medway, and Surrey, with respect to their JSNA. We are also campaigning on a national level for Gypsies and Travellers to systematically be included in the JSNA. Download the policy statement we have developed to support this work.

• Fair Access for all?
  Gypsies and Travellers in Sussex, GP Surgeries and Barriers to Primary Healthcare
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• Read Marc Willers’ presentation during Gypsy Traveller History Month (PDF)
  
  
• Accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers: Ringing in the changes by Marc Willers, 2010. Download as PDF.
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• “Gypsies and Travellers On Unauthorised Encampments: The Law Relating To Welfare Enquiries and Humanitarian Considerations”. By Chris Johnson, The Community Law Partnership,  2010. Download the paper here as a PDF.
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• Gypsies and Travellers in the United Kingdom and Security of Tenure, 26th, July, 2010 by Chris Johnson, Andrew Ryder and Marc Willers
  Gypsies and Travellers living in caravans on local authority-run sites in the United Kingdom (UK) do not yet enjoy security of tenure, despite the fact that in 2004 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) held in the case of Connors v The United Kingdom2 that the lack of security violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This paper explores the reasons why the UK Government has failed to implement the ECtHR’s judgment in Connors.
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• Inequalities Experienced by Gypsy and Traveller Communities, a literature review produced by Sarah Cemlyn (University of Bristol), Margaret Greenfields (Bucks New University) and Chris Whitwell, Zoe Matthews and Sally Burnett of Friends, Families and Travellers. Gypsy and Traveller communities in Britain experience wide-ranging inequalities. These are familiar to the communities themselves and to those working with them. Read more on the EHRC page
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• Planning policy development and provision for Gypsy and Traveller sites in England (2007)
  A year after Circular 1/2006 was issued FFT thought it would be useful to see how much progress had been made by local planning authorities to make provision and what plans they had made for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation. It was decided to make a postal survey of key local authorities and follow this up with a trawl through their websites to identify their plans through published Local Development Schemes (LDS). It was hoped that such a survey would enable progress to be gauged and ascertain likely completion times of the planning process to meet the large unmet need for caravan sites for Gypsies and Travellers.
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• Teach the Teachers! The creation of a teacher’s resource pack, with free download of the pack.
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• New Gypsy and Traveller site Tenancy Agreeements: good practice on licence agreements,
  by Chris Johnson, TAT
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• Green lanes as an accommodation resource for Nomadic People
  by Tony Thomson BSC Dip Arch, FFT Trustee. (Posted 10.08.05) The ‘needs assessment’ process has so far been biased towards property development solutions to address the accommodation crisis which confront nomadic people on a regular basis. This proposal sets out the economic, cultural and environmental argument for a commons regime over green lanes and greensward as a counterbalance to spatial and cultural segregation.
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• Friends, Families and Travellers submission to DCLG on Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Sites Consultation paper.
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• Friends Families and Travellers – submission on Temporary Stop Notice consultation to the DCLG, Feb 2005
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• Response to DCLG/Home Office Framework Guidance on Managing Unauthorised Camping Draft Consultation. (2003) .
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• FFT’s response to Planning Green Paper (2002) .

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Voluntary Sector organisation’s policies and reports

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• Commission for Racial Equality: Common Ground: Equality, good race relations and sites for Gypsies and Irish Travellers, 2006
  For more details visit our EHRC page
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• The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discriminationhas recently released concluding observations/comments on the situation in the UK available on the following link; http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CERD.C.63.CO.11.En?Opendocument.

23. The Committee expresses concern about the discrimination faced by Roma/Gypsies/Travellers that is reflected, inter alia, in their higher child mortality rate, exclusion from schools, shorter life expectancy, poor housing conditions, lack of available camping sites, high unemployment rate and limited access to health services.

The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general recommendation XXVII on discrimination against Roma and recommends that the State party develop further appropriate modalities of communication and dialogue between Roma/Gypsy/Traveller communities and central authorities. It also recommends that the State party adopt national strategies and programmes with a view to improving the situation of the Roma/Gypsies/Travellers against discrimination by State bodies, persons or organizations.

The Committee urges the State party to continue taking affirmative measures in accordance with article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention to ensure equal opportunities for full enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights. Moreover, the Committee encourages the State party to submit in its next periodic report more detailed information on achievements under the State party’s programmes aimed at narrowing the employment gap and improving housing conditions among different ethnic groups.

24. The Committee reiterates its concern that besides the Roma/Gypsy/Traveller populations, certain other minority groups or individuals belonging to them experience discrimination in the areas of employment, education, housing and health..
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• Neighbours’ views of official sites for travelling people: A survey based on three case studies in Scotland: Tom Duncan.
  The Planning Exchange. Housing Research 201 – December 1996 The creation of permanent sites for travelling people is usually contentious and often results in strong local opposition. Tom Duncan at the Planning Exchange, Glasgow went back to objectors and neighbours of three sites in central Scotland to find out their views on the impact of the sites after they had been up and running for a year or more.
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• Room to Roam: England’s Irish Travellers. An Irish Travellers Movement in Britain report by Dr Colm Power
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• The Law relating to Gypsies and Travellers (pdf 146k, 40 pages) by Chris Johnson, Angus Murdoch and Marc Willers – a Chapter from their forthcoming book: Gypsy and Traveller Law, Published autumn 2004.
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• Gypsies and Travellers in Homelessness Strategies Lord Avebury’s research into ‘Travellers and the Homeless Act’, which highlights good practice in those councils who have included means to address the needs of Travellers in their Homelessness strategies and provides an important opportunity for this best practice to be shared.

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• Profiles of Prejudice 2003 publication (Word Doc.) Commissioned by Stonewall’s Citizenship 21 Project, the data from the 2001 MORI poll reveals the profile of prejudice in England. It shows which groups fare worse, what influences people to be prejudiced or not, and identifies strong evidence of ‘joined-up’ prejudice.
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• Joseph Rowntree Foundation The nature of employment for new travellers (May 2001 – Ref 521) Little is known about the nature and extent of employment among the ‘new traveller’ community. Dr Lyn Webster and Professor Jane Millar of the University of Bath have explored how new travellers make a living. Drawing on the material gained from in-depth interviews with travellers. The full report, Making a living: Social security, social exclusion and New Travellers by Lyn Webster and Jane Millar, is published for the Foundation by The Policy Press (ISBN 1 86134 331 0, price £10.95).

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Government Documents

• The Health Status of Gypsies & Travellers in England
  A report to the Department of Health, 2004. For more details, visit our Health Pages Summary of the Report (pdf) Qualitative findings (pdf) Final Report (pdf).
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• Read the Welsh Assemblies Review of Service Provision for Gypsies and Travellers. This is a link to the Welsh Assembley website. This document is 114 pages, so may take time to download

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• Read “Counting Gypsies and Travellers: A Review of the Gypsy Caravan Count System” on the DCLG website

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• The Social Landlords Order 2006 (Permissible Additional Purposes – England) relating to the provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites Secondary legislation to allow Registered Social Landlords to build and manage Gypsy and Travellers sites and receive social housing grant for that purpose. Regulatory Impact Assessment, Race Equality Impact Assessment. Published October 2006.

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• Moving On: Reconnecting Frequent Movers Date published: 21 July 2006 Whilst we recognise that moving home is usually desirable and positive and can bring benefits such as better work or a new start, we also know that some disadvantaged people who move frequently can find it difficult to access the services they need. High levels of mobility, particularly in areas of deprivation, can also be a barrier to community cohesion and pose particular challenges for service providers. The Moving On: Reconnecting Frequent Movers analytical report is the Government’s first look at mobility as a driver of disadvantage and aims to put the link between exclusion and frequent moving on the policy map. It examines the impact of frequent moving on service providers, communities and vulnerable people.

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• Guide to effective use of enforcement powers – Part 1: Unauthorised encampments This guide gives step by step instructions on the powers to use against unauthorised encampments. Published 2 February 2006. DCLG website.

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• Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessments: Draft Practice Guide This draft guide provides advice on carrying out an accommodation assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers. Published 2 February 2006. DCLG website.

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• Local Authorities and Gypsies and Travellers: Guide to responsibilities and powers This information booklet provides a brief overview of the Government’s policy framework in relation to Gypsies and Travellers and including case studies on both site provision and effective enforcement. Published 2 February 2006. DCLG website.

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• Guidance on Managing Unauthorised Camping This guidance, produced jointly by the DCLG and the Home Office, provides best practice advice on managing cases of unauthorised camping (February 2004). DCLG website.

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• Supplement to the Guidance on Managing Unauthorised CampingContains guidance on the new legislation section 62A to 62E into the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, introduced under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. Published March 2005. DCLG website.

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• The provision and condition of local authority Gypsy/Traveller sites in England Summary of the research report ‘Local Authority Gypsy/Traveller sites in England’. DCLG website.

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• Government Response to DCLG Select Committee Report on Gypsy Travellers Sites On 27 January 2005 the Government published it’s response to the House of Commons DCLG Select Committee’s report of 8 November 2004. DCLG website.

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• Circular 01/06: Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites This Circular replaces Circular 01/94 and provides updated guidance on the planning aspects of finding sites for Gypsies and Travellers and how local authorities and Gypsies and Travellers can work together to achieve that aim. DCLG website.

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• Definition of the term ‘gypsies and travellers’ for the purposes of the Housing Act 2004 Consultation period from 2 February 2006 to 28 April 2006. DCLG website.

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• Anti-social behaviour guidance: Police powers Consultation period 27 February 2004 to 21 May 2004 on draft guidance, ‘Section 60 to 64 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 insert sections 62A to 62E into the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJPOA)’. DCLG website.

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• 195: Local Authority Gypsy/Traveller sites in England Housing Research Summary No.195. This research collected a large amount of information, much of it new, about Gypsy/Traveller sites, how they are managed and about future needs. Main findings presented as per the headings in the full report. DCLG website.

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• 172: The provision & condition of local authority gypsy/ traveller sites (Eng.) Housing Research Summary No.172. Forerunner to Housing Research Summary No. 195. DCLG website.

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• 150: Monitoring the good practice guidance on managing unauthorised camping Housing Research Summary No.150. Key findings of a project, which provided an independent assessment of how local authorities and the police have implemented the 1998 good practice guidance and what further guidance may be needed. DCLG website.

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• Gypsies and TravellersHousing Act 2004- Factsheet 16. Updated February 2006. DCLG website.

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