Tomorrow, the Charity Awards 2021 will take place and the Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) Health Champions project is in the running for the Children and Youth category award. The awards will recognise charities whose work […]
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Today marks one year since Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches: The Truth About Traveller Crime’ first aired. The programme promoted highly damaging tropes of Gypsy and Traveller communities. Following its airing, the show received widespread criticism and a
On the 8th March, the Home Secretary Priti Patel grossly misrepresented the reality of the Government’s provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites to Parliament. In the Home Secretary’s Ministerial Statement, Priti Patel said, “As of January
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Today, the Government released its Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. Friends, Families and Travellers is completely disappointed, but not shocked, that the Government have once again opted to glaze over the experiences of Black,
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Today, an investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that Pontins holiday parks used a blacklist titled “Undesirable Guests” and made up of mostly Irish surnames, to refuse bookings by Gypsies and Travellers. The
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On 10 February 2021, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) made its submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ call for evidence on the Police Powers and Protections Bill, which includes the criminalisation of trespass. The submission,
On Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th January 2021, a significant High Court case on anti-Traveller wide injunctions will take place. The hearing follows a case management hearing which took place in December 2020. Since 2015, councils
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) have released new research showing the shocking lack of pitches available on public Traveller sites in England. The report reveals that whilst over 1696 households are currently on waiting lists
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On Thursday 17th December 2020, a major case management hearing will take place ahead of an upcoming High Court case on anti-Traveller wide injunctions, due to be held in January 2021. Since 2015, councils have increasingly
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