The Government has released two new energy grants to help with rising energy costs, but Gypsies and Travellers living on roadside camps and itinerant Boaters have been excluded. We think it’s only fair that the Government …
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) has launched its new Christmas “Season’s Giftings” campaign, where FFT will be accepting donations of gifts to be distributed to Romany and Traveller families in Sussex over the holiday period. …
Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) is launching the ‘Oak Project’, a partnership aimed at increasing site provision across England in line with the needs of Gypsy and Traveller people, funded by the Oak Foundation. The …
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) and Community Law Partnership (CLP) are launching a free short guide on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. The pocket-sized booklet, which can be seen here, aims to …
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Friends, Families and Travellers was set up over 25 years ago to support the nomadic way of life in modern Britain. Our mission has always been and always will be to create a safer, more just …
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Following remarks made by Jimmy Carr that mock the genocide of Roma and Sinti people during the Holocaust, it is disturbingly clear that the Government has to take swift action to improve awareness of the genocide …
Today, Parliamentarians have written to the Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi as part of mounting pressure to include the Roma genocide as a mandatory part of Holocaust teaching in schools. The letter, written by …
Today, Friends, Families and Travellers are launching a new campaign to tackle the Government’s draconian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, and we’re asking you to get involved. Parliament is once again debating on bringing in …
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Today, the Joint Committee on Human Rights released its report on Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill. In its current form, the PCSC Bill would see the criminalisation of trespass and …
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