On Sunday 3rd November, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the government is to begin consulting on making trespass a criminal offence. Friends Families and Travellers response: “We completely oppose the Home Office announcement of a […]
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Today, a coalition of organisations have launched a ‘pledge card’ which allows MPs to declare their support for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom. Friends Families and Travellers who are co-ordinating the campaign
Friends, Families and Travellers has coordinated the sending of two open letters to Ministers asking for them to ensure that the proposed Settled Status application fee for 16-18 year olds matches the price of those under
Today, with the World Health Organization, we celebrate the 70th annual World Health Day. This year the theme is Universal Healthcare Coverage. The underpinning principle of this is that healthcare should be available to everyone, without
In May and June 2016 FFT undertook a piece of research to ascertain if local authorities in South East England were meeting their requirements under the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) Planning Policy for
Are you affected by the changes to the planning definition for Gypsies and Travellers or the changes about Traveller Sites in the Green Belt or open countryside? In August 2015 the Government announced big changes to
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The first human rights education manual for young people on combating antigypsyism – racism and discrimination against Roma – was launched on 21 April. The manual – Mirrors – Manual on combating antigypsyism through human rights
Combating Antigypsyism – New Resource Published Read More »
What the Government was supposed to do The European Commission asked all member states to produce a Roma Integration Strategy. The UK Government declined to do this but instead set up a Ministerial Working Group chaired
Picklesgate – Government covers up their Roma neglect Read More »
The LGTU campaign called We STILL count. The aim of the campaign is to inform as many people as possible about the proposed changes and find ways for them to reply. You can watch the film
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