Today, Friends Families and Travellers and other race equality, human rights and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations have written a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The letter, which can […]
Today, Friends Families and Travellers is proud to announce that Samson Rattigan, Projects Coordinator at FFT, has been included in the New Year Honours List 2020! Samson has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services
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Today, Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) have released a damning report which found that the overwhelming majority of police responses to the Government’s 2018 consultation on unauthorised encampments do not want more eviction powers. Despite this,
Today, 11th November 2019 marks the beginning of Anti-Bullying Week with the theme ‘Change Starts With Us’. We’ll be taking part by highlighting the racist bullying that many Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and young people
On Thursday 17th October, the winners of the illustrious Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) Health and Wellbeing Awards were announced in a glamorous event at the East Wintergarden in London. Brighton based charity Friends Families
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
This Sunday 22 September, Friends, Families and Travellers will be opening their doors for a Fringe event during the Labour Party Conference to discuss how communities in Britain can say ‘no’ to anti-Gypsyism. A recent Equalities
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A report released today, Friday 13th September, by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found ‘concerning trends’ in the ways local planning authorities are assessing and meeting the need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches
The staff and trustees at Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) are deeply saddened to hear of the untimely death of Susan Alexander, ‘Alex’ as she was known to us all. Alex was a key person in
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