PLEASE NOTE: Following the letter below, and after raising the issue in Parliament with APPGGTR Vice Chair Sarah Dyke MP, we’ve received confirmation that “Traveller sites are WITHIN the scope of the new Social and Affordable […]
Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) produced a new briefing on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the need for increased and improved Gypsy and Traveller site provision. Historic and current failures in the planning system
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On Friday 18 July 2025, in a letter to the Government, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) and GATEHerts raised the previous weekend’s devastating fire at Redbourn’s Ver Meadows Traveller site with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
FFT and GATEHerts raise Redbourn fire with Government Read More »
On 10 June 2025, MPs published an Early Day Motion recognising the importance of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (GRTHM) in June, encouraging support and celebration. An early day motion is a proposal submitted by an
We’re excited to announce our Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (GRTHM) materials are now live! Friends, Families and Travellers’ theme for this year is “Gypsy, Roma and Traveller ‘Heroes’ Month: Who inspires you”, offering a
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month 2025 resources now live Read More »
Today (1 June) marks the 40th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, where over 600 New Travellers were subjected to excessive, humiliating and brutal police violence. On the morning of 1 June 1985, a peaceful
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Today, NHS England has taken a significant positive step by recommending that health bodies across the UK include Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people in patient data, aligning records with the 2021 census, in cases where “the design
FFT welcomes inclusion of Romany Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people in NHS data capturing Read More »
Today, a new summary report from Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) highlights the widespread failure of local authorities across the UK to provide safe, legal and accessible transit sites for Gypsy and Traveller communities, despite long–standing
New Summary Report: FOI reveals devastating lack of transit site provision Read More »
Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) and a coalition of 22 civil society leaders, including Amnesty UK, Liberty, Quakers in Britain, Homeless Link, Right to Roam and wider Gypsy and Traveller civil society, have written to
Civil Society leaders call on Government to repeal Part 4 of PCSC Act Read More »
