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, over 120 Parliamentarians signed an APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma and APPG for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity joint letter to Netflix in response to Jimmy Carr’s use of the Roma …
Over 120 Parliamentarians submit letter to Netflix in response to Jimmy Carr Read More »
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 …
FFT launch new campaign in fight against Policing Bill Read More »
Today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has written to the UK House of Commons and House of Lords to call for both Houses to reject Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and …
Council of Europe calls on MPs to reject criminalisation of trespass Read More »
In May, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) made a submission to the Public Bill Committee, calling for the removal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC Bill). The submission, which can …
FFT calls for Part 4 of Police Bill to be scrapped Read More »
Chris McDonagh is a Campaigns Officer at Friends, Families and Travellers and also runs @TravellersAgainstRacism. Chris is an Irish Traveller and grew up travelling around the United Kingdom. Here he writes on his personal experiences of …
“We Are People Too”: A blog by Chris McDonagh on growing up as an Irish Traveller Read More »
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 …
Priti Patel grossly misled Parliament on Government’s lack of site provision Read More »
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, …
FFT response to Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report Read More »
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 …
FFT response to Pontins anti-Traveller blacklisting of Irish surnames Read More »
