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 launching pad to exploring the importance of inspiration and showcasing some of the incredible people who make up Romany Gypsy, Roma, Irish Traveller, New Traveller Showmen, and Liveaboard Boater communities.
You can now access our Brochure, Education Pack for Schools, Digital Engagement Pack, and Education Pack for Prisons with guidance on how to celebrate, mark and raise awareness of GRTHM here!
The packs include ways you can join in with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month 2025 celebrations in schools, prisons, at work and online. This year, we’re offering:
- 1 x Brochure, featuring interviews about everyday, inspiring Romany Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people;
- 1 x Education Pack for Schools, with books to read, activities to try and what to watch;
- 1 x Digital Engagement Pack, with guidance on how to get involved online;
- 1 x Pack for Prisons, including an inspirational anecdote;
- Sample social media post, including text;
- A timeline of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller histories;
- A competition, where children and people in prison are invited to share who or what inspires them and why, with a deadline of 1 July.
All competition entries should be sent to [email protected]. We’ll accept songs, poems, drawings and anything creative!
We can’t wait to find out how you celebrate this June, so please:
- Tag @FriendsFamiliesandTravellers or @fft.bsky.social
- Use the #GRTHeroesMonth and #GRTHM25 hashtags!
You can also find previous GRTHM packs here.
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About Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT)
Friends, Families and Travellers is a leading national charity that works to end racism and discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and to protect the right to pursue a nomadic way of life.
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month resources. Friends, Families and Travellers. View.
