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HPV leaflet

HPV vaccine guide: Print version

Publication type: Guide|Resource Library | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Guide|Resource Library

HPV vaccine guide for Gypsies and Travellers explaining what it is and why it’s important. Print version with QR codes.

HPV leaflet

HPV vaccine guide

Publication type: Guide|Resource Library | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Guide|Resource Library

A leaflet co-produced with Gypsies and Travellers on what the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination is, how to access it and why it’s important.

HPV briefing title page

HPV Vaccination in Gypsy and Traveller Communities: Guidance for Professionals

Publication type: Guide|Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Guide|Report

A briefing drawing on community-led insights into the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination, which sets out practical actions for health professionals, schools, and local authority services to improve access, understanding, and trust.

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FFT response to the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning Policy for Traveller sites

Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report

This response has been prepared on behalf of Friends, Families and Travellers by Dr Simon Ruston MRTPI and deals with the various issues within the consultation that impact on Gypsies and Travellers thematically, referring to the consultation questions.

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Response of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma to the National Planning Policy Framework Consultation

Publication type: Resource Library|Submission | Author: Other | Themes: Resource Library|Submission

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma promotes the rights of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities in Parliament and with the government. This is the APPG response to the Government’s consultation on proposed changes to national planning policy.

HoL Briefing

House of Lords Briefing for the Crime and Policing Bill

Publication type: Briefing | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Briefing

House of  Lords briefing for the Crime and Policing Bill on reducing police powers against encampments in PCSCA/CJPOA and the declaration of incompatibility.

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FFT submission to GSS on ethnicity categories

Publication type: Submission | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Submission

FFT submission to the Government Statistical Service (GSS) consultation on the need for disaggregated ethnicity data.

APPG submission title page

APPG submission on ethnicity categories to GSS

Publication type: Submission | Author: Other | Themes: Submission

APPG on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma’s submission to the Government Statistical Service (GSS) consultation on the need for disaggregated ethnicity data.

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Diabetes Health Information for Gypsies and Travellers

Publication type: Guide | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Guide

Information for Gypsies and Travellers on spotting the signs of Diabetes, and how to get help live with it

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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2025

Publication type: Annual Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Annual Report

Here is the Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2025, offering an overview of some of the achievements that FFT has had over the 2024-25 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers through practical advice, legal support, national campaigning and strategic litigation, ensuring the protection of the right to pursue a nomadic way of life.

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