Policy & Publications

Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups’ submission to the Public Services Committee Inquiry ‘Public Services: lessons from coronavirus’

Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups’ submission to the Public Services Committee Inquiry ‘Public Services: lessons from coronavirus’, calling for scrutiny and to hold the Government to account for their treatment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2020

Webinar: Legal briefing on unauthorised encampments, evictions and service provision in England

This FFT and Community Law Partnership ‘legal briefing’ webinar discussed unauthorised encampments, evictions and service provision in England with a focus on implications during the Covid-19 pandemic.

‘How coronavirus has affected equality and human rights’, October 2020: Is Britain fairer? Report series

This Equality and Human Rights Commission report summarises evidence that helps us understand the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on different communities in society.

‘Millions without mail’: A Citizens Advice report

This report identifies the multiple impacts of being unable to receive mail for 7 million people in the UK, with marginalised groups including nomadic communities, people experiencing homelessness and survivors of domestic abuse most affected.

Report: Police renew calls for more Gypsy and Traveller sites in opposition to the criminalisation of unauthorised encampments

In this piece of research, FFT have set to find out the responses of police bodies to the Government’s 2019 consultation, the full results of which are due to be published by the Government in Autumn 2020.

Roma and Travellers in six countries

This report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights presents survey findings on the experiences of Roma and Travellers from Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights – The Government’s response to COVID-19: human rights implications

This submission highlights how the Government response to Covid-19 has failed to ensure the protection of the rights of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers under Article 2 Right to education, Article 8 Respect for private and family life in conjunction with Article 14 Protection from discrimination of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998.

Best Practice for assessing the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers

This document provides a good practice guide, seeking to improve the undertaking and application of assessments for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation needs.

Supporting Roma Voices

Through the Supporting Roma Voice project this report addresses knowledge gaps regarding the way in which the inclusion of migrant Roma in the UK is being addressed.

No place to stop: Research on the five year supply of deliverable Gypsy and Traveller sites in the South East of England

This research is an update on the research we carried out in 2016 which found that 10 out of 66 local authorities had identified a 5 year supply of specific deliverable sites. The situation has worsened since then.

Submission to the Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

This is a joint report from 5 organisations working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to the Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to help inform the list of issues the Committee requests the UK Government addresses.

The potential for a negotiated stopping approach in London

Negotiated stopping is a humane and balanced way of supporting families and managing roadside camps in a safe and secure way. London Gypsies and Travellers explore whether this approach could help in London.

Police oppose criminalising unauthorised encampments and call for more sites

FOI requests on police responses to the government consultation on police powers for dealing with unauthorised encampments found that police largely identified the lack of site provision as the priority issue, not criminalisation.

Friends Families and Travellers: Vision for Change 2019-22

Our Vision for Change sets out how we aim to achieve our goal of ending racism, discrimination and the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.