Policy & Publications
This section will help you to search for policy, publications and information on issues affecting Gypsies and Travellers. Use the filter on the left hand side to refine your search.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Life on and off the hard shoulder: Older Gypsies living on the roadside and in housing
A study from Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group on the lives and experiences of older Gypsies and Travellers living nomadically and in bricks and mortar.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2018-2019
Read this report for an overview of FFT’s achievements between 2018-19 providing advice and legal support to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers and developing evidence-based research to build campaigns raising the public awareness of the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Gypsy and Traveller sites: the revised planning definition’s impact on assessing accommodation needs
Research from the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that following the change to Gypsy and Traveller in planning policy (2015) the perceived need for Gypsy and Traveller in pitches according to local planning authorities has fallen by almost 75%.
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Good practice briefing: Gypsies and Travellers
Homelessness charity, Shelter, provides an overview of the issues faced by Gypsy and Traveller communities in accessing housing and services.
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Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom: Populations size and experiences of local authorities and partners
University of Salford researchers produced this report to build a greater awareness about Roma communities in the UK and to identify the areas where local authorities and Roma communities may need support building positive outcomes.
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Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in the United Kingdom: Assessing progress in key policy areas of the strategy
Prepared by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups, FFT and other NGOs this report makes recommendations to the UK Government to establish a National Roma Integration Strategy in key policy areas.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: June 2019
June Newsletter: FFT shortlisted for RSPH Award, government strategy news, lunch with the Queen and much more…
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Friends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: May 2019
May Newsletter: Mental Health of Young People, Timpson Review, Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month and much more…
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The United Nations Special Rapporteur report highlights racial disparities in education, employment, housing, health and criminal justice, with recommendations to address these inequalities.
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Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
A House of Commons report from the Women and Equalities Committee assessing the experience of inequality among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: June 2018
June News: Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month, European Commission Report, Young People visit Parliament and much more
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Friends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: May 2018
May News: Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur, Celebrate GRTHM, Updates from Parliament and more…
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