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.
Friends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: September 2018
September News: Digital Exclusion, Roma and Brexit, Maternity Voices and much more
Access the resourceFriends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: August 2018
August News: Dikh He Na Bister, Negotiated Stopping, Football Tournaments and much more
Access the resourceFriends, Families and Travellers Newsletter: July 2018
July News: HWBA launch Inclusion Health Audit Tool, Irish Travellers win Housing Policy challenge in High Court and much more
Access the resourceFriends Families and Travellers and GATE Herts written information for the examination of the UK State party’s report to the 66th Cycle of the United Nations Committee Against Torture
This submission to the United Nations Convention Against Torture highlights the UK government’s failure to take sufficient preventative measures to protect Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities from hate crime.
Access the resourceGypsy and Traveller Prisoners: A Good Practice Guide
This report, produced the the ICB Traveller Equality Project responds to common questions received from prison staff and aims to support prisons meet the needs of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers .
Access the resourcePeople in prison: Gypsies, Romany and Travellers: A findings paper by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
This report provides a better understanding to the experience of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the Criminal Justice System.
Access the resourceDeaths of Travellers in Prison
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, this Learning Lessons bulletin observes the experience of Gypsies and Travellers in prisons in the UK.
Access the resourcePressing for progress: women’s rights and gender equality in 2018
This report looks at the state of women’s rights in Great Britain in 2018 and makes recommendations to the UK and Welsh governments in a range of areas.
Access the resourceRoma Communities in London: Feasibility Study
This Feasibility Study was carried out by Roma London to enable them to have an understanding of the needs of Roma communities in the city. You can find details of the research, findings and recommendations in this document.
View the reportWorking Across the Lines: Connecting struggles of racialised and minoritised populations
This report from Voice4Change England/Migrants’ Rights Network makes recommendations on how to connect efforts for justice – particularly those advancing race equality, migrants’ rights and refugee causes and resisting anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish, anti-Gypsy and anti-Traveller racism – to better enable groups to stand up for one another and to create a climate for equity and belonging.
View the reportHouse of Commons Briefing Paper on Gypsies and Travellers 2018
A link to a House of Commons briefing paper providing an overview of key issues and policies relating to Gypsy and Traveller communities in England.
Access the resourceJoint Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
A joint submission by Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups in anticipation of a country visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
View the reportHate Crime directed at Gypsies, Roma and Travellers – A checklist for advice and charging lawyers
A document produced by the CPS for advice and charging lawyers on dealing with hate crime against Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.
View the reportJoint report to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom 2017
This is a joint report produced by FFT and a number of other organisations addressing the response of the UK Govenment to the findings and recommendations of the 2012 United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the UK.
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