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 Annual Report 2013 – 2014
View the reportFriends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2012 – 2013
View the reportFriends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2011 – 2012
View the reportFriends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2010 – 2011
View the reportFriends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2009 – 2010
View the reportImproving access to health care for Gypsies and Travellers, homeless people and sex workers
An evidence-based commissioning guide for Clinical Commissioning Groups and Health & Wellbeing Boards
View the reportCommissioning Inclusive Services: Practical steps towards inclusive JSNAs, JHWSs and commissioning for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, homeless people, sex workers and vulnerable migrants
This guide will help to bring a greater focus on tackling health inequalities, by supporting Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies in identifying the needs of vulnerable groups, and setting clear priorities for how these can be met.
View the reportFriends, Families and Travellers Advice on Inclusive Commissioning
Read this advice from the FFT team to find out more about inclusive commissioning.
Read moreTravelling to Better Health – Guidance for Healthcare Practitioners on Working Effectively with Gypsies and Travellers
The Welsh Government has published a comprehensive and well-referenced guide for healthcare practitioners on working effectively with Gypsies and Travellers. The advice incorporates many recommendations from FFT.
Read moreInclusion of Gypsy Traveller health needs in Joint Strategic Needs Assessments: A Review
A report compiled by Rachel Wemyss, Friends Families and Travellers.
View the reportBullying around Racism, Religion and Culture
This advice for schools is the first in a suite of specialist guidance on countering prejudice driven bullying in schools.
Access the resourceRace Equality in Education: Good Practice in Schools and Local Education Authorities
This survey report illustrates good practice in work on race equality and education in schools and local authorities in England.
Access the resourceEthnicity and Education: The Evidence on Minority Ethnic Pupils
This topic paper by the Department for Education and Skills presents the latest statistics and research on minority ethnic pupils in the education system and updates the January 2005 topic paper.
Access the resourceEthnicity & Education: The Evidence on Minority Ethnic Pupils
Department for Education and Skills Research Topic Paper (RTP01-05), published January 2005 and no longer available on the gov.uk website.
Read moreAiming High: Raising the Achievement of Gypsy Traveller Pupils
A Guide to Good Practice developed by the Department for Education and Skills.
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