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.
Travelling 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 reportBrighton Clinical Commissioning Group Integrated Care Consultation: Better Care Programmes
A summary of the report compiled for Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group by Michelle Gavin, Friends Families and Travellers.
View the reportRace 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.
Read moreWhat does the 2011 Census tell us about the characteristics of Gypsy or Irish travellers in England and Wales?
For the first time the 2011 Census included a tick box for Gypsy or Irish Travellers (not Roma). Read the analysis of the results produced by the Office for National Statistics
Access the resourceHuman Rights and Gypsies and Travellers: An Exploration of the Application of a Human Rights Perspective to Social Work with a Minority Community in Britain
In this paper, Sarah Cemlyn explores the relationship between human rights social work and issues facing Gypsies and Travellers, and argues that work with these groups cannot be properly understood outside a human rights framework.
Access the resourceAssimilation, control, mediation or advocacy? Social work dilemmas in providing anti-oppressive services for Traveller children and families
In this paper, Sarah Cemlyn explores dilemmas facing social work in England in providing anti-oppressive services for Travellers, particularly those who lack secure sites.
Access the resourceFrom neglect to partnership? Challenges for social services in promoting the welfare of Traveller children
In this paper, Sarah Cemlyn explores current and potential directions in social services’ provision for Traveller children, drawing on a Nuffield-funded study.
Access the resourceA guide for professionals working with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in Childrens Services
This guide was produced to help professionals working in Childrens Services to enhance their cultural competency and working practice when engaging with families from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
View the reportImpact of universal credit and welfare reforms on the Gypsy and Traveller communities
A report by the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain and Leeds GATE.
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 resourceBe Roma or Die Tryin’ Vimeo
The short documentary has been created by young Polish Roma refugees from East London. It is a journey through their heritage and across their city, examining Britains ignorance of Roma culture while celebrating the new life they have made for themselves.
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