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.
Human 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.
Access the resourceThe Speak Out Project
The Speak Out project CD contains interviews with young Travellers, telling of their experiences of racist bullying.
Read moreA Gypsy’s Wish
The film is written, produced and directed by members of the Gypsy Community, most of whom had no experience in video producing prior to making the film.
Access the resourceA Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust
A teachers guide to the Holocaust containing resources for teaching about the Gypsy Holocaust.
Access the resourcePreventing and tackling bullying: Advice for headteachers, staff and governing bodies
This document was produced by the Department for Education to help schools prevent and respond to bullying as part of their overall behaviour policy.
Access the resourceDenied a Future? The Right to Education of Roma, Gypsy and Traveller Children in Europe.
This report, compiled by Save the Children, discusses the educational inclusion of Gypsy and Traveller children in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (including Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia) and Romania.
Access the resourcePrejudice and Pride
This report and DVD by Jake Bowers and Ormiston Children and Families Trust report and DVD looks at the issues and opinions of Young Traveller children in Cambridge.
Read moreTraveller Education: Accounts of Good Practice
This is a handbook for all schools that have Traveller pupils. It moves beyond the issues surrounding their low educational attainment and attendance in schools to outline good practice, based on proven success in schools.
Access the resourceBe Roma or Die Tryin’ DVD
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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