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.
Having Somewhere to Live: An Introduction to the Issues
A brief overview of the issues in having somewhere to live.
Read moreHaving Somewhere to Live: Language
A brief overview of the language used to talk about finding a place to live.
Read moreHaving Somewhere to Live: Unauthorised Encampments and Local Authority Site Provision
A brief overview of the Caravan Counts and information on unauthorised encampments.
Read moreHaving Somewhere to Live: A case study
A case study illustrating the importance of access to accommodation.
Read moreHomelessness
Marc Willers of Garden Court Chambers outlines the legal obligations of local authorities to provide pitches and culturally appropriate forms of accommodation for members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities.
Read moreA Big or Divided Society? A Panel Review of Government Policy on Gypsies and Travellers
This report outlines the recommendations and report of the Panel Review into the Impact of the Localism Bill and Coalition Government Policy on Gypsies and Travellers.
Access the resourceList of Traveller Friendly Solicitors
A list of Traveller Friendly Solicitors, compiled by Marc Willers and Friends, Families and Travellers.
View the reportWake-up call for a giant: The EU must end discrimination against Roma
In April 2013, Amnesty International called for the European Union to sanction governments that are failing to tackle discrimination and violence against the estimated six million Roma in Europe.
Access the resourceCouncil of Europe – Roma and Travellers
This page links to numerous European initiatives working on initiatives affecting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers. It includes the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance’s recommendations on combating anti-Gypsyism.
Access the resourceEuropean Commission against Racism and Intolerance General Policy Recommendation No. 13 on Combating anti-Gypsyism and Discrimination Against Roma
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance made a list of recommendations to the governments of member states of the Council of Europe regarding Roma and Gypsy treatment and inclusion. This list of recommendations was formally adopted in Strasbourg in June 2011.
Access the resourceAssessing local housing authorities’ progress in meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities in England by Philip Brown and Pat Niner.
There is a recognised national shortfall in Gypsy and Traveller site provision. This report assesses the requirements for pitch provision in England and sets out the need for a new strategic approach to site provision to meet the national shortfall.
View the reportAssessing local authorities’ progress in meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities in England and Wales: 2010 Update
There is a recognised national shortfall in Gypsy and Traveller site provision. This report is the 2010 update of an earlier report which assessed the requirements for pitch provision in England and set out the need for a new strategic approach to site provision to meet the national shortfall.
View the reportCommon Ground: Equality, good race relations and sites for Gypsies and Irish Travellers, 2006
The Commission for Racial Equality launched an inquiry in October 2004 to examine local authorities’ arrangements for planning, providing and maintaining sites. This report summarises the findings and recommendations which arose as a result.
View the reportThe Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on Gypsies and Travellers
Marc Willers of Garden Court Chambers and Alex Pickles of Travellers Aid Trust outline how the Human Rights Act 1998 impacts upon Travellers.
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