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 submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights – The Government’s response to COVID-19: human rights implications
This submission highlights how the Government response to Covid-19 has failed to ensure the protection of the rights of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers under Article 2 Right to education, Article 8 Respect for private and family life in conjunction with Article 14 Protection from discrimination of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998.
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Webinar: Supporting communities at the sharp edge of inequality during Covid-19
This webinar discussed some challenges faced by Inclusion Health groups during Covid-19 and ways in which health and social care services and local authorities can ensure members of these groups receive the support they need.
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Friends, Families and Traveller submission to Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry ‘Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics’
This submission by FFT to the Women and Equalities Committee in April 2020 lists the key issues faced by members of Gypsy and Traveller communities in the Government response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Crystal’s Vardo: Teaching materials and information
Teaching materials and information drawn from Crystal’s Vardo about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. Includes discussion topics, historical timeline and children’s activities.
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Gypsy Traveller history in Scotland
A detailed and illustrated timeline of Scottish Gypsy Travellers’ history from 998AD to the present day made by artist and activist, Shamus McPhee, from the Scottish Nacken (Gypsy Traveller) community.
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It’s Kushti to Rokker – For Travellers by Travellers
A series of films made by Youth Travellers Times and young Gypsies and Travellers on reaching out when facing bad nerves or poor mental health, with resources for young people and a toolkit for practicitioners.
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A time to quit: Experiences of smoking cessation support among people with severe mental illness
We contributed to this Health and Wellbeing Alliance report which found people experiencing severe mental illness are as willing to quit smoking as other smokers but require additional support to be successful.
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Forgotten Victims: 55% of British people surveyed unaware that over 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were killed in the Holocaust
To assess whether Holocaust education in Britain has been successful teaching about Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust, FFT commissioned YouGov with questions that would reveal the understanding of British public.
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Best Practice for assessing the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers
This document provides a good practice guide, seeking to improve the undertaking and application of assessments for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation needs.
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Supporting Roma Voices
Through the Supporting Roma Voice project this report addresses knowledge gaps regarding the way in which the inclusion of migrant Roma in the UK is being addressed.
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Everyday hatred against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: an evaluation of the Report Racism GRT website submissions
This report by GATE Herts is an evaluation of all cases of hate incidents and discrimination towards Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as reported to the Report Racism GRT website between July 2016 to February 2018.
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Policing by consent: Understanding and improving relations between Gypsies, Roma, Irish Travellers and the police
Through FOI requests to police forces in England, Wales and Scotland and interviews with police officers, Traveller Movement research relationships between Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and police forces.
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The last acceptable form of racism? The pervasive discrimination and prejudice experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
A Traveller Movement report explores the findings of an online survey asking 214 Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people about their experience of prejudice and discrimination in healthcare, education, employment and other services.
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Hidden carers, unheard voices: Informal caring within the Gypsy/Traveller community in Scotland
MECOPP share learning and present findings from a Gypsy Traveller carer project which gathered the views and experiences of Gypsy Traveller carers in Scotland.
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After the Lammy Review blog 2: Gypsies, Roma and Irish Travellers in the justice system
Kate Green MP blogs for Clinks following the release of the Lammy Review in 2017, highlighting the new insights it provides on the experience of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in the criminal justice system.
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