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.
‘Why The Moon Travels’ by Oein DeBhairduin
‘Why the moon travels’ is a haunting collection of twenty tales rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community. Collected by Oein DeBhairduin throughout his childhood, retold in his lyrical style.
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‘Unsettled’ by Rosaleen McDonagh
Essays by Rosaleen McDonagh, exploring racism, ableism, abuse and resistance as well as the bonds of community, family and friendship.
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Briefing: Health inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
A briefing on health inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
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A Short Guide to the Policing Act 2022
This is a short guide for Gypsies and Travellers in understanding the new powers relating to roadside camps in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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Right to Remember: A Handbook for Education with Young People on the Roma Genocide
This handbook is a self-contained educational resource to serve teachers as well as NGOs and youth organisations, to work with young people on the remembrance of the Roma Genocide.
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Working with victims and survivors from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
LimeCulture has developed this resource to assist ISVA services in identifying areas within their service delivery model that can be adapted to meet the needs of victims/survivors from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and to specifically support ISVAs in their work with this client group.
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Shadow Report to the Universal Periodic Review Working Group and UN Member States: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
This document reports on the progress or deterioration of the enjoyment of human rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, structured by areas of life in which discrimination and barriers are routinely encountered, for the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review.
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Alternative Report to the Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
This report focuses on the Council of Europe Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Recommendations and related Articles under the 4th cycle of scrutiny.
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Roma and Travellers: Council of Europe Thematic Factsheet
The present factsheet provides examples of general and individual measures reported by States in European Court’s judgments, concerning: access to justice, right to respect for private and family life, including issues related to forced sterilisation of Roma women,
protection from hate crime and housing rights, protection of property and right to education.
Bridges and deserts: Creating a solid foundation for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller civil society
FFT research findings on the status of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller civil society micro-sector within the larger voluntary sector in the UK. The report highlights the significant gaps in service provision across the country.
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PHE Breast Screening Guidance: Reducing inequalities
Government guidance on reducing inequalities in breast screening with specific advice for health and care services on reducing barriers for people living nomadically, including Gypsies, Travellers and Boaters.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2021
This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2021 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of their right to pursue a nomadic way of life.
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Children, young people and families’ experiences of chronic asthma management and care
Working with a range of families, including Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, this report from Young People’s Health Partnership reviewed how young people manage their asthma and advises on actions services can take to be more inclusive.
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Digital exclusion & health inequalities
This Briefing Paper from the Good Things Foundation breaks down digital exclusion, the impacts for those how are affected by it and how digital exclusion has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Not making the grade: Why our approach to mental health at secondary school is failing young people
Mind report on the impacts of mental health on young people in Secondary education, including a sample of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students.
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