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.
Police oppose criminalising unauthorised encampments and call for more sites
FOI requests on police responses to the government consultation on police powers for dealing with unauthorised encampments found that police largely identified the lack of site provision as the priority issue, not criminalisation.
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Webinar: Laura Henry in Conversation with Lisa Smith
Lisa Smith, vice-chair of ACERT and a professional in Traveller Education Services contributes to this webinar giving an insight into the experience of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students in education.
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Supporting Gypsies and Travellers living with Domestic Violence
This information leaflet is a guide for workers in refuges and temporary accommodation who are supporting Gypsies and Travellers experiencing domestic violence.
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Friends Families and Travellers: Vision for Change 2019-22
Our Vision for Change sets out how we aim to achieve our goal of ending racism, discrimination and the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Life on and off the hard shoulder: Older Gypsies living on the roadside and in housing
A study from Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group on the lives and experiences of older Gypsies and Travellers living nomadically and in bricks and mortar.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2018-2019
Read this report for an overview of FFT’s achievements between 2018-19 providing advice and legal support to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers and developing evidence-based research to build campaigns raising the public awareness of the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Gypsy and Traveller sites: the revised planning definition’s impact on assessing accommodation needs
Research from the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that following the change to Gypsy and Traveller in planning policy (2015) the perceived need for Gypsy and Traveller in pitches according to local planning authorities has fallen by almost 75%.
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Community Practitioners: Championing health inclusion for forgotten populations
Margaret Greenfields writes for the Queen’s Nursing Institute on how health practitioners can ensure their services are more inclusive for Gypsy, Traveller and Boater communities.
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Why are so many Roma young people excluded from school?
Following the Timpson review, Roma Support Group write for coram-i to explore the high rates of exclusion among Roma pupils in English school and recommend good practice.
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Fulfilling their potential? Exclusion of Roma pupils in the English educational system: A briefing paper
Using local and national data and experience from providing advocacy support, Roma Support Group explore the high exclusion rates and of Roma pupils from schools in England.
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VCSE Inclusion Health Audit Tool
An online tool created by Friends, Families and Travellers, Homeless Link, and other members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for VCSE organisations to measure their engagement with inclusion health groups.
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Good practice briefing: Gypsies and Travellers
Homelessness charity, Shelter, provides an overview of the issues faced by Gypsy and Traveller communities in accessing housing and services.
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Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom: Populations size and experiences of local authorities and partners
University of Salford researchers produced this report to build a greater awareness about Roma communities in the UK and to identify the areas where local authorities and Roma communities may need support building positive outcomes.
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The underrepresentation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in higher education A report on barriers from early years to secondary and beyond
LKMco & King’s College London explore why Gypsies, Roma and Travellers are underrepresented in higher education, noting barriers to success in compulsory education and factors which can reduce participation in HE.
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Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in the United Kingdom: Assessing progress in key policy areas of the strategy
Prepared by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups, FFT and other NGOs this report makes recommendations to the UK Government to establish a National Roma Integration Strategy in key policy areas.
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