Services Directory
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Aberdeenshire Council Gypsy Liaison
North Aberdeen:
Greenbanks Traveller Site is a seasonal Gypsy/Traveller site, open from beginning of April to the end of September. The site has 20 good size pitches with amenity chalets with a separate toilet and shower, utility area and electric card pay as you go meters.
Due for refurbishment in October this year.
South Aberdeen:
Aikey Brae Gypsy/Traveller Transit Site is open all year round. The site has 10 good sized pitches, all of which have a chemical toilet and an electric hook up, (electric cards are available to purchase), waste bins are provided and water is available. Pitches are available for two weeks but this can be extended with prior permission.
Contact Di Faithfull for prices and availability.
Areas served: Scotland
Main contact and job role: Di Faithfull
Contact details
Address: Greenbanks Traveller Site Bridge Road Banff, Scotland, AB45 1HE
Tel: 07795 238423
Ando Glaso
Ando Glaso work principally to support Roma people, encouraging greater understanding and participation in the cultural heritage of the Roma people in Scotland. This has included various projects, such as the Ando Glaso collective, which elicits participation from Roma musicians, bringing together Roma communities in Scotland.
Areas served: Scotland
Main contact and job role: János Lang - Creative Director
Contact details
Address: CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD
Website: https://www.andoglaso.org/
Tel: +44-787-29-188-29
Article 12 in Scotland
Article 12 believe that governments, professionals, and the wider community should all play a role in building an environment that respects, values and validates the contributions of young people. Article 12 support young Gypsy/Travellers to access learning and development opportunities that empower them to participate at all levels of society.
Areas served: Scotland
Main contact and job role: Leslie Drury, National Co-Co-ordinator
Contact details
Address: Unit 12, John Player Building, Stirling Enterprise Park, Stirling, FK7 7RP
Website: https://www.article12.org/
Tel: tel:01786437914
Email: [email protected]
Community Renewal Trust
Community renewal trust is an organisation based in Scotland, which aims to alleviate and eradicate poverty in small, deprived neighbourhoods, using whole-person, whole-neighbourhood approaches. They have worked in seventeen neighbourhoods and achieved huge impact both in terms of supporting individuals and building sustainable community capacity/leadership.
In two neighbourhoods they have created and then spun-out independent community development trusts. Currently they focus their work in three neighbourhoods across Scotland – each acting like a community development trust but within their group structure. They have got 2,000 people into education/training and 5,000 people into work.
Areas served: Scotland
Main contact and job role: John Halliday, Executive Director
Contact details
Address: Community Renewal Trust 311 Calder St, Glasgow G42 7NQ
Website: https://www.communityrenewal.org.uk/
Tel: 0141 237 4457
MECOPP Carers Centre
MECOPP Carers Centre use community development approaches in working with Gypsy/Travellers. The service's work is multi-dimensional including outreach work, community-led research, arts, limited casework and awareness-raising training. Also work with partners from the statutory and voluntary sectors to develop their capacity to respond more appropriately to the needs of this community.
Areas served: Edinburgh & the Lothians, Perth & Kinross and Mid and North Argyll
Main contact and job role: Suzanne Munday, Gypsy/Traveller Carers’ Project Coordinator
Contact details
Address: Maritime House, 8 The Shore, Edinburgh, EH6 6QN
Website: http://www.mecopp.org.uk/
Tel: 0131 467 2994
Romano Lav
A Roma community organisation based in Govanhill, Glasgow. Staff and sessional workers work together to support and empower local communities, with Roma youth-led decisions at the heart of everything they do. Young Roma people lead the organisation, working within their communities through streetwork to achieve a number of outcomes, such as identifying real-time needs and concerns that the communities may have.
They work with young people to put together a diverse, participatory and youth-led programme of events. These events vary greatly, from educational events and activities, artistic and cultural performances, workshops and exhibitions to community celebrations.
Areas served: Govanhill, Glasgow
Contact details
Address: The Roma Cultural Centre, 43 Nithsdale Street, G41 2PZ.
Website: https://www.romanolav.org/
Tel: 0141 316 9013
Email: [email protected]
STEP Education
STEP is a national knowledge exchange centre supporting equitable access to education for mobile communities. STEP create resources with Travellers and nomadic young people in mind.
Contact details
Website: https://www.step.education.ed.ac.uk/
Tel: 0131 651 6444 07386656710
Email: [email protected]
