Tomorrow, the Charity Awards 2021 will take place and the Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) Health Champions project is in the running for the Children and Youth category award. The awards will recognise charities whose work […]
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Yesterday, 23rd March 2021, members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma launched an early day motion with a request for the House of Commons to debate the criminalisation of trespass
Today, an investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that Pontins holiday parks used a blacklist titled “Undesirable Guests” and made up of mostly Irish surnames, to refuse bookings by Gypsies and Travellers. The
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Today, Tuesday 17th November, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) are pleased to share a new publication ‘How to tackle health inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: A guide for health and care services’. Gypsy, Roma
Today, Friends Families and Travellers wrote to Amanda Berry, Chief Executive Officer of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to voice concerns on the nomination of Hardcash Productions for an award. Hardcash Productions
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On the evening of Thursday 16th April 2020, Channel 4 chose to broadcast a show, ‘Dispatches: The Truth About Traveller Crime’. In response to the broadcast, Sarah Mann, Director of Friends, Families and Travellers said: “It is not
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On Saturday 11th April 2020, Stephen Greenhalgh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government wrote to local authorities across England highlighting how they can support Gypsies and Travellers during the coronavirus
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Today, Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) are proud to announce the shortlist for the very first Friends Families and Travellers Awards 2020! The awards are to celebrate inspiring individuals from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in
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Today, 11th November 2019 marks the beginning of Anti-Bullying Week with the theme ‘Change Starts With Us’. We’ll be taking part by highlighting the racist bullying that many Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and young people
