Reminder: The deadline to register to vote in the upcoming local elections is Today 20 April.
Ensure your participation in shaping your community by registering today.
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The deadline to register to vote is 20 April📣
Watch why voting matters for Gypsy and Traveller communities by Terry Green:
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Your vote helps shape decisions on housing, services and your community.
Happy Easter! 🐣
Please note that our helpline will be closed on the following dates:
Tuesday, 31 March
Friday, 3 April
Monday, 6 April
Our services will resume during our usual working hours:
10 am–4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
We wish you a safe and joyful Easter.
Have you got your ticket yet?
Join us on 31 March at 11am for the launch of our co-developed HPV vaccine resources to find out more about how to reduce stigma and increase understanding around vaccinations within Gypsy and Traveller communities.
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-aw...
We’ve shared insights on the planning system from 50+ Gypsy and Traveller
with Government, and it’s a start.
They have called for fairness in planning, more sites, genuine engagement in assessing real need, and better located sites.
Thanks to all who took part.
Stay tuned for more coming updates!
The Government’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill is back in the House of Lords tonight!
You can watch along here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
We’ll keep you updated on any changes once we know more.
Today is World Book Day! 📚
To celebrate, we're sharing a list of books and resources, created by (or featuring) Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community members!🎉
You can find the resources here:
www.gypsy-traveller.org/teaching-res...
The government's been forced to table the amendment following the High Court ruling a Declaration of Incompatibility.
The amendment will be brought to the House of Lords on 25th February.
If successful, it'll remove teeth from one of the most draconian anti-Traveller legislation in decades. (2/2)
📢 BREAKING: GOVERNMENT PUSHES TO REMOVE ONE OF THE HARSHEST POLICE ACT POWERS📢
We can reveal that the Government has tabled an amendment to its Crime and Policing Bill, to convert the 12-month ban back to the original (pre-PCSCA) 3 months.
More: www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/governm... (1/2)
🎥 In 2020, as part of our 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' series, we interviewed Shamus McPhee on the 'Tinker Experiment', describing it as "an attempt to gradually crush Gypsy/Traveller culture in Scotland".
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?si=ZDA.... (3/3)
SHRC's call follows decades of campaigning, led by Shamus and Roseanna McPhee of RAJPOT and Dr Lynne Tammi-Connelly, alongside people from the wider Nawken community.
We call on officials to do right by survivors and for the Scottish Government to deliver the SHRC recommendations immediately. (2/3)
✊ We strongly welcome the Scottish Human Rights Commission's (SHRC) call for reparations for Scotland's Nawken (Gypsy/Travellers) community, whose people were subjected to decades ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’, including forced assimilation and child removal. (1/3)
One year on from our report on young Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people's experiences of the criminal justice system, join us for a one-hour webinar exploring the impacts, outcomes and what's next.
⏰When: 3 February 2026, 11am-12pm.
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gypsies-an...
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The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine now includes protection against chicken pox too. The vaccine is now called MMRV (varicella).
Dose 1 will be offered at one year of age and dose 2 will be offered at 18-months old.
More about vaccines here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbio...
With the click of a button, you could make a family's Christmas!🎄
Many Gypsies and Travellers across Sussex will go without a warm home and food for the table this holiday season without your support.
We’ve put together bespoke ‘gifts’ you can donate: www.gypsy-traveller.org/campaigns/se...
Organisations representing doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers and health visitors, as well as housing experts and anti-poverty charities, all agree that the government should abolish the two-child limit in full to turn the tide on child poverty. (2/2)
We’ve joined @cpaguk.bsky.social and 100+ others in calling for the government to scrap the two-child limit. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
More: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... (1/2)
Organisations representing doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers and health visitors, as well as housing experts and anti-poverty charities, all agree that the government should abolish the two-child limit in full to turn the tide on child poverty. (2/2)
Every gift, big or small, makes a difference.
🧑🤝🧑Join us and stand together with the people who need it most this festive season.
Take part this Christmas: gypsy-traveller.org/seasons-gift... (3/3)
We’ve put together bespoke ‘gifts’ you can donate to bring a family joy:
🎁Gift a child a toy to open on Christmas morning.
🔥A gas bottle to help make sure a family can stay warm this winter.
🧺A seasonal food hamper for all to enjoy.
✨Or, Donate what you can!
(2/3)
SEASON’S GIFTINGS IS BACK
The festive season is just around the corner — but not everyone has the means to celebrate.
This Christmas, you can help us spread some cheer.
Make sure Gypsy and Traveller families can stay warm and put food on the table: gypsy-traveller.org/news/seasons... (1/3)
It was fascinating to hear from Darko Rudaš, President of the Forum of Roma Councillors in Slovenia, sharing experiences of political structures and participation with APPG Chair Mary Foy MP, APPG Member John Grady MP and Olivia Blake MP (APPG Member and APPG on Migration Co-chair).
Earlier today, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma met a delegation from Slovenia who are currently working with the University of Liverpool and The University of Manchester on the racialisation of Roma communities in Europe.
If there’s somebody you think deserves recognition, we want to hear about them!
Nominations close 25 January 2026.
Let us know who we should be celebrating: gypsy-traveller.org/news/friends... (2/2)
Nominations for our FFT Awards 2026 are now open! 🥳
These awards are a chance to come together and celebrate the incredible achievements of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and groups. (1/2)
We’re also holding a recruitment open day — whether you’re actively looking for a new role or just want to know more about the work we do, we’d love to meet you!
Email admin@gypsy-traveller.org to register your interest. (2/2)
Do you want to hold power to account and push towards real change for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people?
We have two new opportunities to join our team!
🗣️ 1 x Communications Officer
⚖️ 1 x Policy and Research Officer
Closing 7 November 2025.
More: www.gypsy-traveller.org/about-us/vac... (1/2)
Even though we wish we could include 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 we've been up to, this Annual Report offers a short and dynamic taster—from holding more than 5000 advice sessions, to securing over £490,000 worth of benefit support for our clients, there's plenty to get stuck into. (2/2)
📢ANNUAL REPORT 2025 IS HERE📢
If you wanted to find out a little bit about what we've been up to over the past year, now's your chance!
Our freshly launched Annual Report is now live.
Read: gypsy-traveller.org/news/fft-ann... (1/2)
We're pleased to see this news, after coordinating a joint civil society letter to the Housing and Planning Minister, and raising the issue in Parliament with @APPGGTR Vice Chair @SarahDykeLD Dyke MP.
We’ll share further updates in due course! (2/2)