As #GRTHM comes to a close, I’m reflecting on the inspiring event held at City Hall last week. In times of fear and division, celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and their rich culture and history, matters more than ever. Let’s keep standing together.
My success isn’t despite my culture, it’s because of it. So don’t ask what Traveller kids need to leave behind. Ask: What strengths do they already bring? #GRTHM
Final post for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month.
Progress can feel slow. The challenges feel endless. But from small seeds, mighty oaks grow 🌱 #GRTHM
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller women often face unique barriers to accessing healthcare, including discrimination and stigma.
Our blog explores these challenges and the importance of culturally sensitive support.
📝 Read the blog: tinyurl.com/4uw77rh2
#GRTHM @ethnichealthres.bsky.social
As we near the end of Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month, our Training & Education Officer Helen explains how our new bespoke course can help raise awareness and improve mental health outcomes in communities that are often underserved.
#GRTHM
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Get a better understanding of the diversity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller cultures, histories, and current struggles during #GRTHM.
Check out @ResearchCRED’s special edition – GTRSB education: moving together.
Read it here: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/-/media/file...
MYTHBUSTING for #GRTHM - what 'Magical Traveller / Gypsy' life really looks like:
✨Sleeping in a car outside ur dayjob
✨5 people - 1 mattress
✨Frantic phonecalls to B&Bs 24/7
✨OMG NO DATA😱
✨Everywhere is full
✨Found a site? No water/toilets/elec/wifi
✨HOW MUCH PER NIGHT?😭
✨Same clothes for days🤢😩
Reading for my @histassoc.bsky.social project about hidden Tudors #GRTHM #historyteacher (I am so behind with this project, stupid having to move classrooms and teach Y11 up to the bitter end)
Want to discover more Roma creatives this #GRTHM ? Check out this starter pack made by me and our lovely @francespoesis.bsky.social (If you're a Roma creative - terms used INCLUSIVELY - and want to be added then give us a shout) OPRE ROMA! 💙❤️💚 go.bsky.app/P3TqBWi
#GRTHM: Did you know - David G Pullar👇🏽
🌻Great Grandson of Scottish Traveller Betsy Whyte
🌻Hosted cultural events celebrating Traveller heritage
🌻Previously nominated for Young Scot of the Year & Angus Ambassador Cultural Diversity
#SRtRC | #Inspiration
It’s #GRTHM and this year’s theme is Who Inspires You?
✊ This month is all about challenging stereotypes, contributing to community cohesion and understanding the contributions that the Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller communities have made to British society.
#GFTU
Did you know Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have a rich and diverse history, yet still face significant health inequalities?
Throughout #GRTHM, we’re sharing facts and stories to raise awareness and promote inclusion.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/4uw77rh2 @ethnichealthres.bsky.social
My second post for #GRTHM about my great-grandfather Christy ‘Jackdaw’ Joyce. Like many GRT people, he served in the army - a complicated decision. He was one of the only known Travellers to be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and one of four awarded to the Pioneer Corps in WW2.
People smiling at a pride march. Roma flag visible in the foreground and an irish flag tucked into a partcipants waist band
In 2019, I marched with the first ever LGBT+ Gypsy, Roma & Traveller group at London Pride. Not because I wanted to, but because I had to. Visibility matters, especially during Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month 🏳️🌈 #GRTHM
📖 As we share more stories for #PRIDE and #GRTHM we have a blog from former CEO of Accent Housing Group and one of our current EDI board members, Gordon Perry, as he looks back on less enlightened times and ahead to an era of allyship and community ➡️ buff.ly/0kMXD2s
Youngest daughter & I in The Long Road gallery at The Merl
Romani Flag outside The Merl. A red, 16-spoke cartwheel or dharmachakra, against the blue heavens and the green earth.
Items from The Long Road exhibition, including rings on a wooden hand, fortune telling playing cards & books by George Bramwell Evans.
The Reading red brick Merl, & a shepherds hut, from the garden in the sunshine.
Such a memorable day spent @themerl.bsky.social for Romany & Traveller Heritage Day #GRTHM In a diaspora swept away, joyful & emotional stories come of access days like these. The lovely @joclement.co.uk’s curation as part of her fellowship, is beautifully, proudly, wryly done. And here’s a thing 1/
My grandad ‘Bing’, dad, my oldest son Ozzy, and me, from the first article I wrote for the Romany & Traveller Family History Society. I've been a member off & on nearly 20 years. Joining & contributing is a great way to capture memories of all the great folks from your family! #GRTHM
It’s #GRTHM month and this year’s theme is Who Inspires You?
Encourage learners to explore stories from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities – from everyday heroes to famous figures.
Access free teaching resources here.👇
www.gypsy-traveller.org/grthm/
🗓️ June is GRT History month, so here is a chilling story from the brilliant Jess Smith (certainly an inspirational figure who fits in well with this year’s theme) 💕
📺 m.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LW... ⬅️
ℹ️ For more info on GRT history month see: www.gypsy-traveller.org/grthm/ 🛞
#scotland #GRTHM
🌟 Celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month & Carers Week!
Barbara’s blog shows how art brings GRT women’s maternity experiences to light and why culturally sensitive care matters for all.
Read here 👉 tinyurl.com/4uw77rh2
#GRTHM #CarersWeek @ethnichealthres.bsky.social
'Every year during June, people come together to mark the diversity & richness that Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities bring. To celebrate Comrie Library will host local author & storyteller Jess Smith who will share a few stories from her latest book Button Bog' #GRTHM25 #GRTHM
#GRTHM: Did you know @francespoesis.bsky.social👇🏽
🎼Is a member of the Welsh Kale Romani community
🎼Performs powerful spoken word with a harp
🎼Created award-winning documentaries like “The Constitution: New Rights for Women?” & more
#SRtRC
📖 This #GRTHM @cihhousing.bsky.social hears from Brian Dillion, CEO of Cena, a Traveller-led approved housing body, as they chart the progress that’s possible when a community is given the space and power to determine its own accommodation responses to Traveller housing ➡️ buff.ly/OeZCF3H
Tippermuir is delighted to support Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month 2025 #GRTHM25 and delighted that Jess Smith is now one of our authors. Every event with Jess is like an entire #GRTHM month. She is the perfect storyteller. #storytelling
June is #GRTHM Join me Sat 14th at @themerl.bsky.social for the launch of new exhibition 'The Long Road' and a day of GRT history, readings, live music, crafts & more. Free event, 11 am–4 pm ☕ I'll also be talking about my Fellowship and exciting new writing #grthistorymonth #GRTSB
It's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History month
#GRTHM
Tom Munnelly’s collection is held in the National Folklore Collection at @UCDLibrary. It includes many songs recorded from Irish Travellers.
I’m hoping to visit next time I’m back and learn more about the legacy of our songs and stories. #GRTHM 💚
June is Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month 🎪
Let’s keep learning, listening & standing up for GRT rights in social work. Start with this helpful BASW resource:
🔗 basw.co.uk/policy-and-p...
#GRTHM #SocialWork #AntiRacistPractice
