Gypsy and Traveller communities - agencies and communities
Agencies and communities provide a rich source of information and insight into the lives and welfare of vulnerable groups.
An Munia Tober
An Munia Tober is a Traveller support programme in Belfast which provides a variety of services to the Traveller community and information on training, travel, and development opportunities. An entry for the organisation on the website for the Participation Network in Northern Ireland refers to a number of programmes that the organisation runs to support Traveller children and young people in education and training development.
Article 12 Scotland: time travellers
Article 12 in Scotland is a young person led network that works to promote young people's participation and information rights as set out in international human rights charters. Time travellers is a section of the website for young Gypsies and Travellers.
BBC Kent Romany Roots
Romany history and traditions, news and stories, links to other websites and communities.
Culture northernireland.org: Feature – The Irish Traveller Community
As part of the features section in Culture northernireland.org there is a short article by Fionola Meredith on the Irish Traveller Community, the second largest ethnic minority group in Northern Ireland. The article looks at some of the factors which impact on their lifestyle.
Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group
The Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group provides valuable assistance and information to the Gypsy community in and around Derbyshire, and has close relationships with local authorities and services to aid managing Gypsy culture with knowledge and respect.
Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers was established in response to the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act and is one of a number of leading organisations which have emerged seeking to address the problems facing the Traveller and Gypsy community. It has grown into an organisation offering formal advice, information and training and providing a wide range of services to all Travellers nation wide - whether traditional or new, settled or on the road. There is a page linking to films about various projects including one on FFT's Health and Wellbeing Project.
Gypsy Roma Traveller Leeds
The Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement Service Leeds has established strong links with the different Traveller communities and the early years centres, nurseries, schools and colleges that provide educational opportunities for these families and the service offers support and advice regarding the education of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in Leeds. The website includes information about the Gypsy Council for Education, Culture, Welfare and Civil Rights.
Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITMB)
The Irish Travellers Movement in Britain seeks to raise the profile of Irish Travellers in Britain and to challenge discrimination and develop national policies that ensure the inclusion of Irish Travellers in all levels of society. The ITMB is developing a series of detailed policy and briefing papers.
Lancashire Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Achievement Service
The Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Achievement Service for Lancashire aims to secure unhindered access to, and full integration in, mainstream educational opportunities for those Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children who may be at particular risk of educational and social exclusion.
London Gypsy and Traveller Unit
The London Gypsy and Traveller Unit works with Travellers and Gypsies in North and East London boroughs, in particular in Hackney, and uses local experience to influence the development of positive and inclusive policies and practice for Travellers and Gypsies across London and nationally.
Pavee Point Travellers Centre
Pavee Point is a partnership of Irish Travellers and settled people working together to improve the lives of Irish Travellers through working towards social justice, solidarity, socio-economic development and human rights. As part of its information centre, the organisation provides a range of publications and factsheets.
Savvy Chavvy
Chavvy is a Romany word for young person. This is a social networking site specifically for young Gypsy Travellers which was developed as a way of enabling contact for young people from potentially scattered groups as part of a Media for Development project which provided training in social media and web 2.0 technology.
The Travellers Aid Trust (TAT)
The Travellers Aid Trust (TAT) has been funded by the Rowntree Charitable Trust to establish a panel to evaluate the impact of the Decentralisation and Localism Bill and other policies affecting Gypsies and Travellers and to produce a report to determine means by which Government proposals can be strengthened and made more effective in terms of site delivery and social inclusion. The report A big or divided society? was published in 2011. The Trust is due to close in June 2012.
Travellers' Times Online
TT Online was launched in April 2009 and provides the latest news, pictures, videos, opinions and resources from within the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Traveller Law Reform Project
The Traveller Law Reform Project aims to bring about positive changes in the law in relation to the rights and needs of all the Gypsy and Traveller communities and to monitor the implementation of current legislation. The project produces a newsletter which can be downloaded and the website contains information about the All Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform which is a parliamentary group committed to raising the social inclusion of Travellers and improving relations between the settled and Traveller community.
Travelling Ahead
This website is part of Save the Children’s Travelling Ahead project, which was set up to support young Gypsies and Travellers in Wales to have a voice and a say on decisions that affect them. An area of the website for young people includes information for young people on how they can be involved including the development of local forums across Wales and a chat forum within the site. There is also a section for professionals working with young Gypsies and Travellers which includes a toolkit. The toolkit provides information relevant to working with children and young people in Gypsy and Traveller communities and aims to signpost relevant resources, organisations and training.