Today, Friends Families and Travellers and the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma released an event report written by Jo Richardson of De Montfort University. The report details conversations from a 17 […]
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
Friends Families and Travellers Awards 2020: Here’s the shortlist! Read More »
Today, Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) have released the findings of a research report which uncovered that only 8 out of 68 local authorities in the South East of England have identified the land needed for
Today marks one month until the Home Office consultation, to criminalise trespass or increase police powers to evict Travellers, closes. The consultation, due to close at 23:59pm 4 March 2020, seeks to strengthen police powers against
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A coalition of organisations working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have submitted a report to the United Nations (UN) to highlight the Government’s failure to uphold the rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in
Unfair treatment of UK’s Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities raised to the UN Read More »
Friends Families and Travellers would like to congratulate London Gypsies & Travellers, Liberty, Marc Willers QC and Tessa Buchanan of Garden Court Chambers and Chris Johnson from the Community Law Partnership on yesterday’s fantastic win against
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Today, Friends Families and Travellers and other race equality, human rights and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations have written a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The letter, which can
Today, Friends Families and Travellers is proud to announce that Samson Rattigan, Projects Coordinator at FFT, has been included in the New Year Honours List 2020! Samson has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services
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Don’t get me wrong; I am used to remote working in challenging circumstances. In my previous job working with travelling communities in Bath, I often worked on my canal boat, where being moored in the wilds
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