Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) launched #Part4NoMore, a national campaign calling for the repeal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Act 2022. Parliament is currently debating a new Crime and […]
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) accreditation, a nationally recognised benchmark for excellence in advice services. AQS accreditation demonstrates that FFT has
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Today, the United Nation’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its official recommendations to the UK government, including calling for the repeal of section 83 (eviction powers against roadside camps) of the Police,
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On 22 November, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) made its joint submission to the Government’s call for evidence on Improving the Curriculum and Assessment System, with Roma Support Group (RSG). In its submission, FFT used evidence
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Update 26 November 2024 [2]: APPGGTR Chair Mary K Foy and Co-chair Baroness Janet Whitaker have written to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP to call for a full investigation into Greater Manchester Police’s shocking treatment of
Statement on GMP brutality against young Gypsies and Travellers Read More »
The Friends, Families and Travellers Season’s Giftings campaign is back! As the holiday season approaches, it’s a time for family, warmth, and giving. Sadly, for many Gypsy and Traveller people living in Sussex, this time of
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers sent off its General Election 2024 campaign, ‘What matters to us’: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people on what they want to see from the next government to all major political parties,
Today, a High Court Judge declared key provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Police Act 2022), which gave police the power to ban Gypsies and Travellers from an area for up to
Abbie Kirkby is Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Friends, Families and Travellers. In this blog, Abbie outlines some of the legal basis and reasoning for our intervention in the recent High Court case against
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