Today, Friends, Families and Travellers is pleased to see Pontins Holiday Park has issued an apology to Gypsy and Traveller communities, as a first step in tackling discrimination after an investigation by the Equality and Human […]
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers submitted evidence to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on the rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. The submission highlights a failure of the UK Government to
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
Yesterday, Thursday 25th April, the winners of the Friends Families and Travellers Awards 2024 were announced at the Brighthelm Centre, in Brighton. The evening was a great success – the room was buzzing with chatter, food
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Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) are proud to announce the shortlist for the Friends, Families and Travellers Awards 2024! The awards celebrate inspiring individuals from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities who have made a special
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Today, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released its report following an investigation into Pontins Holiday Parks’s blacklist. The EHRC investigation looked at whether Pontins discriminated against Irish Traveller guests or prospective guests, and
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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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On 23-24 January 2024, a judicial review challenging the new police powers brought in by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (2022) will take place in the High Court. The judicial review will hear arguments
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