Planning Reforms December 2024: Impacts on Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Communities

Long-standing barriers to Gypsy and Traveller sites will now be reduced, under the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS). On behalf of FFT, Dr Simon Ruston MRTPI outlines the key changes, implications and possible next steps following the updated policies.

Freedom of Information research: Local authority transit provision for Gypsies and Travellers across the UK

To better understand and map out the current picture of local authority and county council owned and/or managed transit provision, we analysed the responses to Freedom of Information requests sent by FFT to all local authorities and county councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Bridging Divides to Build Connections: A Scoping Review of Police Practices, Behaviours and Actions with Roma and Traveller Communities

Across Europe, police are expected to maintain productive human rights-based relationships with the public. This scoping review focuses on how police achieve this aim with Roma and Traveller communities.

Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2024

Here’s our Annual Report 2024!

This year, we helped people with over 4,300 issues, distributed over 90,000GB worth of data, and trained over 1900 people on making their services more inclusive. Read to find out what else we got up to.

Test, Treat and Trace for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) with the University College London Hospitals co-designed a national service model to improve health outcomes and support elimination and control of key public health infections in Inclusion Health populations.

FFT/RSG Submission to Call for Evidence on Improving the Curriculum and Assessment System

Friends, Families and Travellers and Roma Support Group joint submission to the Government’s call for evidence on Improving the Curriculum and Assessment System.

In Fair Health? A Pilot Study of the Health and Wellbeing Status of Travelling Showpeople in Two Locales

The UK’s first known study of the physical and mental health status of Travelling Showpeople undertaken in two areas (Cambridgeshire and Greater Manchester) by Anglia Ruskin University.

Good Things Foundation: Digital exclusion & health inequalities

Report on digital exclusion and health inequalities from the Good Things Foundation.

Desktop Research: Transition 2 Adulthood’s Pathway for Change and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

This report showcases the evidence and literature existing in relation to the 10-point T2A Pathway Framework and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller experiences of the Criminal Justice System. It will be used to identify key areas where further research and evidence are needed, and provide a road map for FFT’s project supported by Barrow Cadbury Trust, ‘Friends, Families and Travellers: Hearing Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Young Adults in the CJS’.

The Educational Experiences of the Traveller Community and Impact of Traveller-Focused Initiatives: a Qualitative Study

This paper has implications for educational practitioners hoping to engage with Gypsy and Traveller communities in the future, underlining the importance of building trusted connections and the necessity of offering flexible and adaptable lessons.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community experiences of infant feeding, information and support services

This report by FFT and Roma Support Group focuses on infant feeding support and early information, offering maternal health professionals and policymakers an insight into the lived experiences of community members and guidance on how services can better meet the needs of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families.

Summary Report: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community experiences of infant feeding, information and support services

This summary report synthesises key findings and recommendations drawn from FFT and Roma Support Group’s full report on the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities around infant feeding support and early information.

Tackling Mental Health Inequalities for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller People

This report offers guidance for professionals supporting people in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, aiming to improve knowledge of barriers to accessing mental health services. Exploring how to approach mental health within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities from a healthcare perspective, it provides suggestions on how to ensure Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are included in the planning and provision of mental health services.

Shortened version: Guidance for Social Prescribing Link Workers on engaging with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

This guidance summary is designed to enable Social Prescribing Link Workers to effectively engage with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and work towards reducing health inequalities, produced by Friends, Families and Travellers, and Roma Support Group, as part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance Programme.

Guidance for Social Prescribing Link Workers on engaging with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

A landmark report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller awareness and experiences of Social Prescribing services in the UK, offering guidance to enable Social Prescribing Link Workers to effectively Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and work towards reducing health inequalities.