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Briefing note: Planning and Infrastructure Bill and its implications for Gypsies and Travellers
Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report
This briefing note explores the government’s incoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill, and its implications for Gypsy and Traveller communities.
P4NM Briefing
Publication type: Guide | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Guide
A briefing on the repeal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
BEAMS: Better outcomes postnatally for Mums Postnatal health report
Publication type: Guide | Author: Other | Themes: Guide
BEAMS want to put a spotlight on how health information is given to women who often face challenges in accessing healthcare after they have had a baby.
[Executive Summary] Freedom of Information research: Local authority transit provision for Gypsies and Travellers across the UK
Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report
An executive summary of an FOI report to better understand and map out the current picture of local authority and county council owned and/or managed transit provision. The report analyses the responses to Freedom of Information requests sent by FFT to all local authorities and county councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Trapped in the Turnstile: Understanding the Impacts of the Criminal Justice System on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Young Adults and their Families
Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report
Drawing on primary data, this report is designed to offer insight into the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities relating to all stages of the criminal justice system, to help improve knowledge and understanding of how to approach policy and practice for people from these communities.
[Executive Summary] Trapped in the Turnstile: Understanding the Impacts of the Criminal Justice System on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Young Adults and their Families
Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report
Drawing on primary data, this executive summary report is designed to offer a snapshot into the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities relating to all stages of the criminal justice system, to help improve knowledge and understanding of how to approach policy and practice for people from these communities.
Environmental racism, segregation and discrimination: Gypsy and Traveller sites in Great Britain
Publication type: Report | Author: Other | Themes: Report
This article focusses on Gypsy and Traveller communities who live on local authority managed sites around Great Britain, and explores the proximity of sites to environmental hazards including main roads, sewage works, industry and refuse and recycling centres.
A better way to tackle institutional racism
Publication type: Report | Author: Other | Themes: Report
The Alliance for Racial Justice is a collaborative network of organisations working across systems to eliminate racial inequality in England.
This paper draws on the knowledge exchanged at these roundtable events to form recommendations on strengthening the ability to challenge and end institutional racism. The Alliance for Racial Justice calls on the new Government to urgently consider and implement the recommendations set out in this paper.
Submission for the seventh periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report
The following submission provides updated evidence to the Friends, Families and Travellers 2023 Pre-Sessional Working Group Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Since the last review, the Government have failed to take adequate steps to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education, healthcare, work, social security and an adequate standard of living for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in the UK.
Planning Reforms December 2024: Impacts on Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Communities
Publication type: Report | Author: Friends, Families and Travellers | Themes: Report
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.
