Policy & Publications
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Good Things Foundation: Digital exclusion & health inequalities
Report on digital exclusion and health inequalities from the Good Things Foundation.
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‘What matters to us’: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people on what they want to see from the next government
In the run up to the General Election 2024, we launched an engagement campaign for Gypsies, Travellers, and Roma to share their views about what people want to see from the next Government.
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Submission to the 113th Session for Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on the rights of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in the UK
Evidence for CERD regarding the UK Government’s actions, or lack thereof, to ensure that the rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are upheld in line with the Articles contained within the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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FFT Strategic Plan 2023-2026
Our Strategic Plan is a guide to our key purpose and direction over the next three years, covering the period April 2023 to end March 2026.
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Executive Summary | Kicking the can down the road: The planning and provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites in England 1960-2023
[Executive Summary] Gypsies and Travellers are an important part of Britain’s population, heritage and social fabric. Providing well-designed and managed sites for Gypsies and Travellers supports happy and healthy communities and addresses wider determinants of health, education and employment. This report written by Dr Simon Ruston MRTPI is concerned with the provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites through theplanning system since 1960, with a specific focus on the period from 1994 to the present day.
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Kicking the can down the road: The planning and provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites in England 1960-2023
Gypsies and Travellers are an important part of Britain’s population, heritage and social fabric. Providing well-designed and managed sites for Gypsies and Travellers supports happy and healthy communities and addresses wider determinants of health, education and employment. This report written by Dr Simon Ruston MRTPI is concerned with the provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites through theplanning system since 1960, with a specific focus on the period from 1994 to the present day.
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Leeds Baseline Census 2004-05
This research constitutes the first attempt to establish baseline demographic data about the Gypsy and Traveller communities in Leeds.
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Briefing: Economic and financial exclusion Gypsies and Travellers experience in England
A briefing covering the economic and financial exclusion Gypsies and Travellers experience in England.
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Written evidence for the 2023 Pre-Sessional Working Group Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
A submission of evidence on upholding the rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Communications Guide for New Local Authority and other Socially Rented Traveller Sites
This short communications guide is for local authorities, Registered Providers and other Traveller Site Providers in England to use when thinking about developing a permanent or transit site/ temporary stopping place for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show people.
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National Policy Advisory Panel: Places we’re proud of
This short guide shares some key lessons and strong examples to prompt more housing associations and local authorities to get involved in providing good quality sites for Gypsies and Travellers.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2022
This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2022 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of the right to pursue a nomadic way of life.
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A Short Guide to the Policing Act 2022
This is a short guide for Gypsies and Travellers in understanding the new powers relating to roadside camps in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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Shadow Report to the Universal Periodic Review Working Group and UN Member States: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
This document reports on the progress or deterioration of the enjoyment of human rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, structured by areas of life in which discrimination and barriers are routinely encountered, for the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review.
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Alternative Report to the Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
This report focuses on the Council of Europe Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Recommendations and related Articles under the 4th cycle of scrutiny.
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