Policy & Publications
This section will help you to search for policy, publications and information on issues affecting Gypsies and Travellers. Use the filter on the left hand side to refine your search.
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List of Traveller Friendly Solicitors
A list of Traveller Friendly Solicitors, compiled by Marc Willers and Friends, Families and Travellers.
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DIY Planning Handbook – The Land is Ours
The Land Is Ours campaigns peacefully for access to the land, its resources, and the decision-making processes affecting them. This useful handbook will prepare you for what to expect when applying for planning land; the appeal process, evictions, the planning system and more.
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Having Somewhere to Live: An Introduction to the Issues
A brief overview of the issues in having somewhere to live.
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Having Somewhere to Live: Language
A brief overview of the language used to talk about finding a place to live.
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Having Somewhere to Live: Accommodation provision for Gypsies and Travellers
A brief overview of accommodation needs and challenges faced by Gypsies and Travellers.
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Inequalities Experienced by Gypsy and Traveller Communities
A report which aims to draw together the evidence from a wide range of Gypsies’ and Travellers’ experiences in order to set out clearly the full extent of the inequalities and discrimination faced by these communities.
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Gypsies and Travellers: simple solutions for living together
A report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission outlining the need for more authorised site provision for Gypsies and Travellers.
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Assessing local housing authorities’ progress in meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities in England by Philip Brown and Pat Niner.
There is a recognised national shortfall in Gypsy and Traveller site provision. This report assesses the requirements for pitch provision in England and sets out the need for a new strategic approach to site provision to meet the national shortfall.
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Assessing local authorities’ progress in meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities in England and Wales: 2010 Update
There is a recognised national shortfall in Gypsy and Traveller site provision. This report is the 2010 update of an earlier report which assessed the requirements for pitch provision in England and set out the need for a new strategic approach to site provision to meet the national shortfall.
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Common Ground: Equality, good race relations and sites for Gypsies and Irish Travellers, 2006
The Commission for Racial Equality launched an inquiry in October 2004 to examine local authorities’ arrangements for planning, providing and maintaining sites. This report summarises the findings and recommendations which arose as a result.
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The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on Gypsies and Travellers
Marc Willers of Garden Court Chambers and Alex Pickles of Travellers Aid Trust outline how the Human Rights Act 1998 impacts upon Travellers.
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Guidance on Managing Unauthorised Encampments
This document was created by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (DCLG) and the Home Office and is intended for elected officials and others in the community who have an interest in how unauthorised camping by Gypsies and Travellers is managed in their area.
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