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.

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.

Good Things Foundation: Digital exclusion & health inequalities

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

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leeds Baseline Census 2004-05

This research constitutes the first attempt to establish baseline demographic data about the Gypsy and Traveller communities in Leeds.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.