Negotiated Stopping: Your Questions & Answers

The brief guide from Leeds GATE answers questions about Negotiated Stopping, explaining how it works and the benefits it has had for local communities.

Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2017-2018

This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2017-2018 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of their right to pursue a nomadic way of life.

Pressing for progress: women’s rights and gender equality in 2018

This report looks at the state of women’s rights in Great Britain in 2018 and makes recommendations to the UK and Welsh governments in a range of areas.

Roma Communities in London: Feasibility Study

This Feasibility Study was carried out by Roma London to enable them to have an understanding of the needs of Roma communities in the city. You can find details of the research, findings and recommendations in this document.

Experience of multiple disadvantage among Roma, Gypsy and Traveller children in England and Wales

Using data from the 2011 Census of England and Wales, the authors of this report make the case for utilising data which is currently available to design better policies to address Roma, Gypsy and Traveller integration and child poverty,

House of Commons Briefing Paper on Gypsies and Travellers 2018

A link to a House of Commons briefing paper providing an overview of key issues and policies relating to Gypsy and Traveller communities in England.

Joint Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

A joint submission by Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups in anticipation of a country visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Joint report to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom 2017

This is a joint report produced by FFT and a number of other organisations addressing the response of the UK Govenment to the findings and recommendations of the 2012 United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the UK.

Roads to Success – Economic and Social Inclusion for Gypsies and Travellers

Addressing the lack of knowledge on the socio-economic experience of Gypsy and Traveller Communities, this report looks at issues such as education, accommodation, and engagement with dominant society.

Hearing the Voice of Gypsies and Travellers: The History, Development and Challenges of Gypsy and Traveller tenants and Residents’ Associations

An overview of the origins and development of tenants and residents’ associations amongst Gypsies and Travellers.

Negotiated Stopping & ABCD

An evaluation of the ‘Negotiated Stopping’ approach to site shortfalls in Leeds which considers the benefits for both settled and travelling communities.

Lack of increase in Affordable Pitches for Gypsies and Travellers in England

This report outlines the failure of government in addressing the national pitch shortage and illustrates how the DCLG and HCA figures for the net increase of pitches are misleading.

Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2016 – 2017

This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2016-2017 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of their right to pursue a nomadic way of life.

United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in the United Kingdom, August 2017

Recommendations given by the UN to the UK on how to improve human rights. Points 134.89 – 134.92 refer to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

Friends, Families and Travellers Newsletter September 2004