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.
Traveller Education: Accounts of Good Practice
This is a handbook for all schools that have Traveller pupils. It moves beyond the issues surrounding their low educational attainment and attendance in schools to outline good practice, based on proven success in schools.
Access the resourceBe Roma or Die Tryin’ DVD
The short documentary has been created by young Polish Roma refugees from East London. It is a journey through their heritage and across their city, examining Britains ignorance of Roma culture while celebrating the new life they have made for themselves.
Access the resourceImproving education outcomes for pupils from the new Roma communities
A report by the British Council on Improving education outcomes for pupils from the new Roma communities.
Access the resourceChild Poverty Relating to Gypsy and Traveller Children and Young People in Sussex
A report written by FFT looking at child poverty relating to Gypsy and Traveller children and young people in Sussex.
View the reportMoving Voices: Young Travellers Speak Out
This is the transcript of a group of young Travellers speaking about their lives.
View the reportHaving Our Say
A peer research project with young Gypsies and Travellers in Scotland on the topics of accommodation, health, learning and discrimination.
Read moreOut of Site Education Pack
Education pack aimed at tackling racism towards Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.
Read moreApproaches to Working with Children, Young People and Families for Traveller, Irish Traveller, Gypsy, Roma and Show People Communities – a Literature Review
This research project was commissioned by the Childrens Workforce Development Council (CWDC) to explore the range of issues around working with Travellers, Irish Travellers, Gypsies, Roma and Showpeople, as well as the support and training available to staff involved.
Access the resourceBullying Case Study
Hear the account of a child from the Irish Traveller community who has experienced racist abuse at school.
Read moreAnti-Bullying Network
Check out the Anti-Bullying Network in Scotland, which features the story of a Fairground Girl called Amy.
Access the resourcePark Homes Law, formerly the “Caravan Sites and Mobile Home Parks: The Legal Framework”
This is the standard guide to park homes law, used by occupiers of caravans and park homes, site owners, local government, and lawyers and other professionals. The book deals fully with this specialised area of the law. It covers:
The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, The Caravan Sites Act 1968, The Mobile Homes Act 1983, and changes made to the Mobile Homes Act 1983 by the Housing Act 2004.
Counting Gypsies & Travellers: A Review of the Gypsy Caravan Count System by the Department for Communities and Local Government
This review examines the adequacy and accuracy of the Caravan Count, ascertains the current use of the existing count data and identifies other useful data which could be collected at the same time.
Access the resourceGreen Lanes as an Accommodation Resource for Nomadic People
The needs assessment process has so far been biased towards property development solutions to address the accommodation crisis which confront nomadic people on aregular basis. FFT Trustee Tony Thomson’s proposal sets out the argument for a commons regime rather than spatial and cultural segregation.
View the reportTravelling Ahead: Your Rights
The booklet is designed to help young Gypsies and Travellers to overcome many of the problems that they face on a daily basis.
Read moreThis is Who We Are
A study of the experiences of Rroma, Gypsy and Traveller children throughout England.
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