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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Negotiated Stopping: A Video
This video, produced by Leeds GATE, explores Negotiated Stopping through interviews and case studies, providing information about how it works.
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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.
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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.
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Digital Exclusion in Gypsy and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom
An overview of the digital exclusion experienced by Gypsy and Traveller communities based upon 50 interviews carried out by Friends, Families and Travellers in Summer 2018 as part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
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Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategies in the United Kingdom: Focusing on structural and horizontal preconditions for successful implementation of the strategy
Prepared by National Federation of Gypsy, Liaison Groups, FFT and other NGOs, this report makes recommendations to the UK Government to establish a National Roma Integration Strategy considering the importance context of governance and policy framework, anti-discrimination legislation and tackling anti-gypsyism.
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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.
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Working Across the Lines: Connecting struggles of racialised and minoritised populations
This report from Voice4Change England/Migrants’ Rights Network makes recommendations on how to connect efforts for justice – particularly those advancing race equality, migrants’ rights and refugee causes and resisting anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish, anti-Gypsy and anti-Traveller racism – to better enable groups to stand up for one another and to create a climate for equity and belonging.
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Fairer for all? The negative and disproportionate impact of Universal Credit on Gypsy and Traveller communities
A briefing paper published in May 2018 by Friends, Families and Travellers on the impact of Universal Credit on Gypsy and Traveller communities.
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Improving the outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils: final report
This report looks at the educational attainment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in England and the areas where there is potential to improve outcomes.
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Educational Equality for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children and Young People in the UK
This article from the Equal Rights Trust looks at the educational outcomes of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK and observes areas to advance educational equality.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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Hate Crime directed at Gypsies, Roma and Travellers – A checklist for advice and charging lawyers
A document produced by the CPS for advice and charging lawyers on dealing with hate crime against Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.
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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.
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