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.
Friends, Families and Traveller submission to Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry ‘Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics’
This submission by FFT to the Women and Equalities Committee in April 2020 lists the key issues faced by members of Gypsy and Traveller communities in the Government response to the coronavirus pandemic.
View the reportA time to quit: Experiences of smoking cessation support among people with severe mental illness
We contributed to this Health and Wellbeing Alliance report which found people experiencing severe mental illness are as willing to quit smoking as other smokers but require additional support to be successful.
Access the resourceSupporting Roma Voices
Through the Supporting Roma Voice project this report addresses knowledge gaps regarding the way in which the inclusion of migrant Roma in the UK is being addressed.
Access the resourceHidden carers, unheard voices: Informal caring within the Gypsy/Traveller community in Scotland
MECOPP share learning and present findings from a Gypsy Traveller carer project which gathered the views and experiences of Gypsy Traveller carers in Scotland.
Access the resourceSubmission to the Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
This is a joint report from 5 organisations working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to the Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to help inform the list of issues the Committee requests the UK Government addresses.
View the reportSupporting Gypsies and Travellers living with Domestic Violence
This information leaflet is a guide for workers in refuges and temporary accommodation who are supporting Gypsies and Travellers experiencing domestic violence.
View the reportFriends Families and Travellers: Vision for Change 2019-22
Our Vision for Change sets out how we aim to achieve our goal of ending racism, discrimination and the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
View the reportLife on and off the hard shoulder: Older Gypsies living on the roadside and in housing
A study from Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group on the lives and experiences of older Gypsies and Travellers living nomadically and in bricks and mortar.
Access the resourceFriends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2018-2019
Read this report for an overview of FFT’s achievements between 2018-19 providing advice and legal support to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers and developing evidence-based research to build campaigns raising the public awareness of the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
View the reportCommunity Practitioners: Championing health inclusion for forgotten populations
Margaret Greenfields writes for the Queen’s Nursing Institute on how health practitioners can ensure their services are more inclusive for Gypsy, Traveller and Boater communities.
Access the resourceVCSE Inclusion Health Audit Tool
An online tool created by Friends, Families and Travellers, Homeless Link, and other members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for VCSE organisations to measure their engagement with inclusion health groups.
Access the resourceMigrant Roma in the United Kingdom: Populations size and experiences of local authorities and partners
University of Salford researchers produced this report to build a greater awareness about Roma communities in the UK and to identify the areas where local authorities and Roma communities may need support building positive outcomes.
Access the resourceCivil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in the United Kingdom: Assessing progress in key policy areas of the strategy
Prepared by the 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 in key policy areas.
Access the resourceExperiences of Gypsies and Travellers in primary care: GP surgeries
As part of our work on the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, we interviewed forty members of Gypsy and Traveller communities on their experience with registering at GPs, making appointments and perceptions of how well medical concepts are explained.
View the reportHealthwatch Kent, spotlight series: Gypsy & Traveller communities
Healthwatch Kent reflects on programme to improve healthcare provision to Gypsies and Travellers in Kent.
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