Shelter: Good Practice Guide for Working with housed Gypsies and Travellers
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Having Somewhere to Live: A case study
An Irish Traveller woman approached us to help with finding her accommodation in a different area of the country. She was placed on site waiting lists but in the meantime her circumstances meant she needed to
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Having Somewhere to Live: Unauthorised Encampments and Local Authority Site Provision
In the most recent government figures (2015), 20,123 caravans were counted by local authorities in England. Of those, 2,671 were camped in an unauthorised manner. This would indicate that many Gypsies and Travellers have nowhere legal
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Having Somewhere to Live: Accommodation provision for Gypsies and Travellers
Gypsies and Travellers need the same range of accommodation provision that is available to everyone else in our society. In other words, they need to be able to access: long term and short term public and
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Having Somewhere to Live: Language
Stopping places are called sites. Therefore, a site is a piece of land where a group of Gypsies or Travellers stop for either short or long periods of time. There are two different types of sites,
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Having Somewhere to Live: An Introduction to the Issues
Gypsies and Travellers have the same basic need for a safe and secure home as anyone else in our society. However, there are two major factors that distinguish Gypsies and Travellers from other communities. The first
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