Are you a Gypsy or Traveller who has had bowel, lung or breast cancer, or cared for someone who has? 🩺 We're looking to speak to people living in England with experience or knowledge of barriers to cancer care. ✉️Email kara@gypsy-traveller.org to take part.

UK elections are Today, 7 May 2026 Local, devolved, and mayoral elections are taking place across the UK. Find out more: www.electoralcommission.org.uk Your vote is your voice, make it count.

Reminder: The deadline to register to vote in the upcoming local elections is Today 20 April. Ensure your participation in shaping your community by registering today. Register here: gov.uk/register-to-...

The deadline to register to vote is 20 April📣 Watch why voting matters for Gypsy and Traveller communities by Terry Green: youtu.be/SC2MaM3643U?... Your vote helps shape decisions on housing, services and your community.

The importance of voting for Romany Gypsy and Traveller communities

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Happy Easter! 🐣 Please note that our helpline will be closed on the following dates: Tuesday, 31 March Friday, 3 April Monday, 6 April Our services will resume during our usual working hours: 10 am–4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. We wish you a safe and joyful Easter.

Have you got your ticket yet? Join us on 31 March at 11am for the launch of our co-developed HPV vaccine resources to find out more about how to reduce stigma and increase understanding around vaccinations within Gypsy and Traveller communities. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-aw...

Raising Awareness of the HPV Vaccination in Gypsy and Traveller Communities

Join us at FFT for the launch of our co-developed HPV vaccine resources.

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We’ve shared insights on the planning system from 50+ Gypsy and Traveller with Government, and it’s a start. They have called for fairness in planning, more sites, genuine engagement in assessing real need, and better located sites. Thanks to all who took part. Stay tuned for more coming updates!

The Government’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill is back in the House of Lords tonight! You can watch along here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... We’ll keep you updated on any changes once we know more.

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📢 BREAKING: GOVERNMENT PUSHES TO REMOVE ONE OF THE HARSHEST POLICE ACT POWERS📢 We can reveal that the Government has tabled an amendment to its Crime and Policing Bill, to convert the 12-month ban back to the original (pre-PCSCA) 3 months. More: www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/governm... (1/2)

Today is World Book Day! 📚 To celebrate, we're sharing a list of books and resources, created by (or featuring) Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community members!🎉 You can find the resources here: www.gypsy-traveller.org/teaching-res...

Teaching Resources - Friends, Families and Travellers

Many Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people feel that their culture and way of life is not recognised or affirmed within the education system. We have created this page to support teachers and other s...

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📢 BREAKING: GOVERNMENT PUSHES TO REMOVE ONE OF THE HARSHEST POLICE ACT POWERS📢 We can reveal that the Government has tabled an amendment to its Crime and Policing Bill, to convert the 12-month ban back to the original (pre-PCSCA) 3 months. More: www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/governm... (1/2)

✊ We strongly welcome the Scottish Human Rights Commission's (SHRC) call for reparations for Scotland's Nawken (Gypsy/Travellers) community, whose people were subjected to decades ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’, including forced assimilation and child removal. (1/3)

One year on from our report on young Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people's experiences of the criminal justice system, join us for a one-hour webinar exploring the impacts, outcomes and what's next. ⏰When: 3 February 2026, 11am-12pm. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gypsies-an...

Gypsies and Travellers in the Criminal Justice System

Join us for a one-hour webinar introducing the main issues and barriers for Gypsy and Traveller communities in the Criminal Justice System.

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The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine now includes protection against chicken pox too. The vaccine is now called MMRV (varicella). Dose 1 will be offered at one year of age and dose 2 will be offered at 18-months old. More about vaccines here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbio...

What is measles? Key vaccination information for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people [English lang.]

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With the click of a button, you could make a family's Christmas!🎄 Many Gypsies and Travellers across Sussex will go without a warm home and food for the table this holiday season without your support. We’ve put together bespoke ‘gifts’ you can donate: www.gypsy-traveller.org/campaigns/se...

Season's Giftings - Friends, Families and Travellers

Season’s Giftings With the festive period around the corner, there will be families and individuals with little to no respite from the burden of trying to stay safe, secure and healthy. Everyone shoul...

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We’ve joined @cpaguk.bsky.social and 100+ others in calling for the government to scrap the two-child limit. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential. More: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... (1/2)

SEASON’S GIFTINGS IS BACK The festive season is just around the corner — but not everyone has the means to celebrate. This Christmas, you can help us spread some cheer. Make sure Gypsy and Traveller families can stay warm and put food on the table: gypsy-traveller.org/news/seasons... (1/3)

Season’s Giftings campaign is back! - Friends, Families and Travellers

The Friends, Families and Travellers Season’s Giftings campaign is back! As the holiday season approaches, it’s a time for family, warmth, and giving. Sadly, for many Gypsy and Traveller people living...

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Earlier today, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma met a delegation from Slovenia who are currently working with the University of Liverpool and The University of Manchester on the racialisation of Roma communities in Europe.

Nominations for our FFT Awards 2026 are now open! 🥳 These awards are a chance to come together and celebrate the incredible achievements of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and groups. (1/2)

Do you want to hold power to account and push towards real change for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people? We have two new opportunities to join our team! 🗣️ 1 x Communications Officer ⚖️ 1 x Policy and Research Officer Closing 7 November 2025. More: www.gypsy-traveller.org/about-us/vac... (1/2)

📢ANNUAL REPORT 2025 IS HERE📢 If you wanted to find out a little bit about what we've been up to over the past year, now's your chance! Our freshly launched Annual Report is now live. Read: gypsy-traveller.org/news/fft-ann... (1/2)

FFT Annual Report 2025 is here! - Friends, Families and Travellers

Today, the Friends, Families and Travellers’ Annual Report 2025 is finally here! The report, which can be seen in full here, outlines our key activities and achievements over the past year from across...

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🚨Traveller sites will be included in Social and Affordable Homes Programme 🚨 The Government has confirmed that: 👉Traveller sites are WITHIN the scope of the new Social and Affordable Homes Programme, and bids for new sites are welcome. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... (1/2)

Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Gypsy and Traveller communities are twice as likely to be depressed and are three times more likely to be anxious than others. Our casework indicates a disproportionately high prevalence of suicide among the communities we work with. (1/3)

With children and young people heading back to school this month, have you thought about refreshing your library? 📚 We've put books by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, classroom resources and more all in one place to help you get started!🎒 Inspiration: www.gypsy-traveller.org/teaching-res...

Teaching Resources - Friends, Families and Travellers

Many Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people feel that their culture and way of life is not recognised or affirmed within the education system. We have created this page to support teachers and other s...

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💼 We've written to Emma Reynolds MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, to raise the issue of Gypsy and Traveller site residents experiencing constant barriers when trying to access home and contents insurance. Full letter: www.gypsy-traveller.org/wp-content/u...

Are you a healthcare professional supporting Gypsies and Travellers? We're holding a webinar 8 September from 11am-12:30pm to launch our resources on children and maternal vaccinations, co-produced with community members. 💉 Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gypsy-roma...

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Vaccination Resources Launch

Join us for the launch of vaccination films co-produced with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

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Alongside other Gypsy and Traveller organisations, we wrote to Minister for Housing and Planning to ensure landlords can apply for funding for Gypsy and Traveller sites under the new Social and Affordable Homes Programme. Read 👇

I'm looking to speak to healthcare professionals who have experienced stalking while at work about how it was handled. The piece will be sensitive and anonymity will be protected. Reach me on scarletemily.hannington@gmail.com or DM!

Our government and media are complicit in enabling racist violence, our latest report shows. One year since the racist riots broke out across the UK, violence which has continued since, those in power cannot continue to deny their enabling role. Read the report here 👉 www.runnymedetrust.o...

A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media

A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media is the second of two reports analysing parliamentary and media debates from 2010-2024, and shows how large sections of these debates encouraged widespread hostility to migrants.

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Are you 16 years old or above? You'll now have the right to vote in all UK elections! 🗳️ For guidance on what to do next, take a look at our simple guide for Gypsies and Travellers on how to register to vote in England: www.gypsy-traveller.org/resource/how...

How to register to vote in England - Friends, Families and Travellers

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Good to see the government is drawing up the terms of reference for the Battle of Orgreave public inquiry - but this wasn’t an isolated event. Let’s not forget the grossly excessive police violence used against Travellers at the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985 www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/40-year...

40 Years On: Battle of the Beanfield - Friends, Families and Travellers

Today (1 June) marks the 40th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, where over 600 New Travellers were subjected to excessive, humiliating and brutal police violence. On the morning of 1 June 19...

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Dale Vince@dalevince.com · last yr.

The Police were animals that day in 1985 at what became known as the Battle of the Beanfield - only it wasn’t a battle it was something else entirely - a pre meditated attack of the most extreme violence on a peaceful group of people, sanctioned by the prime minister of the day - Thatcher. 1/2