Press release - Traveller Movement conference to address racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers
For immediate release Date: 11th November 2020 National conference to address racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers ‘Our Truth. Our Voice’ conference to turn tide on damagin...
Read MoreGypsy, Roma and Traveller stakeholders and supporters write to Gavin Williamson MP
Members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller stakeholder group at the Department for Education have written to the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson MP to raise their concerns regarding the rise in nu...
Read MoreTraveller Movement and leading activists call for apology from Home Secretary over anti-Traveller comments
The Traveller Movement has written an open letter to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel asking that she apologise for comments made during an event where she referred to Travellers as criminal and violen...
Read MoreSenator Eileen Flynn to deliver key note address at Traveller Movement conference
The Traveller Movement is very happy to announce that Senator Eileen Flynn, the first Irish Traveller ever to be elected to the Irish Seanad (senate) will deliver the key note address at our annual ...
Read MoreOur Truth. Our Voice. Traveller Movement Annual Conference is going online - 12th November 2020
This year we're doing things a little differently!It's so important that despite the challenging circumstances everyone has found themselves in that our annual conference continues to provide a platfo...
Read MoreOpen letter to Priti Patel - Travellers deserve an apology.
The Traveller Movement and others have written an open letter to the Home Secretary following her recent comments during an online event by the Board Of Deputies for British Jews. Signed by leading ac...
Read MoreThe Traveller Movement's annual conference is going online in 2020
For Immediate release Date: 21st of September 2020 Tickets now on sale for our first ever virtual conference! The Traveller Movement is very happy to announce that our annual national c...
Read MoreTraveller Movement writes to Education Select Committee in relation to catch-up funding
Robert Halfon MP Chair, Education Select Committee House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 12th of August 2020 CC: Equality and Human Rights Commission Re: Catch-up funding for Gypsy, Roma and Irish ...
Read MoreJune is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month - lets applaud politicians who lead by example
Date: 05 June 2020 It's June and the start of another Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. On Monday in a heartening display of solidarity, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan tweeted his support f...
Read MoreCoronavirus in prisons: Traveller Movement supports proposed legal action by The Howard League and the Prison Reform Trust
Last Friday, our colleagues at The Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prison Reform Trust took an unprecedented step and sent a formal letter before claim to the Secretary of State for Justice, Ro...
Read MoreWho's telling the truth? Traveller Movement’s response to Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches: The Truth about Traveller Crime’
Press Release Date: 17th April 2020 On Thursday the 16th April we watched in utter dismay Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches: The Truth about Traveller Crime’. The programme was highly critical of Gypsy and...
Read MoreThe Traveller Movement welcomes expansion to the early release scheme
Following our statement last week welcoming the planned temporary early release of low risk pregnant women and women in Mother and Baby Units, on Saturday the MoJ announced an expansion to the...
Read MoreOpen letter to the Department for Education: Don’t further marginalise Gypsy and Irish Traveller school pupils
The Traveller Movement, ACERT and others have written to Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson asking that Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller school pupils receive targeted support during the Covid-19 p...
Read MoreTraveller Movement welcomes announcement pregnant women to be temporarily released from prison
The Traveller Movement welcomes yesterday’s announcement, by the Justice Secretary, to temporarily release from prison low risk pregnant women and mother’s in Mother and Baby Units. The MoJ has state...
Read MoreNew research by the Traveller Movement shows young Travellers experience high levels of racist bullying in school
New research by the Traveller Movement shows that Gypsy and Traveller pupils experience very high levels of racist bullying in school which in turn is hampering their educational attainment, leading m...
Read MoreSpecial screening of Never Going to Beat You - Cine Lumiere 7th of March
The Traveller Movement and Brixton Reel are proud to present a special preview screening on 7th March of a very rare film made about the UK Gypsy and Traveller communities called ‘Never Going To Beat ...
Read MoreTraveller Movement awarded funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation
We’re delighted to announce that we have been awarded £93,134 in funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales to help us make a positive impact on policy and practice in the criminal just...
Read MoreGypsy, Roma and Traveller activists call on the government to tackle systemic inequalities
Leading Gypsy, Roma and Traveller activists tell a packed Traveller Movement conference the time for change is now! On Thursday the 21 of November leading Gypsy, Roma and Traveller professionals and ...
Read MoreProject for young Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in London
Do you want to learn research skills and take part in designing and filming a video about the difficulties London Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people face in education? Are you 18 – 25 years old? ...
Read MoreThe Traveller Movement and the GRT Women’s Empowerment Network hold exclusive event in parliament to mark International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Women’s Empowerment Network will meet in the House of Lords to promote GRT women’s equality. The event will ...
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