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#WheresOFCOM? Traveller group and campaigners urge action over “toxic” Channel 4 Dispatches show following months of delay

#WheresOFCOM? Traveller group and campaigners urge action over “toxic” Channel 4 Dispatches show following months of delay

04 December 2020News
Press Release   Immediate release Date: 26th of November   Channel 4 Dispatches’ “The Truth About Traveller Crime” programme that aired 16th April 2020 has since been widely condemned as racist -...
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Traveller Movement annual conference 2020 – GRT campaigners say it’s time to Stop Traveller Hate

Traveller Movement annual conference 2020 – GRT campaigners say it’s time to Stop Traveller Hate

04 December 2020News
The Traveller Movement held its first ever digital conference on the 12th of November. Entitled Our Truth. Our Voice, the conference aimed to address and call out the toxic anti-Traveller narrative th...
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Press release - Traveller Movement conference to address racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers

Press release - Traveller Movement conference to address racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers

11 November 2020News
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...
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller stakeholders and supporters write to Gavin Williamson MP

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller stakeholders and supporters write to Gavin Williamson MP

09 November 2020News
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...
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Traveller Movement and leading activists call for apology from Home Secretary over anti-Traveller comments

Traveller Movement and leading activists call for apology from Home Secretary over anti-Traveller comments

08 October 2020News
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...
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Senator Eileen Flynn to deliver key note address at Traveller Movement conference

Senator Eileen Flynn to deliver key note address at Traveller Movement conference

08 October 2020News
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 ...
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Our Truth. Our Voice. Traveller Movement Annual Conference is going online - 12th November 2020

Our Truth. Our Voice. Traveller Movement Annual Conference is going online - 12th November 2020

23 September 2020News
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...
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Open letter to Priti Patel - Travellers deserve an apology.

Open letter to Priti Patel - Travellers deserve an apology.

23 September 2020News
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...
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The Traveller Movement's annual conference is going online in 2020

The Traveller Movement's annual conference is going online in 2020

21 September 2020News
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...
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Traveller Movement writes to Education Select Committee in relation to catch-up funding

Traveller Movement writes to Education Select Committee in relation to catch-up funding

12 August 2020News
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 ...
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June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month - lets applaud politicians who lead by example

June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month - lets applaud politicians who lead by example

05 June 2020News
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...
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Coronavirus in prisons: Traveller Movement supports proposed legal action by The Howard League and the Prison Reform Trust

Coronavirus in prisons: Traveller Movement supports proposed legal action by The Howard League and the Prison Reform Trust

20 April 2020News
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...
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Who's telling the truth? Traveller Movement’s response to Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches: The Truth about Traveller Crime’

Who's telling the truth? Traveller Movement’s response to Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches: The Truth about Traveller Crime’

17 April 2020News
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...
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The Traveller Movement welcomes expansion to the early release scheme

The Traveller Movement welcomes expansion to the early release scheme

09 April 2020News
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...
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Open letter to the Department for Education: Don’t further marginalise Gypsy and Irish Traveller school pupils

Open letter to the Department for Education: Don’t further marginalise Gypsy and Irish Traveller school pupils

07 April 2020News
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...
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Traveller Movement welcomes announcement pregnant women to be temporarily released from prison

Traveller Movement welcomes announcement pregnant women to be temporarily released from prison

01 April 2020News
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...
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New research by the Traveller Movement shows young Travellers experience high levels of racist bullying in school  

New research by the Traveller Movement shows young Travellers experience high levels of racist bullying in school  

03 March 2020News
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...
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Special screening of Never Going to Beat You - Cine Lumiere 7th of March

Special screening of Never Going to Beat You - Cine Lumiere 7th of March

02 March 2020News
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 ...
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Traveller Movement awarded funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation

Traveller Movement awarded funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation

28 January 2020News
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...
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller activists call on the government to tackle systemic inequalities

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller activists call on the government to tackle systemic inequalities

25 November 2019News
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 ...
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Latest News

  • #WheresOFCOM? Traveller group and campaigners urge action over “toxic” Channel 4 Dispatches show following months of delay 04 December 2020
  • Traveller Movement annual conference 2020 – GRT campaigners say it’s time to Stop Traveller Hate 04 December 2020
  • Press release - Traveller Movement conference to address racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers 09 November 2020

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