The role of the third sector in employment and skills programmes

02 Jul 2015

The small number of third sector organizations working with Gypsies, Travellers and Roma (GTR) in London are geographically dispersed and have limited capacity when it comes to delivering employment and skills programmes. However, the need for such programmes within the GTR communities is great, as evidenced by ONS 2011 census data on Gypsies and Irish Travellers which found that Gypsies and Irish Travellers had the highest proportion of any group with no qualifications and the highest rates of economic inactivity.