Traveller Movement Conference 2025

Our 2025 Conference Agenda

• 09:30

  09:30:Registration and Networking

  Grab a coffee and settle in

• 10.00

  10.00:Welcome from the Conference Co-Chairs

  Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE (TM Chairperson) and Shaun Mongan (TM Education Officer)

• 10.10

  10.10:Keynote Address

  A message from our Keynote Speaker

• 10.30

  10.30:Panel 1: Policy Gaps and Invisible Communities: Who Gets Left Behind?

  • Katharine Quarmby – Award winning writer, journalist and editor
  • Jabeer Butt – Race Equality Foundation
  • Daniel Balaz – Connecting Roma CIC
  • Simon Jones – Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Roxanne Lashley Allen (Impetus)
• 11.40

  11.40:Refreshment Break

  Grab a coffee and a quick break

• 11.50

  11.50:Panel 2: Around the Campfire: Reclaiming Identity, Belonging and Pride

  • Michael Reilly – ESF+ Social Innovation in Sport Officer
  • Pauline Anderson-Melvin OBE – The Traveller Movement
  • Charmaine Abdul Karim – Pride of Romany
  • Annalise Corcoran – The Traveller Movement
• 13.00

  13.00:Lunch and Networking

  Enjoy a bite and a chat!

• 14.00

  14.00:Workshops

  • Workshop 1: Opportunity Gaps – Education, Employment & Exclusion
  • Workshop 2: Poverty by Design – When Policy Fails Marginalised Communities
  • Workshop 3: Criminalised Communities – Building Fairer Justice Systems
  • Workshop 4: Changing the Narrative: Empowering Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller Youth Through Advocacy
• 15.30

  15.30:Closing Remarks

  A final word from our hosts

• 16.00

  16.00:Conference Ends

  Thank you for a wonderful day!