ACERT – ACERT

Intergenerational lives and learning

An event celebrating the benefits, opportunities and challenges of multi-generational family lives

Friday 9th February 2024

The Glass Tank, Abercrombie, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families often comprise three or four generations living together or close by. Traditions and culture, skills and trades, music and story, financial and emotional support transfer between them. Schools that succeed in including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in one generation continue to work well with succeeding generations of the extended family.

Our conference will give participants an opportunity to share and discuss how intergenerational life works for them, how it is experienced by different generations and the challenges posed by contemporary society.

Oxford Brookes is the home of the RIBA studio which is a practice-based route to qualification as an Architect. Its programme director is ACERT member Maria Faraone, and we plan to incorporate content from course participants into the day.

We hope the day will be advertised around all the Oxford colleges, so students with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritages, and those who want to support our campaign for equal rights can meet us and learn more about what ACERT does.

We’re also planning a workshop for young activists on the previous day organised by our chair Lisa Smith. Contact her for more details.

Further details will be mailed out shortly.

Community Builder Training course

Protection Approaches, a charity working to prevent all identity-based violence, is offering 6 hours free online training on community building to members of voluntary and community groups, staff at local councils, and businesses across the country.

session one: 9th of August 10 am – 1 pm

session two: 16th of August 10 am – 1 pm

You can register for the session and find out more info here

Participants who complete the training will receive a certificate and will be encouraged and supported to apply what they have learned in their work and community activities.

What is COMMUNITY BUILDER TRAINING?

A online training course facilitated by leading experts in building kinder, safer more inclusive communities. During interactive sessions taking place over either two days you will discuss and learn about:

the processes that create divides, prejudice, and identity-based violence
what really works in building kinder, safer, more inclusive communities
how to design impactful projects for positive change
principles to guide how to work in and with communities in meaningful, participatory ways

Following the training, every participant will be encouraged and supported to apply what they have learnt in the training to work they are already doing, or even through a new initiative, whether it is in their workplace, community, group, or club.

Who is it for?

The training is aimed at anyone passionate about creating positive change in their communities and will help them to build their knowledge and skills on what really works to bring people together, tackle injustice, and increase cohesion. The expert-led sessions see participants guided through a series of interactive activities and discussions to explore how they can contribute to building strong, inclusive, connected, and equitable communities.

Contact Szymon Glowacki if you have any questions.

Please share widely with anyone you think could be interested.

Heritage Crafts Red List Resources

Imogen Bright Moon’s presentation to the Education Network

The three new entries for GRTSB specifically are here;

Fairground Art https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/fairground-art/

Canal Art + Barge Painting https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/canal-art-and-barge-painting/

Vardo + Living Waggon Crafts https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/vardo-art-and-living-waggon-crafts/

Plus additional amendments to;

Tinsmithing https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/tinsmithing/

Horn + Antler Working https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/horn-working/

All the links are on this main page at Heritage Crafts here;

heritagecrafts.org.uk

You can get downloadable PDF of the 2023 Red List launch publication here.

* One craft that needs further research is GRTSB Floristry, which will include wooden flowers, wax flowers and paper flowers, as well as traditional wreath-making. *

Please contact me if I can be of any help, imogenbrightmoon@gmail.com

Roma families and Children’s Services

The Roma Support Group and Law for Life have produced a short film which captures some experiences that Roma parents had when interacting with Children’s Services.

The film, based on a real case, is narrated by Romanian Roma community members in Romanes.

This film is part of a wider project to support Roma in the context of child protection which aims to improve access to justice for Roma families going through child protection.

The film is accompanied by other free resources:

A guide to child protection for Roma parents
Keeping our children safe – a film for Roma parents
Child protection- introductory training for Roma champions and advocates

Roma Support Group and Law for Life would be grateful if you could share this film through your social networks and in your direct work with Roma families and Children’s Services.