Category: ACERT

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The NUT has produced a set of resources for teaching about the holocaust including a poster and leaflet specifically relating to Gypsies.  You will find a link to these materials under links – TEACHING

Throughout history, the Romany and Sinti people (commonly referred to as “Gypsies”) have been discriminated against and treated differently in the countries they have settled in.  During the period of 1933-1945 the level of persecution was increased considerably, as the prejudice of the Nazi regime and its collaborators led to widespread violence and even murder. This experience is usually referred to by Gypsies as the “porrajmos” – the “devouring” or the “destruction”.

Annual Report 2010-11

2010-11 represented the first year of Coalition Government and many challenges for ACERT.
  • The localism agenda resulted in changes to planning guidance which Lord Avebury, President of ACERT, said  would reverse a trend in thereduction in the proportion of the caravan-dwelling Gypsy-Traveller population who are homeless, from a quarter in 2004 to 17% in 2011.
  •  The impact of the Dale Farm eviction, supported financially by the Government, clearly signalled the new climate
  • The gradual extinction of Traveller Education Support Services and the reliance on the Pupil Premium to meet needs
  • The Inter-Departmental Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers (but not Roma), led by Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

ACERT sought to respond to these challenges providing information to parliamentarians, stakeholders groups and  government consultations. In meetings with ministers, OFSTED and the Children’s Commissioner, we sought to ensure that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils remained on the inclusion agenda. We also worked with other organisations, such as the NATT+, ITMB and RSG, to develop effective and coordinated responses to developing policies.

Download ACERTAnnual report 2010-2011

Roma-Sinti-Manush photographic exhibition

Exhibition: Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush

Artists:  Cristiano Berti (Italy) Elisabeth Blanchet (France/UK) Danica Dakic (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Nigel Dickinson (UK/France) Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy) Alfredo Jaar (Chile) Sitki Kosemen (Turkey) Josef Koudelka (Moravia) Maria Papadimitriou (Greece) Alessandro Quaranta (Italy) William Ropp (France) Santiago Sierra (Spain)

Venue: Rivington Place, London, EC2A 3BA

Dates: 25 May – 28 July 2012

Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11am – 6pm
Late Thursdays: 11am – 9pm (last admission 8.30pm)
Saturday: 12noon – 6pm,
Monday: Closed

Admission: Free

Nearest tubes: Old Street & Liverpool Street

Rivington Place is fully accessible in all public areas
For parking & wheelchair facilities or
further information about Rivington Place
+44 (0)20 7749 1240,
info@rivingtonplace.org,
www.rivingtonplace.org.

Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush

 

ACERT Meetings

The ACERT Executive will be meeting between 5.00pm and 7.00pm in Room 936, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London WC1 on the following dates. Any paid up ACERT member who wishes to attend will be welcome to attend the meeting from 5.30pm onwards. If you plan to come please inform us so that we can let you know of any last minute changes.

Email or telephone 020 8374 1286

  • 13 March 2012
  • 1 May 2012
  • 17 July 2012

The 2012 AGM will be held on Saturday September 22 at Millman Street Community Room, London WC1N 3EW.