Advice
- Communities Empowerment Network – exclusions advice CEN provides free advice, support, representation, advocacy, mediation and restorative approaches, we help to restore relationships between the home and school and assist to successfully reintegrate children back into mainstream education.
- Community Law Partnership -legal advice to Gypsies and Travellers The Travellers Advice Team (TAT) at CLP provides advice, assistance and representation to Gypsies and Travellers throughout England and Wales in the following areas: Evictions Planning Matters Matters involving rented sites Homelessness Other related mat
Communities
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities – further information This document provides schools with a brief background to the history and culture of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities.
Role models
- Interview with Denisa Gannon, Roma solicitor and activist Guardian Society Interview addressing issues faced by Roma in UK and Denisa in getting her qualification
Community and culture
- Appleby fair This is the official site for the Appleby Horse Fair. The Fair is an annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in the town of Appleby in Cumbria’s Eden Valley.
- Challenging the stereotype This teaching resource uses a selection of images to provide an opportunity for discussion around the stereotypical perception of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, which is often very negative
European
- Council of Europe report on Roma and Travellers ACERT made a submission to Commissioner Hammarberg about the education of Gypsy, Roma and Travellers and in the UK.
Government publications
- Archived materials from the Gypsy Roma Traveller National Strategies programme Guidance and Materials for Schools from the 1995 -2011 National Strategies programme
GRT Education
- Early Years Outreach Practice | Save the Children UK Supporting early years practitioners working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families; with transferable ideas for other outreach early years workers.
- Educational Equality for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children and Young People in the UK Published in 2012 this article reviews issues of educational equality For Gypsy Roma and Traveller Pupils. Published in the Equal Rights review.
- Resources for teachers Resources for teachers, children's books and media
Early Years
- Early Years Outreach Practice | Save the Children UK Supporting early years practitioners working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families; with transferable ideas for other outreach early years workers.
Guidance
- Aiming high: Partnerships between schools and TESS in raising the achievement of Gypsy Traveller pupils This leaflet summarises key aspects of effective partnerships between schools and advisory or support teachers who work for local Traveller Education Support Services (TESS). It looks at ways to promote achievement and how curriculum relevance and diversi
Research
- Improving the outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils: final report : The Department for Education The overall aim of the study was to explore the issues faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils and to offer parents, schools and local authorities a range of possible methods for improving the outcomes for this group.
Staff training
- Resources for teachers Resources for teachers, children's books and media
Teaching
- Early Years Foundation Stage Profile 2012 The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the statutory framework that sets the standards that all Early Years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. A new framework was introduced in September 2
- Resources for teachers Resources for teachers, children's books and media
Voluntary Organisation
- Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group provides valuable assistance and information to the Gypsy community in and around Derbyshire. DGLG also has close relationships with local authorities and services to aid managing Gypsy culture with knowledge and respect. DG
- Friends Families and Travellers This nationally recognised organisation serves the whole spectrum of Gypsy and Traveller communities whether traditional or new, settled or on the road.
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Chaplaincy. The Chaplaincy provides pastoral care and Sacramental programmes to the Gypsy Roma and Traveller Communities. It also aims to educate others in the diocese, both clergy and laity, about Travellers and their culture. Deaneries, Parish groups, schools an