Arrivals | Registration Coffee & Tea | 09:30 – 10:00 |
Lisa Smith & Candace Thomas Chair & Vice chair of ACERT | Welcome and introduction to ACERT | 10:00 – 10:05 |
Richard O’Neill Award winning storyteller & ACERT conference host | Welcome & Guide through the day | 10:05 – 10:10 |
Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University | Welcome from our hosts | 10:10 – 10:15 |
Gemma Lees Fine artist, journalist and theatre maker. | ‘You Don’t Look Like One: Existing Outside Of Other’s Expectations’. | 10:15 – 10:30 |
David Donaldson The Nawken Knowledge Project | Danger! Educated Gypsy: Educated in two worlds’ “I was educated in two worlds: in the settled world I was educated at a university dating back to the 16th century but in the Traveller world I was educated in oral history dating back to the 9th century. So, which was more valuable?” | 10:30 – 10:45 |
Imogen Bright Moon Artist-craftwoman,writer and researcher, and advocates for GRT & SB representation in Craft and heritage spaces. Online | Intangible Cultural heritage (IHC) Imogen will talk about ICH, what it means practically and ethically, and how Traveller communities can use this as a moment to safeguard our cultural heritage in our own way and in our own voice. | 10:45 – 11:00 |
Sally Barter GRT School Liaison officer in the London borough of Hillingdon and has worked in Traveller education for over thirty years | Life skills and Learning | 11:00 – 11:15 |
Siobhan Spencer Planning Activist Lisa Smith Site resident and ACERT Chair Maria Faraone Planning Activist Tim Parker Planning Enforcement Officer | Intergenerational lives from a planning perspective | 11:15 – 12:00 30 minutes discussion & 15 minutes Q & A |
Liza Mortimer | Travellers Times – A national magazine for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers | 12:00 -12:15 |
Hilary Heath and Claire Tattersall GRT Service Norfolk | Sharing good practice and resources | 12:15 – 12:30 |
Lunch & Networking | 12:30 – 13:30 | |
Esther Stubbs Social Worker & Research Assistant on the GRTSB higher education pledge at Anglia Ruskin University. | Advocating and raising awareness in the field of education and social work | 13:30 – 13:45 |
Dee Cooper Campaigner Writer, Filmmaker and mental health advocate Dolly Cooper Artist and activist and Levi Cooper Medical Doctor and PhD student Online programme screening of Award Winning Film ‘Romany Me’ directed by Dee Cooper | Intergenerational Lives and learning from an educational and activist perspective | 13:45 – 14:30 |
Candace Thomas Vice Chair of ACERT & Programme Co-ordinator co – designing and delivering workshops with youth | Navigating the dynamics of social media and youth empowerment | 14:30 – 14:45 |
Helen Snelson Leader of history secondary initial teacher education at the University of York.Chair of the Historical Association’s Secondary Teaching Committee and a EuroClio ambassador. | “Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history IS school history” | 14:45 – 15:00 |
Break | Tea and Coffee | 15:00- 15:15 |
Davie Donaldson, Sheldon Chadwick, Esther Stubbs, Richard O’Neill, Gemma Lees | Panel discussion | 15:15 – 16:00 |
Closing Remarks | 16:00 – 16:10 |