Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- The formation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations in the UK
- Gypsy and Traveller accommodation policies
- List of abbreviations
- one Introduction
- two Pedagogies of hope: the Gypsy Council and the National Gypsy Education Council
- three ‘Ministers like it that way’: developing education services for Gypsies and Travellers
- four Charles Smith: the fashioning of an activist
- five Friends, Families and Travellers: organising to resist extreme moral panics
- six Building bridges, shifting sands: changing community development strategies in the Gypsy and Traveller voluntary sector since the 1990s
- seven The Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition
- eight Below the radar: Gypsy and Traveller self-help communities and the role of the Travellers Aid Trust
- nine Gender and community activism: the role of women in the work of the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups
- ten The Roma in Europe: the debate over the possibilities for empowerment to seek social justice
- eleven Roma communities in the UK: ‘opening doors’, taking new directions
- twelve Conclusion: in search of empowerment
- Appendix 1 Directory of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations
- Appendix 2 The numbers game
- Index
Appendix 1 - Directory of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- The formation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations in the UK
- Gypsy and Traveller accommodation policies
- List of abbreviations
- one Introduction
- two Pedagogies of hope: the Gypsy Council and the National Gypsy Education Council
- three ‘Ministers like it that way’: developing education services for Gypsies and Travellers
- four Charles Smith: the fashioning of an activist
- five Friends, Families and Travellers: organising to resist extreme moral panics
- six Building bridges, shifting sands: changing community development strategies in the Gypsy and Traveller voluntary sector since the 1990s
- seven The Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition
- eight Below the radar: Gypsy and Traveller self-help communities and the role of the Travellers Aid Trust
- nine Gender and community activism: the role of women in the work of the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups
- ten The Roma in Europe: the debate over the possibilities for empowerment to seek social justice
- eleven Roma communities in the UK: ‘opening doors’, taking new directions
- twelve Conclusion: in search of empowerment
- Appendix 1 Directory of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations
- Appendix 2 The numbers game
- Index
Summary
National
Friends, Families and Travellers – www.gypsy-traveller.org/
The Gypsy Council – visit them on Facebook
The National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups – http://nationalgypsytravellerfederation.org/
The Roma Support Group –http://romasupportgroup.org.uk/
Travellers’ Aid Trust – http://travellersaidtrust.org/
The Traveller Movement (formerly the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain) – http://irishtraveller.org.uk/
Traveller Solidarity Network – http://travellersolidarity.org/
UK Association of Gypsy Women – see NFGLG website
National Travellers Action Group – see NFGLG website
Walsall Gypsy and Traveller Forum – see NFGLG website
Worcester Gypsy Traveller Roma Partnership – see NFGLG website
Education, culture and history
Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers – www.acert.org.uk/
National Association of Teachers of Travellers – www.natt.org.uk/
The Romani Cultural and Arts Company – www.romaniarts.co.uk
Romany and Traveller Family History Society – http://rtfhs.org.uk/
Travellers’ Times Magazine – www.travellerstimes.org.uk/
Local regional groups
Brentwood Gypsy Support Group
Canterbury Gypsy Support Group
Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller Project – see NFGLG website
Cheshire Gypsy and Traveller Voice – www.travellersvoice.org
Clearwater Gypsies (Sussex) – see NFGLG website
Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group – www.dglg.org/
East Anglia Gypsy Council – see NFGLG website
East Notts Traveller Association (ENTA) – see NFGLG website
Leeds GATE Gypsy and Traveller Exchange – www.leedsgate.co.uk/
Lincolnshire Gypsy Liaison Group – www.lglg.co.uk/
London Gypsy and Traveller Unit – www.lgtu.org.uk/
One Voice for Travellers (East) – www.onevoice4travellers.org.uk
Somerset Gypsy Liaison Group – see NFGLG website
Stableway Traveller Residents’ Association (London)
SPARC (North East) – see NFGLG website
Surrey Traveller Community Relations Forum – see NFGLG website
South West Alliance of Nomads – www.gypsytravellerhelp.org/
Southwark Travellers’ Action Group – www.staglondon. org/2012/03/05/southwark-travellers-action-group-stag/
TravellerSpace (Devon and South West) – http://travellerspacecornwall. org/
Legal advocacy
Travellers Advice Team – www.communitylawpartnership.co.uk/ourservices/ gypsies-and-travellers
Local authority liaison officers
National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers – www.nagto. co.uk/
International
European Roma Rights Centre – www.errc.org/
The Roma Education Fund – www.romaeducationfund.hu/
The European Academic Network on Romani Studies – http:// romanistudies.eu/
The European Roma Traveller Forum – www.ertf.org/
The International Romani Union – www.internationalromaniunion. org/
The Roma Virtual Network – www.valery-novoselsky.org
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- Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller CommunitiesInclusive Community Development, pp. 239 - 242Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2014