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| Aims to help those with deserving cases where Legal Aid is not available and who cannot afford legal assistance | |||
| Project based in St Mary Cray on the borders of Greater London and Kent, estimated to be the area with the largest concentration of settled Travellers in the country. Among other things, provides advice, information, counselling and support to the local Gypsy and Traveller communities | |||
| Planning office of The Land Is Ours; campaigns to provide access to land for all households through environmentally sound planning | |||
| Guidance for journalists on Travellers, Gypsies and the media | |||
| Funded by the Housing Corporation; management tools for housing organisations to conduct race equality audits and benchmark equality performance. Users have to register a username and password to enter and re-enter the site | |||
| The body responsible for combating discrimination and promoting equality in Northern Ireland | |||
| FFT is a national voluntary organization which serves the whole spectrum of the Travelling community. Includes good practical info on what to do if you're being evicted | |||
| Promotes practical solutions, involving homeless people, to tackling homelessness and social exclusion | |||
| The Social Exclusion Unit’s online newsletter for people working to tackle social exclusion | |||
| A leading UK legal & human rights organisation, UK chapter of the International Commission of Jurists. Good briefing papers | |||
| The TMG Emergency service is currently the only freephone 24-hour emergency help-line and volunteer service for victims of racial harassment and abuse | |||
| This links to the Publications page; look for reports on The Education of Travelling Children (1996), Raising the attainment of minority ethnic pupils (1999), Evaluating Educational Inclusion (2000) and Managing Support for the Attainment of Pupils from Minority Ethnic Groups (2001), or use the search engine to look at school's Inspection Reports | |||
| One Eye on the Road | Alan Lodge ('Tash'), photographer with a special interest in documenting the lives and festivals of newer Travellers | ||
| Investigates complaints that injustice has been caused by maladministration on the part of government departments, other public bodies and the National Health Service | |||
| Complain about racist and/or otherwise rubbish reportage; but bear in mind that there's probably not much point unless you are a person 'directly affected' by it (i.e. named / identifiable) | |||
| The University of Greenwich; research, teaching, seminars and background information | |||
| Email discussion group for people interested in Gypsy and Traveller matters including, but not limited to, academics | |||
| 'Freedom and choice through education' | |||
| Scottish Executive Research Findings No. 94 - Moving On: A Survey of Travellers' Views | |||
| Includes A-Z links for Departments & related agencies | |||
| The LIBERTY guide to human rights | |||
| Independent body which replaced the Employment Equality Agency in 1999 but with greatly expanded role and functions. Find Equality News (quarterly) under 'publications | |||
| Exchange House Travellers Service is the main provider of youth services to the Travelling Community in Dublin, Ireland | |||
| Established in 1990 and with over 80 Traveller organisations from all parts of Ireland in its membership, the ITM is a partnership between Travellers and settled people committed to seeking full equality for Travellers in Irish society | |||
| A partnership of Irish Travellers and settled people working towards social justice, solidarity, socio-economic development and human rights to improve the lives of Irish Travellers | |||
| New site on 'Roma Gypsies': information, activities, newsletter | |||
| One of the main aims of which is 'support of development and renewal of traditional Roma values and characteristics: independence, free thinking, a sense of honor and justice, loving care for children and mutual solidarity among the Romany, regardless of their position on the social scale' | |||
| Monitors compliance with aspects of the Copenhagen political criteria for accession, focuses on minority rights, judicial independence, corruption and equal opportunities. Reports are highly critical of treatment of Roma in EU-wannabe countries | |||
| Provides non-exclusive and neutral representation for concerned European citizens wishing to improve the conditions of Roma (Gypsies) within the European Union and in countries preparing to join the EU | |||
| Search ECHR case law with HUDOC, for UK Gypsy planning cases such as Buckley and Chapman; or do a keyword search | |||
| International public interest law organisation monitoring the human rights situation of Roma & providing legal defence in cases of rights abuse. Site gives access to Country Reports, grants, projects and Roma Rights quarterly newsletter | |||
| North America's 'invisible people': like Roma, without a land-base and often unnoticed or forgotten | |||
| The authoritative source of EU law, including Regulations, Directives, Decisions, Recommendations, and Opinions | |||
| Dedicated to the Roma for their recognition as a people and a nation, and to their struggle for freedom and against persecution and oppression worldwide. Info & links | |||
| OSCE High Commission on National Minorities, Report on the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE area (7/4/00). UK information in particular at pages 77 & 112-117 of this PDF | |||
| Says it's the best net source for Roma/Gypsy info. Probably | |||
| Part of the Open Society Institute Network Media Program. Initiatives and projects related to Romany-language media | |||
| The 2nd Congress took place 1-3 May 2002 in Lodz, Poland, and online | |||
| Web journal: Romani culture and history | |||
| UNHCR: keyword search using 'Roma' for interesting items | |||
| Search 'Documents & Reports' using 'Roma'; includes access to Roma and the transition in Central and Eastern Europe report | |||
| Links to major newspapers, journals, news services, interesting articles, funnies such as the Onion, etc ... fab | |||
| The 'politics portal' for the UK: news, Webminster, Forum ... | |||
| Loads of good links to other relevant sites not listed here | |||
| Free. Search by street, place, phone or post code ... | |||
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