Month: June 2011Page 1 of 2

January 2011 Caravan Count

Twice yearly Local Authorities in England  are supposed to undertake a count of Gypsy, Traveller and Showpeople caravans in their area. The results of the January count have…

Gypsy Council Response to Planning for Traveller Sites Consultation

The Gypsy Council has set up a  Facebook group to help people respond to the government’s Planning for Traveller Sites consultation. It is vital that Gypsies and Travellers…

Devon Gypsy Fears Eviction From Own Land

A Romany Gypsy has said he fears eviction after a retrospective planning application for eight traveller pitches in Devon was rejected by the council. Clarence Ware moved into…

Boscarn Parc Play Area and Multi-Use Sports Pitch

Two and a half years’ of hard work by a group of young Gypsies from Boscarn Parc in Cornwall has seen a muddy field transformed into a new…

Back To The Past – Planning for Traveller Sites

Some thoughts from the Community Law Partnership on the government’s draft guidance Planning For Traveller Sites,  which they intend as a replacement for the previous guidance, Circular 01/2006….

A short film from Sally Tucker Woodbury

“Why I’m doing this video is to help all the other Gypsies out there that might be coming to your villages to find somewhere to live. To make…

Dale Farm House of Lords Debate

“My Lords, will my noble friend comment on the decision to spend £117,000 per family on eviction of these people from the Dale Farm site considering that there…

Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month In Cornwall

GRTHM events confirmed so far for Cornwall: 15th June – St.Day Gypsy and Traveller Women’s Group Open Day 1st July (postponed from 17th June) – 10.30 am –…

New Traveller History

Couple of  websites documenting New Traveller history, with of photos of homes, people, sites, paper cuttings etc: Traveller Homes Travellers’ Archive 

Skint Government Finds £5.85 million to Evict Travellers

Dale Farm: Home Office pledges cash for eviction costs “The Home Office has announced it will pay up to £4.65m towards the cost of evicting Travellers and Gypsies…