TRAVELLERS and Gypsies are one of the most misunderstood minority groups in the UK – but that could be about to change.

This article comprises tips taken from a Community Care Inform guide about working with Gypsy and Traveller communities. The full guide is directed primarily at children’s services practitioners but ...

Background Although previous studies suggest that Gypsy Travellers have poorer health status and excess mortality compared with the general population, there is no epidemiological evidence using ...

On Friday last week, around 300 Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers and supporters marched through the streets of Manchester to protest an outrageous act of discrimination and attack on democratic ...

Gypsy and Irish Travellers in Leeds were twice as likely to report having bad or very bad health in the recent census, new figures show. The national charity Friends, Families and Travellers said ...

Another illegal Gypsy Traveller site is being constructed in West Berkshire – this time near Pangbourne. Work began on it a week before Christmas and West Berkshire Council has issued a stop notice.

Jo Richardson is currently undertaking a piece of research on negotiated stopping with London Gypsy Travellers, funded by the Greater London Authority. It’s election time again. That means hustings, ...

New gypsy and travellers' sites may be allocated within the new Somerset Local Plan in a bid to prevent further unauthorised encampments. Somerset Council and Taunton Town Council have recently had to ...

“WE ARE THE white blacks,” declares Joseph Jones, a Romany gypsy who is vice-chair of the Gypsy Council, a civil-rights group, and has been campaigning for the rights of gypsies and travellers since ...

Plans have been submitted to build a nine-caravan Gypsy and Traveller site near Battle in East Sussex, prompting fears of ...