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LGT launches election pledge

April 6, 2022

In the run up to the London local council elections on May 5th, London Gypsies and Travellers has launched a campaign asking candidates to take a stand against the racism and discrimination that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities continue to face. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are affected by some of the highest levels or …

London Assembly activity report

April 4, 2022

A year after the London elections, LGT has produced a report summarising the activity of politicians at City Hall on issues concerning Gypsy and Traveller Londoners. The report includes information about the engagement of London Assembly Members with the London Gypsy and Traveller Forum manifesto and meetings, and the questions they have submitted at Mayor’s …

Community Campaigns Mentorship

April 1, 2022

LGT is launching a Community Campaigns Mentorship Role in the Community Development Team. This is a learning role which involves two days a week training and two days work experience. It is focused on campaigns, community development, communications and media. The duration of the role is 2 years and it is paid at the London …

Wide injunctions case could go to Supreme Court

March 14, 2022

London Gypsies and Travellers has vowed to fight on, in the face of a court defeat which overturned previous rulings limiting the use of “wide injunctions” to prevent Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on public land. In January 2022, the Court of Appeal passed down a new judgement stating that courts can indeed grant final …

LGT shares outrage at Carr comments

February 10, 2022

London Gypsies and Travellers has joined with other organisations to express outrage at words spoken by comedian Jimmy Carr in a show broadcast on Netflix, where he joked that  the genocide of Roma and Gypsies in the Holocaust was a “positive”. In a letter to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, sent out jointly with Friends, Families …

LGT’s journey of change reflected in annual review

January 28, 2022

London Gypsies and Travellers has marked a year of achievement in the face of serious challenges with its 2021 Annual Report, launched this week at the LGT Annual General Meeting. The report emphasises how LGT’s work to support and empower has continued undaunted by successive waves of coronavirus and in the face of continuing prejudice …

Report calls for anti-racist media coverage

January 27, 2022

Launched today, Media That Moves is a report from Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange, London Gypsies and Travellers, and research partner Public Interest Research Centre, which examines the systems that perpetuate negative stereotyping of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK media. You can read the summary report here.. We know the media environment around Gypsy …

LGT open evening

September 10, 2021

We currently have several exciting job opportunities in our team and we’re organising an open evening to welcome anyone interested in finding out more. The event will take place at the Mildmay Community Centre on Wednesday 29th September, from 6.30pm. This will be a chance to get to know our organisation, our team and to …

Communities unite in Drive to Survive

July 23, 2021

On the 7th of July, London Gypsies and Travellers joined Gypsy, Roma, Traveller people, politicians and allies from other movements in Parliament Square to resist the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The peaceful demonstration was organised by Drive2Survive, a community-led coalition mobilising against the discriminatory measures of the Bill. The demo was the first …

Gypsies and Travellers demand a voice in City Hall

May 20, 2021

London Gypsies and Travellers launches a new tool for writing to the London Assembly to demand a voice for Gypsies and Travellers in City Hall. At the London Gypsy and Traveller Forum hustings event in March, representatives of the Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Conservative Party and Labour Party responded to the Forum Manifesto and heard …