People & voices

With the new school term starting, LGT’s new Youth Outreach Worker, Tyler Hatwell, explains how his school experiences have led to a passion for supporting Travellers in the education system

Betsy Mobey describes the journey that brought her to London Gypsies and Travellers

Angela Mahoney explains how it felt to give a speech at the LUSH Summit

Billy Smith explains why he has chosen to be part of LGT

Members of the community in the limelight – but for good or ill? A film from Rural Media

Traveller families from Hackney reveal their feelings about their community being relocated to make way for the Olympic Park. They now live on three separate sites.

In 2009, London Gypsies and Travellers (then the London Gypsy and Traveller Unit) encouraged people from the community to write to the London Mayor in response to the London plan, which included targets for new pitches. Their letters reveal the desperate situations facing many Gypsies and Travellers given the shortage of pitches. Plans for targets were withdrawn soon afterwards.

In this video from Travelling Ahead, young Gypsies and Travellers talk about what hateful comments and coverage mean to them

Article 12 in Scotland, a charity that works with Gypsies and Travellers, has produced this short video raising the issue of hate crime. It is made by a group of young Gypsy/Travellers.

In 2014 London Gypsies and Travellers invited members of the community to have their say about the Government’s housing plans, now the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Marian Mahoney from Tower Hamlets says she feels excluded from housing policy.