Have your say at forum meeting

Do you want a stronger voice for London’s Gypsies and Travellers? Then join us at the London Gypsy and Traveller Forum (LGTF), on Thursday, 9th February, 11am-1pm at Committee Room 5, London City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, SE1 2AA.

LGT coordinates the LGTF, where people from the community can meet to discuss matters affect their lives. There is an open invitation for all to take part. The meetings take place four times a year,

More news

Children playing at a Council-run Gypsy and Traveller site in East London

Signs of improvement in the Draft London Plan?

July 17, 2026

The Draft London Plan published yesterday by the GLA has been cautiously welcomed by London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT). Yet for families who have been waiting for years in overcrowded, insecure or temporary accommodation, the real test will be whether this will be the time when plans translate into action and targets into homes. “We …

At last, a new London site

June 30, 2026

The first new Gypsy or Traveller site will be built in London in more than 30 years. The site in Catford, Lewisham, will provide seven pitches and is planned to open for Gypsy or Traveller council tenants in the summer of 2027. “This is all thanks to the hard work of community members who attended …

GRT groups call on Badenoch to withdraw remarks

June 12, 2026

London Gypsies and Travellers has joined 28 other Romany Gypsy, Roma and Traveller charities and activists responding to the leader of Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch’s recent comments linking their communities with criminality. On 9th June 2026, Kemi Badenoch delivered a speech during which she made the following statement: “Confidence in our institutions is now collapsing. …