News & events

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. …

LGT’s Bright Futures mentoring programme is making a real difference to young people from the Gypsy and Traveller community. Two years into the programme, a formal evaluation has shown that many young people involved have moved into vocational education, training or employment as a result. Their confidence has grown – and they and their families …

It’s everyone’s right to vote and be protected from hate speech. With the London local elections approaching on 7th May, LGT is encouraging people to vote for candidates who are respectful to Gypsies and Travellers. Since Easter, there has been a surge in political statements and articles making generalised claims about supposed criminal and anti-social …

LGT was proud to join the largest National Housing Demonstration for a decade last weekend. Alongside thousands of tenants and over 80 organisations, we were calling for an end to the housing crisis and homelessness. London’s Gypsies and Travellers share the concerns of all people who experience interminable waiting lists for social rented accommodation, non-existent …

In the past year, London Gypsies and Travellers worked with more than 500 families,  supported 50 young people to transform their lives, confronted councils for causing a housing crisis and worked with communities to prevent evictions. These are just some of the achievements marked in LGT’s 2025 Annual Report and celebrated at the Annual General …

London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT) has released a new report exposing the deepening housing crisis faced by Gypsy, Traveller and low-income families in Enfield. Based on frontline casework and research by LGT’s Accommodation Advice Service (AAS) team, the report highlights how council-owned companies Enfield Let and Housing Gateway have increased rents to unaffordable levels – …

With the first presentations of the 2025 London-wide Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment research being made this week, London Gypsies and Travellers and other community organisations continue to call for urgent corrections to be made to the draft. Errors made in the research result in the number of pitches and other accommodation required being …

A United Nations committee has told the UK government to stop making people homeless and to end housing discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers. This follows a submission by London Gypsies and Travellers with the Roma Support Group (RSG) to a UN review of the UK’s compliance with international human rights standards. Having listened to representations …

London Gypsies and Travellers reflected on a year of change at its Annual General Meeting – in particular the way that community members are growing in confidence and bringing change to lives. “Our community is stepping up in ways we’ve never seen before,” said LGT Chair of Trustees Helena Kiely-Savin (pictured at the AGM). “We’re …

Many Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families in the UK are left trapped in substandard homeless shelters for years – and urgent investment in adequate and appropriate social housing is required to prevent this. This is the main message of a new report by London Gypsies and Travellers, produced jointly with the Roma Support Group. The …