Audio: Mena and Tracie talk about self-care and mental health

When London Gypsies and Travellers approached me to be a trustee around two years ago, I was 27 and working in a research role in the charity sector. I’d already worked for several different charities and done lots of different things. But LGT had always stood out for me.  It felt different. You could tell …

April the 8th marks International Romani Day, a day that often ends up being overlooked on the calendar of many Londoners, which is a day to celebrate and uplift all Romani people across the world. It is celebrated on this date in honour of an event that took place in Orpington, within the London brough of …

Our new film highlights how the Gypsy and Traveller nomadic way of life has been eroded over many years. We wanted to show how we are people like everyone else, but how difficult it has become for us with new laws criminalising our nomadic way of life. The film makers focused on me, my family …