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Ringlets of Red — Six Years On
I published Ringlets of Red on this website on 5 June 2020. I had actually written it much earlier. That poem came from my own childhood experience of being identified as Gypsy in a classroom, and the shame, isolation and racism that followed. Six years after publishing it, another little girl with ringlets of red…
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Two Versions of the Same Meeting: When Schools and Gypsy & Traveller Parents Leave With Different Stories
Today the school has responded to us directly, explaining that the meeting was intended to discuss upcoming curriculum changes relating to Protected Characteristics within the Relationships Education curriculum and to begin a conversation with parents ahead of implementation planned for September 2026. Yesterday we published a blog after several ethnic Gypsy and Traveller parents contacted Proud Gypsy Traveller…
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When “Choice” Isn’t Really a Choice
“Choose by 2:45pm”: Gypsy and Traveller Parents Given Hours to Decide Over School Lessons” This morning a number of ethnic Gypsy and Traveller parents contacted us after being called into a meeting at their children’s school. What they describe should concern anyone who believes in respectful engagement between schools and families. Parents were reportedly brought…
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Ringlets Of Red
Ringlets of red, Eyes open wide. Headteacher usher’s child inside.The room goes quite 48 eyes on me Be nice to Violet she’s a Gypsy you see.Confused and lost a bewildered child, dying with shame and pain inside. Was my culture of vital importance? When leading a lamb out to slaughter.Somewhere to sit Let’s find you…
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Open Letter to anyone who will help affect change
I remember my first day back at school all too well, we were living roadside, it was the norm for my family back then. We had gone away for a few months and were back for the winter, the memory was scorched on my brain so much that when I was in my early 20’s…