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Tag: Young People
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When You Grow Gills: The Fight We Inherit
Community Voices and Stories · Education and Young People · Research, Policy and Systems Change · Rights, Racism and JusticeAt 47, I finally understand why my mam was tired. A personal reflection on the reports, the repeated fights, and what we pass from one generation to the next.
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Rainey the Romany, Ringlets of Red and the Cost of Hiding
I thought I was buying my daughter a book. Rainey the Romany was signed by the author, with a little illustration drawn inside for her. I was excited because there, right in the middle of a children’s story, was a Romany little girl. Not a stereotype. Not somebody else’s idea of a Gypsy. Not a…
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The Day My Six-Year-Old Didn’t Want Them to Know She Was Romany
My daughter likes books. More specifically, when she gets a new book she usually wants everybody to know about it. School included. So when I bought her Rainey the Romany, I expected exactly the same thing. This one was particularly special. I had got it from the author. It was signed for her, with a…
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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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Exploring Photography Skills: A Beginner’s Course for Youth
The short photography course was designed to establish an interest in the photography as an art and a way to record history. The course is aimed at young people who have little or no knowledge of the skill. Young people from the Traveller communities attended this 2 day course and developed their artistic skill along…