‘Dreams and Songs to Sing’ is an exhibition by Bradford-based photographer Cath Muldowney, created in partnership with members of Bradford’s Gypsy and Traveller communities at Cartwright Hall Gallery, Lister Park, Bradford.
We try to help with all aspects and listen carefully to what our members tell us.
A Digital Inclusion Project came as a opportunity for members to get involved in.
My first year at GATE has been good and full of a lot of learning, like using apps that I have never used before like Canva.
It’s Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month once again. The month has been marked and celebrated nationally in many ways across the years since 2008.
Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange condemn the recent incident involving West Yorkshire Police and use of force against a child on an encampment in West Yorkshire.
Leeds GATE, London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT) and Travellers Times, have joined together to submit to IPSO’s open consultation on the Editors Code, calling for rules around discrimination in press reporting to apply to groups as well as individuals, due to its impact on Gypsy and Traveller people.
We are proud to announce the launch of a new research project – Narrow Margins - working with Birmingham City University Social Sciences department and led by Dr Sam Burgum working to answer these questions and more over the next two years.
Our latest report ‘Understanding the needs of Gypsy and Traveller people and their experiences of probation’ highlights growing evidence that the criminal justice systems, specifically probation, are not set up to meet the needs of the community, and exacerbate the barriers and exclusion they face in society.
Come and see Ossiri and the Bala Mengro at Bradford Deaf Centre October 27th.
Direct hate from the public for being a Gypsy is something that we felt we just had to put up with. I didn't even know that I was part of a race that was supposed to be a protected ethnicity.
We were so proud to feature in the latest episode of the award-winning Media Storm Podcast - 'Gypsy, Roma, Traveller: Why is prejudice on the rise?' including an interview with Charlotte our Community Health Development Coordinator.
Hi, I’m Linda, a new starter here at Leeds GATE as Community Health Development Coordinator. My new job has a big title but was does it mean?
As a part of our Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month celebrations this year, some of our young people wrote short stories to be shared at our Community Celebration and exhibited. We asked all writers to share something celebratory about Gypsy and Traveller culture, and what it means to them.
We have a full program of events happening across June at our centre in Cross Green.
The Gypsy and Traveller community we are ran by and for are more likely to face emotional distress and mental health issues, due to the barriers they may face with access to services, discrimination and the negative narratives about the community fed by the media.
Join our online workshop on 24th May from 10am-12pm to learn, discuss and align our goals. We’ll be running this with the Moving for Change network.
We want to hear about your experience and call on Probation Services to do more to support Gypsy and Traveller people and their needs.
Launched today, Media That Moves is a report from Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange, London Gypsies and Travellers, and research partner Public Interest Research Centre- read it here!