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Support for GRT young people

3 mins read Youth Work
Range of initiatives in development to help practitioners support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people.
NYA’s course aims to help youth workers improve services for GRT young people. Picture: NYA
NYA’s course aims to help youth workers improve services for GRT young people. Picture: NYA

Later this month (November), a major conference is taking place for education and youth work practitioners to discuss how to improve support for Gypsy, Romany, Roma and Traveller (GRT) young people in the UK.

The Connecting Communities event in Salford, organised by charity The Traveller Movement in partnership with Salford City Council, aims to be the catalyst for the creation of networks of influence that can begin to implement recommendations in a report on the issue.

Everyday racism

The Roads to Success report, co-produced by GRT young people and published in 2021, identified 11 troubling findings on how everyday racism is impacting the lives of many young people in this community.

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