Should i trust a gypsy

As mentioned previously, the preconceptions many people have of Gypsy and Traveller culture is largely based on sensationalist and negative media. Little attention is given to the strength of the extended family, the sharing of caring duties for both young and older people and other positive aspects of Gypsy and Traveller culture and lifestyle. Register Login. Search for:. Jobs Live Inform. Working with Gypsy and Traveller communities: key advice for social workers Due to a history of discrimination, social services are rarely seen by Gypsy and Traveller parents as a resource for support By Ruth Hardy on June 6, in Children.

More from Community Care Related articles:. Job of the week Social Worker — Boston Lincolnshire. Featured jobs. Community Care Inform Intersectionality: race, gender and other aspects of identity in social work with young people How the law on authorising deprivation of liberty will change. Debby Kennett, chief executive of the charity London Gypsies and Travellers , which is behind the campaign, says the posters were triggered by a sense that racism towards this group continues to be tolerated.

These are people who are making positive contributions. They have got lives, hobbies, jobs, they are active members of society. We want to change the narrative. The discussion previously has been about what is different about Travellers; this is focusing on what we have in common. He has finished A-levels in English, business studies and law and hopes to go to college to study computer science.

At primary school he avoided telling anyone that he lived on a Gypsy Traveller site. Sometimes his grandfather, a scrap collector, would pick him up from school in the van with metal piled in the back.

A lot of people watched it and asked me: do you throw dogs in water all the time? People ask me: are you incestuous? He tries to respond patiently. Government statistics show that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children remain among the lowest-achieving pupils in school and Billy feels teachers did not expect him to do so well academically.

He thinks there is very little understanding of how hard people in the Traveller community work. GRT groups have been part of British society and culture for over years, with the first authenticated records of Gypsy presence going back to in Scotland and in England. Many of the current Irish Travellers came over from Ireland in the 19th century and after Second World War to work on building and motorway projects.

The most recent wave of Roma immigration came from post-Communist Eastern Europe in the s and after , when some countries joined the European Union.

The BBC recently conducted a survey in Romania and found that just 1 per cent of respondents said they will be looking for work in the UK in or While Roma from Eastern Europe have come to the UK since the s so did other groups from the region, many of whom have since formed an integral part of our society, while others have decided to return. Thirteen years ago his family left to move to London.

Like many Roma who came to the UK before him, he is an asset to our society. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies.