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'Travelling to a Better Future'- A Gypsy and Traveller Framework for Action and Delivery Plan

'Travelling to a Better Future'- A Gypsy and Traveller Framework for Action and Delivery Plan
Sets out policy direction for the Welsh Government and our partners in respect of Gypsy and Traveller issues.

Gypsy Traveller Good Practice Guides

Gypsy Traveller good practice guides
The Gypsy Traveller Good Practice Guides assists Local Authorities when looking to developing new sites and refurbishing existing ones.

Accommodation needs of Gypsy-Travellers in Wales

Accommodation needs of Gypsy-Travellers in Wales
This research was commissioned to look into the importance of accommodation to all Gypsy-Traveller services.

Guidance on Managing Unauthorised Camping: Circular 4/2005

Guidance on Managing Unauthorised Camping: Circular 4/2005
This guidance's overall objective is to assist local authorities, police and others to tackle unauthorised camping to minimise the disruption it can cause.

Gypsies and Travellers are one of the most disenfranchised groups in society. We are working to tackle this and ensure equality of opportunity for all Gypsy Travellers across Wales.

Our objective

We are currently developing a policy framework for the provision of services to Gypsies and Travellers in Wales. Our objective is to ensure that the needs of Gypsies and Travellers are assessed, planned and implemented in a more strategic way.

We are committed to ensuring an approach towards the delivery of services and support for Gypsies and Travellers in Wales which delivers fairer outcomes. This approach will recognise cultural differences and the issues which have often led to the social exclusion of this group, recognising the tensions which often exist between Gypsies and Travellers and the settled community, and attempting to address these problems by the promotion of inclusive service responses.

Guidance

In order to facilitate getting the existing site network up to a decent habitable standard we have drafted Site Design Guidance and Site Management Guidance that can be applied to existing and new sites.