DGLG - Moving Forward working locally and nationally 

​Report just out on dementia and carers in the Gypsy and Traveller community - Download it here
​Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group provides valuable assistance and information to the Gypsy community in Derbyshire. DGLG also has a close relationship with local authorities and services DGLG work is not exclusively in Derbyshire.
DGLG activities include:
  • Seeking and securing authorised stopping places and planning permission
  • Advising local authorities on site matters
  • Health care guidance
  • Members of the Derbyshire BME Links Forum Links CVS 
  • Member of Moving for Change https www.movingforchange.org
  • Supporting children in school and education
  • Welfare aid and housing guidance
  • Exhibitions, research, cultural history
  • Training for statutory bodies including the Police, Healthcare and Social Services
  • Holding the policy spoke of Moving for Change, working on national policy
  • Working with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) working towards a national GRT (Gypsy Roma Traveller) strategy to improve the lack of sites
New Legislation and Campaigns
High Court Ruling - Read here​
   
Please watch this video    
What could new Government laws mean for Gypsies and Travellers? - YouTube
 
There is a huge shortage of Traveller sites in the UK.

Despite this, the Government want to:
📌Put people on roadside camps in jail
📌Remove families' homes
📌Fine families £2500

Please use @GypsyTravellers tool to ask your MP to stop the #PoliceBill:
https://action.gypsy-traveller.org/page/78097/action/1
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Latest Information

​MOVING FOR CHANGE - View the Billy Welch video HERE
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MOVING FOR CHANGE is generously supported by:
Coronavirus Update
‘’Partners in Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System have been tackling health inequalities by encouraging members of the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen communities to ‘Give Covid the Jab’. In a new NHS video, produced in partnership with First Community Health and Care - an employee-owned social enterprise, providing community healthcare services to people living in east Surrey and parts of West Sussex - they aim to educate, inform and answer common questions about the Covid-19 vaccine to boost vaccine confidence within Traveller communities’’.
 
Please see this great video here with Jake Bowers
 
Give Covid the Jab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-S7xdnsec
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We will update guidance as we get it please see information on funerals here
Please see letter sent to all Local authorities from HMCLG after network lobbying Here - Guidance  Covid 19
Life On and Off the Hard Shoulder: Please see our research report, on our services page here

Upcoming Events
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Service Updates 
New Sitting Service
​Read about DGLG activities, reports on progress, news and events.

Awards Received 
-Queens Jubilee Award for Voluntary Groups
-PQASSO Accredited level 2 DGLG was awarded the Home Office Queen's Award for Innovation in Police Training...