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DGLG - Moving Forward
Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group provides valuable assistance and information to the Gypsy community in and around Derbyshire. DGLG also has close relationships with local authorities and services to aid managing Gypsy culture with knowledge and respect. DGLG work is not exclusively in Derbyshire.
DGLG activities include:
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Latest InformationRIP Winifred (Cussy) Delaney
9.02.1959 -12.04.2020 Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group was extremely sad to hear the news that Cussy Delaney had passed away. After the dreadful murder of her son, young Johnny Delaney(2003) the family became involved in an improved police training program and Patrick, Cussy’s husband attended the very first Pride not Prejudice event at Derbyshire police headquarters the following year in 2004. Sadly Patrick passed away far too soon, many say with a broken heart, but Cussy carried on, she was a stoic dignified woman ever mindful that the police saw Johnny’s killing as racist murder, however the justice system let her (and the police) down in not accepting this part of the crime, the last time she attended Pride not Prejudice was the last one held in 2010, where she received a lifetime achievement award. I was not able to go to London on October 13th for the special commemoration in St Paul’s Cathedral, but Cussy has often been in my thoughts, through the years; I lit my candle, I find I am lighting candles often lately and reflect on many memories. I have no doubt she is now a guardian angel, Love to all the Delaney family Siobhan And link to https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/rip-winifred-cussy-delaney Coronavirus Update We will update guidance as we get it please see information on funerals here Dispatches Please see letter from DGLG on program aired on 16th April here………… please also see NFGLG statement here http://www.nationalgypsytravellerfederation.org/uploads/3/7/5/2/37524461/dispatches_traveller_crime_.pdf There has been many complaints to this program, if you want to complain this can be done through this link https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/campaigns/dispatches-submit-your-complaint-to-channel-4/ 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 befriending page here
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2020 marks 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. the theme for HMD 2020:Stand Together. Don’t be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good. - Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from Nazi-occupied Europe https://www.hmd.org.uk/take-part-in-holocaust-memorial-day/holocaust-memorial-day-2020/ Holocaust Memorial Day will be on Monday January 27th in 2020. HMD it is a national event in the United Kingdom, dedicated to the remembrance of the victims the Porrajmos [Holocaust] or Sumaripen (the killings) first held in January 2001 it has been on the same date every year since.(usually 27th January) The chosen date is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Union in 1945; please note that this slide show contains images taken from the trip to Poland taken in 2010 as our memorial to the day these will be on the site throughout January. For January 2020 we will also be adding to the slide show images taken on a further visit in 2019. Reports DGLG two-year review will be available on the reports page shortly Upcoming Events We celebrated Heritage Open Days 2019 14th and 15th of September see photos of the day here Good News
WE project "Around Maria's Day" is selected for the program of festival "Days of Ethnographic Film" in Slovenia (1st and 4th March 2017). Please see Derby university page 1999 - 2014 past calendars. As part of the Digital story of DGLG all the past calendars will be available on this page soon as PDFs please can we remind that most of the photographs are copyrighted in our calendars from DGLG archives or we were given permission to use them for the calendar by individuals that own copyright. Please contact us regarding copyright for permission if you would like to use any of them. Service Updates Read about DGLG activities, reports on progress, news and events. Awards Received PQASSO Accredited level 2 DGLG was awarded the Home Office Queen's Award for Innovation in Police Training... Your health is your wealth Please see archived reports New Legislation and Campaigns page being updated |
