Travelling Ahead

Save the Children has launched an information booklet to help young Gipsy travellers in Wales understand their rights.

The guide is aimed at 11 to 18-year-olds and presents young people with information such as the rights they have in education.

The first of its kind in Wales, it was commissioned by Save the Children after research revealed there was little or no information available to Gipsy and Traveller children.

Readers can now use the new resource to learn how the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) applies to them.

It includes advice on education and the help available if they are bullied at school, their rights on how their homes, family life and culture should be respected by others and their rights regarding the police and health care.

The booklet also includes contact details for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales office, Childline and The Traveller Advice Team, which provides legal advice to Gipsies and Travellers.

The pocket-size, colourful booklet was launched at the Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay, in an event attended by some of the young Gipsy Travellers who helped design it.

The booklet can be downloaded below, or you can visit their web site (launched September 2010) here

PDF Travelling Ahead: Your Rights (PDF, 1.34 MB)