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On The Road episodes
- The Stopping Places A Journey Through Gypsy Britain by Damian Le Bas Episode 12
Damian Le Bas talks about his book The Stopping Places and tells us why he had to write it. He explores the ancient stopping places used by his ancestors and many other Travellers and Gypsies throughout the UK. He also shares his experience of growing up in a Romany Gypsy family, troubles at school and making it to Oxford University.
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34 min - Roma Dreams - how Roma people are using Education to fulfill their dreams Episode 10
Roma communities are learning English and are accessing education to help intergrate and get a better life in The UK. We speak to 2 project workers who help Roma by mentoring and supporting them to fulfill their dreams. We also hear about how many of Europe's Roma are segregated in all areas of life and the discrimination they have faced.
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23 min - Prison Make: It Work - Episode 9How can prison work for you? On this episode of On the Road we hear from Miley who has turned his life around in prison. With the help of a fellow Gypsy man he got 'on the right road' over his fears and learnt to read and write. He is now on the road to employment.
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20 min - Education Matters - Gypsy & Traveller Children and The Education System - Episode 8
"Pupils from Gypsy or Roma backgrounds and those from a Traveller background had the lowest attainment of all ethnic groups throughout their school years." Race Disparity Audit 2017
This episode of On The Road looks at the reasons why GRT pupils have the lowest attainment of all ethnic groups in education. We hear from Pauline Anderson Director of Education for Derby City Council who comes from a Irish Traveller background as well as other community members.
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19 min - Memory Lane - Stories of Gypsy Days Gone By Episode 7On this episode we take you down 'memory lane' with stories from back in the day. Hear Mena, Billy and Terry recall stories from days gone by.
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16 min - Behind the Foodbank Nomination Challenge - Episode 6Travellers and Gypsies up and down the UK have been taking part in#FoodbankNomination challenge. We talk to the man who started it all off and find out the impact it has had. We also hear about other charitable deeds by Gypsies and Travellers in the run up to Christmas 2018.
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14 min - Escaping Domestic Violence: Tina's Story - Episode 4
Tina talks to Jonny & Nancy about suffering extreme domestic violence at the hands of her husband and how she got away from him after 10 years. Tina is now a women's worker at the Traveller Movement and provides support to GRT women who are victims of domestic abuse. She can be contacted on:
[email protected] or call 020 7607 2002.
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23 min - Terry Talks - Terry shares his life story Episode 3
Romany Gypsy Terry talks about his life; from the care system to prison, his mental health issues and a very long wait to get housed on a site. He is with Ivy Manning who works at Friends, Families and Travellers an organisation based in Brighton. We also have On The Road news from Mike Doherty the editor of Travellers Times.
Friends, Families and Travellers contact details:
https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/
01273 234 777
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26 min - The Last Acceptable Form of Racism? Episode 2
Is discrimination towards Gypsies, Roma and Travellers the last 'acceptable' form of Racism in the UK?
In this weeks' episode we look at how discrimination and racism affects every part of life for GRT people. GateHerts a GRT led organisation run a website for reporting racism and discrimination tell us their how and why people need to report it. (Details below)
Reportracismgrt.com
Twitter @ReportRacismGRT
Freephone 0800 8101800
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19 min - Jonny's Journey - Episode 1
On this episode of On The Road we hear about one of our hosts lives. Jonny is an Irish Traveller who whilst in prison worked at National Prison Radio as a presenter and producer. Jonny talks to co-host Nancy about his early life, problems at school, becoming a father and his time in prison.
Lisa Smith from Travellers Times also speaks about an event for GRT women that she attended.
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About On The Road
From the publisher's feed
On The Road is a podcast for Gyspy, Roma and Traveller communities which will also be broadcast in prisons across the UK on National Prison Radio. Hosted by Terry a Romany Gypsy and former prisoner…
alongside NPR producer Nancy Prentice the series will explore topics that affect GRT communities such as discrimination, housing, health and education. Each show will feature representatives of GRT organisations, activists and community members sharing their stories and experiences.
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