Gypsy Roma Traveller Leeds
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Bookstart
Bookstart is a national scheme offering free books to every child and advice to every parent. It encourages parents and carers to share books with children from a very early age.
South Leeds Health for All
The Children's Project
The Children’s Project runs play and recreational activities for Gypsy and Traveller Children in Leeds aged 5 - 13 years.
The key aims of the Children's Project is to improve health related (social, physical or mental) opportunities for disadvantages children and young people in disadvantaged communities in South Leeds. It does this by reaching out to children and young people usually excluded from provision and to establish sustainable provision for these children and young people by forming groups, networks, opportunities, activities and to provide signposting that will in turn enable the children within the groups to develop self-confidence and self-esteem through a variety of mediums.
Travellers Funhouse
The Travellers Funhouse runs each Monday evening (term time only), 4pm - 5.30pm at the United Free Church Hall in Beeston. This play session is open to children aged 5 - 10 years.
We have fun doing lots of different activities such as:
- Baking
- Sports - volley ball, swimming, football, cricket, obstacle courses, horse riding etc.
- Dance
- Arts and crafts – Badge making, mod roc, painting, hama beads, wax candles, card design, colouring, sun catchers, these are just to name a few!!
- Environmental activities – Bird box making, kite making, pond dipping etc.
It would be impossible to name all what we have done!
We also try to get out and about, we have been:
- Ice Skating
- Swimming
- Cinema
- Meanwood Farm
- Middleton and Morley Parks
- Bowling
Just to name a few!
We meet up in the school holidays and we have had Halloween parties and Christmas parties! In the summer holidays the workers go down to the Cottingley Springs Site and to the Roadside families to keep us entertained. This summer included a circus skills workshop and last year we had a climbing wall!
If you would like more information or to join the Travellers Funhouse, Please contact The Children's Project on:
0113 270 6903.
Aged 10 - 13 years?
As well as running the Travellers Funhouse we also work with young people aged 10 - 13 years. We work with the Young People to try and get them involved in recreational activities. This has so far included dance, boxing and swimming.
We have also run group sessions for the Young People where we carried out various activities that they were interested in such as Sewing, Cookery, Jewellery design etc. This also involved taking the Young People to the Theatre, Kirkstall Abbey, Bowling, Climbing etc.
If you are aged between 10 - 13 years and would like to know what’s going on please contact The Children's Project on:
0113 270 6903.
Great resource
Information for Health Care and Other Professionals
A Better Road is a booklet produced by Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group in collaboration with the Derbyshire Traveller Issues Working Group. The purpose of this booklet is to help health care staff and other professionals understand the Gypsy/Traveller culture.
Beneficiaries quotes
One parent said that "Thanks to the Project Danny now attends school more regularly and his sats results have improved as a result."
"The Group gives my wife time away from all the family, she spends that time with our other child who has special needs."
Also read about
Travellers Health Bus
The Drop-in Clinic on Cottingley Springs Site is now Thursday mornings 10 - 12pm and alternates between site A and B.
Academic Studies on Health
three major studies into the health of Gypsies and Travellers, all carried out in Yorkshire.
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