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Issue 8: April 2012: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
As we draw closer to the summer season and leave behind the winter blues we are all hoping here at ITMB for a bright and productive season ahead.
GRTHM is just around the corner. Kelly O’Driscoll, one of our marvellous Community Interns is leading and organising our ITMB events this year. Read more about Kelly’s plans inside. (see the Community Corner, Page 14)
The last few months have been a total Media onslaught on the Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities, yet again. We, like so many of you, were totally offended by Channel 4 Bigger Fatter Gypsier Billboard displays in particular. Many of our members complained bitterly and requested that we lodged complaints with C4, the sponsor Honda and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). This we diligently did. Disappointing, but not a surprise, all complaints were rejected. We do not intend to take this rejection lying down and have lodged an appeal. Staying with the subject of Media, we have also submitted two submissions to the Leveson Inquiry. We are currently pushing for an oral hearing. You can read more about this work inside and read the full submissions on our website. (see the Policy Corner, Page 5)
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Issue 7: January 2012: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
I am delighted to welcome you all to our first newsletter of 2012. We are entering it with excitement but also with an element of trepidation as the austerity measures really start to bite us all. So many of our key contacts, that deliver services to the GRT communities, have been causalities of the severe cuts. In particular, the Traveller Education Services. They are all but gone in many parts of the country. We intend to try to address this as a key priority of our work over the coming months. We will hear a bit more about these cuts, and the impact they are having, from ITMB Trustee and ACERT chairman Brian Foster.
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Issue 6: November 2011: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
As we move further into the autumn, weeks away from Christmas Dale Farm continues to play heavy on all our minds as the Traveller community are continuously forced to ride an emotional rollercoaster of uncertainty. ITMB continue to work with the residents, legal team and other stakeholder groups to support the campaign and fight for justice. Since September 19th which was Basildon Councils designated eviction day, the Dale Farm residents with a little help from some friends have managed to battle the might of Basildon Council.
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Issue 5: July 2011: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
This quarter has been exceptionally busy for ITMB. From an operational perspective we are delighted to share with you our good fortune in achieving the Level 2 PQASSO award. This should certainly assist us with our endeavours to develop our work further in this era of austerity. We are also delighted with the expansion of our Volunteer base.This has been a tremendous help and support to the various work strands of ITMB.
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Issue 4: March 2011: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
It has been extremely busy since the publication of our last newsletter in November. There have been many high points including productive meetings with the Council of Europe, the Children’s Commissioner and ongoing discussions with the European Commission. We have also celebrated the success of one of our interns, Ann O’Donnell gaining a paid internship with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. Ann is the first ever Traveller ever to be working at the Equality Commission.
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Issue 3: November 2010: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
Greetings from ITMB! This is a very special edition of our newsletter, as we are delighted to be celebrating the tenth year anniversary of ITMB. To mark this, we are putting together a special supplement outlining the history and achievements of ITMB.
At the moment, we are very busy preparing for the launch of the report for our Economic Inclusion project, along with our Annual Conference both taking place next month. The conference promises to be our biggest yet with a fantastic programme of speakers and workshops lined up!
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Issue 2: July 2010: The Wheels in Motion ITMB Newsletter
‘Wheels in Motion’ is certainly right as we move into our third issue of the ITMB newsletter. Looking a great deal at Policy and Capacity Builders and Partnership, there is also a special feature of Community Corner!
Have a look at the photos and the write up on the events which have taken place in lately. They include the UK Demonstration of European Solidarity and the Liberal Democrat Fringe Event.
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Issue 1: April 2010: Travellers News ITMB Newsletter
Greetings from ITMB and a warm welcome to the first edition of Travellers News, our newly revamped newsletter which aims to capture a flavour of varied and wide ranging work that we are involved with, both in terms of our innovative capacity building projects and at strategic level, our leading and active involvement in the policy making process
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