To provide a forum for parliamentarians concerned about issues facing Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities and seek to address these issues and challenge inequalities.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Martin Docherty-Hughes
Officer
Scottish National Party - West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 28th September 2017British Sikhs , Digital Finance , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Occupational Safety and Health
Contact Details
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Mary Kelly Foy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.
Email: mary.foy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Abbie Kirkby, Friends, Families and Travellers, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG. Tel: 01273 234 777
Email: appg@gypsy-traveller.org
Secretariat:
Friends, Families and Travellers acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat From : 22/01/2024 To : 21/01/2025
£33,001
22 Jan 2023
Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat From : 22/01/2023 To : 21/01/2024
£22,501
22 Jan 2022
Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat From : 22/01/2022 To : 21/01/2023
£22,501
22 Jan 2021
Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat From : 22/01/2021 To : 21/01/2022
£22,501
22 Jan 2020
Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat From : 22/01/2020 To : 21/01/2021
£21,001
18 Jul 2019
Friends, Families and Travellers (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust)
Secretariat From : 18/07/2019 To : 17/07/2020
£19,501
18 Jul 2018
Friends, Families and Travellers (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Allen Lane Foundation)
Secretariat From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
£22,501
1 Apr 2018
Friends, Families and Travellers (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust)
Secretariat From : 01/04/2018 To : 17/07/2018
£6,001
1 Jan 2017
Traveller Law Reform Project
Secretariat From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
£9,001
1 Jan 2015
Traveller Law Reform Project
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Gypsies, Travellers and Roma APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Frozen British Pensions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Honorary President
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Brinton
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 5th April 2023
Deidre Brock
Officer
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 5th April 2023
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
Alex Sobel
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 21st April 2021
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Gill Furniss
Officer
Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Women's Health
Kate Green
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Stretford and Urmston
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 1st July 2020
Baroness Harris of Richmond
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 29th August 2018
Lord Evans of Rainow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 15th February 2017
Neil Coyle
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 15th February 2017
Housing and Care for Older People
Harry Harpham
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 3rd February 2016
Lord Avebury
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 3rd February 2016