GRTHM

Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2012

Competition Award Ceremonies

The 2012 GRTHM competition run by NATT+ was themed around the Queen’s Jubilee. NATT+ produced a set of 6 postcards for this competition which were sent to 1,500 schools nationally and to TESs. The postcards were a great success and schools told us how much they valued them.

We had a record number of entries which where judged in the 6 categories – Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2, Upper Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 by members of the TESs in Hull and Leeds....Read more »

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Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2012 Competition

Postcard Celebrations Winners

Shannon Allan competition entry

NATT+ produced a set of postcards that compared images from 1952 and 2012 and invited children and young people to complete the reverse of the postcards with stories, poems, collages, photographs, drawings or paintings inspired by the images on the cards and research into Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history and culture.

See a list of all the winners here...Read more »

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NATT+ Postcard Competition

All the winners

Announcement

The National Association of Teachers of Travellers and Other Professionals are pleased to announce the winners of 2012's GRTHM competition "Postcard Celebrations". 

You can see some of the winning entries in the competition gallery....Read more »

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Timeline

British History

Follow the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller journey throughout British History

53 B.C.E

Fairs are being held in Britain after the Roman invasion.

c.1000 C.E

Groups of Roma, originating in Northern India, reach modern Greece and Turkey.

1100s C.E

Travellers first recorded in Ireland. Travelling smiths mentioned in Scottish records.

1200s C.E

Many fairs are created by Royal Charter, including Bridlington (1200) and Hull (1299). By the turn of the 13th Century Roma begin to arrive in Western Europe....Read more »

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A Brief History

Travellers in Britain

The following comes from the publication "A Better Road" by the Derbyshire Gypsy Liasion Group. We are grateful for their input. A Better Road is due to be updated this autumn to take into account recent changes in legislation.

It is extremely difficult to place exact numbers of how many Traditional Travellers there are in Great Britain. Between 250,000 and 300,000 have been estimated.
The first authenticated records of their presence in Britain are in 1505 in Scotland....Read more »

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