Our Story - Who We Are
Influencing Social Change through Collective Action
GTM strands of activity
- Highlight and challenge the incidence of racism and its impact on members of the Traveller community.
- Raise awareness of racism, discrimination and stereotyping, including engaging proactively with all forms of media.
- Deepen knowledge, skills and confidence of Traveller activists and build the capacity, independence, and work of Traveller groups
- Build Traveller awareness of rights. Enable and empower meaningful Traveller representation
- Empower young Travellers as future leaders
- Enable community practice in gathering and sharing of cultural heritage, traditions, and symbols, both past and present
- Promote and enable celebration of Traveller identity and understanding of ethnic recognition
- Promote, inform and encourage new and innovative approaches and models of best practice to service provision for the Traveller community.
- Campaign for equitable policy and provision in the Strategic Areas of Importance - Health, Education, Enterprise & Work, Accommodation & Housing, Culture& Heritage - and the protection against racism and discrimination.
- Advocate for the strengthening and full implementation of all strategies that impact on the lives of the Traveller community
- Develop alliances locally, nationally and internationally working in collaboration with the National Traveller organisations and other civil society organisation that support the realisation of the Human Rights of the Traveller community
- Ensure the sustainability of GTM as a resource for the Traveller community
