• Travelling Ahead: Wales Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Advice and Advocacy Service

    Travelling Ahead: Wales Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Advice and Advocacy Service

    How can we help?

    What services we have to offer

    Advice, support and individual and community advocacy working alongside Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families on issues such as accommodation, sites, planning, rights and accessing services. We run youth forums, support to report hate crime and discrimination and we can offer training to improve services. Specialist service to support EU Citizens from the Roma community to be aware of their rights and entitlements under Brexit and apply for the EU Settlement Scheme.

    Our criteria/where we work

    Any individual, child or adult or group from the Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community in Wales

    Ways to make a referral

    Our team work across Wales – we welcome all enquiries from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities or a friend/ professional can also make an enquiry on someone’s behalf. All initial enquiries to our  freephone or  email and you will be allocated the relevant team member

    Project address

    Cardiff University Social Science Research Park (SPARK), spark, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ

    Ways to get in touch

    Telephone: 01633 509 544
    Email: [email protected]
    Freephone number (if applicable): 0808 802 0025

    Who is in our team

    Trudy Aspinwall
    Team Manager
    Lynne Garnett
    Senior Practitioner
    Leeanne Morgan
    Community Advocate
    Michelle Gough
    Project Administrator
    Helena Nadova
    Engagement, Participation and Representation Worker
    Aleksandra Kaczmarek-Day
    Advice and Advocacy Worker
    Jim Breese
    Advice and Advocacy Worker (North Wales)
    Martin Gallagher
    Engagement Officer
    Kim Thomas
    Advice and Advocacy Worker (South Wales)
    Ruth Foulkes
    Senior Practitioner - AMSER Project
    Ianto Shea
    Engagement Officer
    Marie Gallagher
    Community Advocate