Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:42 pm on 14 December 2016.
Yes, we provide funding for the Save the Children’s Travelling Ahead project through the equality and inclusion grant to support awareness of rights and participation amongst young Gypsies and Travellers. You’re right: the family approach is an important one. Gypsy and Traveller families are probably one of the most disadvantaged families and have the shortest lifespan out of most of the strands in terms of equality. It’s something that we should consider very carefully about our intervention. I met with a spokesperson only last week, who talked about their failure to report hate crimes against them, because they fear that nothing gets done. We should be looking at that very carefully as well. So, I’ve asked my team to engage further with them. But the Member raises a very important question about how we engage and the whole-family approach.