Events in the West Midlands
Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month events that are occuring will be announced here shortly.
West Midlands Region Contacts
Trish McDonald
01902 714646
Recent meeting 23rd April.
The Graiseley Centre
Pool Street
Wolverhampton
WV2 4NE
Events
Wednesday 30th April, Thursday 1st May and Friday 2nd May: Primary School Activity Days
Art, D&T, history workshops using the Gypsy wagon collection. Work to be displayed for families and visitors.
Friday 9th May: Worcestershire GRT Partnership Meeting at Hartlebury Museum - planning for GRT History Month Event on Sunday 15th June.
Thursday 15th May: Stow Fair
GRT Partners to visit.
For further information about this event, please contact Lynne Powis.
Telephone: 01902 714646
email: LPowis@wolverhamptoncyp.org.uk
7th June: Rock Against Racism Day, Shrewsbury
Exhibition to be displayed in Shrewsbury town centre
15th June: Kushti Project Staffordshire
Day out to Hartlebury Museum Gypsy and Traveller Heritage Day
For further information about this event, please contact Lynne Powis.
Telephone: 01902 714646
email: LPowis@wolverhamptoncyp.org.uk
Sunday 15th June: Hartlebury Museum
Hartlebury Gypsy and Traveller Heritage Day
Join us for a day of heritage, art, music and fun! Find out about Gypsy history and culture; past and present.
Series of interactive workshops demonstrating past and present skills i.e. basket weaving, peg making, holly wreaths,wagon making/ restoring etc. Free entry for families if a child in family brings with them a home made model of a vardo.
For more information, please contact:
Hartlebury Museum,
Hartlebury Castle,
Hartlebury,
Nr. Kidderminster, DY117XZ
Telephone: 0129 925 0416
Email: gretel.roberts@wolverhamptoncyp.org.uk
Weekend of 16th June: Radio Shropshire
5 minute slots during the Breakfast Show featuring members of the Travelling community taking about their lives; past and present.
25th June: Kushti Project Staffordshire
GRT Arts Day at Kushti Project – Family Learning.
Y6 PHSE events – looking at stereotypes and facts.
Monday 14th July 2008: The Graiseley Centre
10.00 am - 12 noon
Review Meeting for the Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month
Venue: The Graiseley Centre
Pool Street
Wolverhampton
WV2 4NE
Telephone: 01902 714646
Events Still Being Developed
Birmingham
Awareness raising events in city library.
Joint presentations between Cara Irish Housing and TES.
Coventry
Positive Images event at Children’s Centre.
Herefordshire
Inclusion in PHSE Y6 programme.
Young People attending Stow Fair.
Shropshire
- Parents, Gypsy Liaison Officer, young people producing an ‘Exhibitions’ pack of GRT life past and present . This recently formed group are known as ‘Shropshire Gypsy Traveller Community Group’
- Playbus activities will be history based to include making items (made in the past for sale). Age range 0-5
- Youth bus activities will be based on producing Posters/Marketing leaflets etc.
The products will be exhibited in District Offices across the County, Shrewsbury Town Centre and County wide during ‘Rock Against Racism’ day.
Local papers and Travellers Times will be contacted directly by Shropshire C.C Rep for marketing before and after events.
Special assemblies in several schools.
Solihull
Personal history project using family documents taking place in Youth Centre.
Telford & Wrekin
Workshops promoting awareness of culture and community – Early Years Team.
Yr/y1 assemblies in four schools using Persona dolls.
Walsall
Flicks in the sticks – community films presented at two Traveller sites.
Local poster competition.
Headteachers Briefing – information pack presented to each head attending.
Visual History Project – using cameras to record life (for mobile children and young people.
Local Heroes Project.
Footage and photos from all activities will be developed into DVD.
Wolverhampton
In school events –‘our school community’.
History of Gypsy people in Wolverhampton’ – Family Learning Group.
Worcestershire
Launch of Worcestershire Young People Project – booklet produced by KS3 pupils who developed a module for curriculum inclusion.
