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For Children and Young People

Have a RIGHT blether: speak up!

RIGHT blether is an opportunity for you to get involved in current debates about things that matter to you.

a right blether Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child gives ALL:

Children and young people the right to speak up about things that affect their lives, and have their opinions listened to and taken seriously by adults.

Scotland’s grown ups who are trying to make life better for children and young people find it hard to make contact safely and fairly with children and young people.

Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, and his team, need to hear from you to make your voice heard.

Whatever Travelling background you come from, as a child, young person or parent you can express your opinions and get more information on your rights by visiting www.arightblether.co.uk.

Websites For Children and Young People

Click on the bolded words to get to a range of different websites providing a lot of information and contacts with Travellers and people working with them to support their cultures and life-styles. There are many more websites and if you want to let us know about them we would be very happy to hear from you – email us at step@ed.ac.uk.

Cyber Pilots is an interactive meeting place for Gypsy, Traveller, Barge and Showmen children and young people.

Come Look At Us is a website about, for and designed by Young Gypsy Travellers in Scotland. Although Save the Children Scotland, which supported these young people, does not exist anymore a wealth of resources gathered by them into the lives of Gypsy and Traveller people have now been passed to a new group called article12.

article12 is a Scottish Government funded group led by and for young people in Scotland. Working to inform young people of their rights and how to join in with groups working to achieve their rights, article12 includes Gypsy/Traveller young people http://www.article12.org/gypsytraveller.html. This website has a blog for Roma young people.

Savvy Chavvy is a new social network for young Gypsies and Travellers. On Road Media say that in one month nearly 500 young people joined this social network. It does not alienate the group concerned from the rest of society - it allows young Gypsies to communicate freely amongst each other in a safe place away from the discrimination and prejudice that many of them face daily.

Radio waves is a safe website for 5-19 year olds to share podcasts and blogs about their worlds.

Enquire have a website for young people who find it difficult to take part in learning. Click here to find out more about it.

BBC Kent Young Romany Gypsies is a site that gives an insight into the lives of young Romany Gypsies and also provides the opportunity for young people to interact with their peers.

One Scotland is the Scottish Government’s campaign designed to tackle racism in this country. It aims to raise awareness of racist attitudes and highlight its negative impact, to make Scotland no place for racism. In the 'Tell Your Story' section you will find stories by Gypsy/Travellers.

Save the Children is a charity organisation. They fight for children in the UK and around the world who suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and violence, working with them to find lifelong answers to the problems they face. Save the Children have offices across the UK.

Travellers’ Times is a site with a difference. Including a paper magazine this site provides contacts and stories and an opportunity for you to join in and tell your experiences as young Travellers. It will give you lots of interesting information regarding the cultures, education, work and homes of Travellers. It can help you do your own projects.

'From Where I Stand Now', is a BBC Devon programme, that highlighted a feature on Traveller life in Devon. It contains pictures and text relating to a Gypsy/Traveller life.

Home Truths: A Romany Life is a BBC radio programme about Romany life. Here you can listen to the programme and read a summary of a Romany life.

BBC Kent Romany Voices is an active site about Romany Travellers with numerous links to useful and interesting information.

Travellers-tairing is website contains stories and creative digital content which reflects the lives and experiences of the Irish Traveller Community in Tara Park, Liverpool. Translated from Cant, the Irish Traveller Language, Traveller's Tairing means Travellers telling Stories.

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is an EU-wide network of more than 600 organisations working to combat racism in all the EU member states and acts as the voice of the anti-racist movement in Europe. It provides Useful documents relating to Gypsies and Travellers in the European context.

The Travellers' School Charitable Trust (Reg. No. 327731) exists to support Travelers and their Children to access opportunities, in freedom and by choice, through education.

Friends, Families and Travelers is a charity that works on behalf of all Gypsies and Travelers regardless of ethnicity, culture or background.

World's Fair is a weekly newspaper encompassing the interests of travelling showpeople, funfair enthusiasts, circus lovers and the steam rally and preservation industry.

The Scottish section of the Showmen’s Guild have a new website of fairs in Scotland. Put together the Scottish Education Liaison Officers scottishelos@yahoo.co.uk they will be pleased to hear from you.

Respectme is Scotland's Anti-Bullying Service, launched in March 2007 is funded by the Scottish Government. Respectme helps you identify the different kinds of bullying – cyberbullying for example, and offers advice on how to challenge bullying. Go to its website for a wealth of information about the different organisations set up to support children and young people, parents and anybody working with children and young people.