Opening our churches to everybody.
Helping Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to find welcome, support, mutual hospitality and learning in Churches
- Sharing fellowship
- Learning and celebrating each others’ stories
- Enriching faith and worship
- Mutual practical help and care
In addition, churches may help nomadic Gypsies and Travellers by:
- Simple help and hospitality
- Creating more welcoming environments
- Offering safe short-term stopping places to allow legal stop over, which reduces need for unauthorised encampments in hostile places.
- Contributing to community cohesion through increased mutual understanding.
What Are Gypsy Roma and Traveller Friendly Churches?
The vision of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Friendly Churches is to support churches to include Gypsies, Roma and Traveller people in the regular life of the church.
Why Are They Needed?
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people have always been discriminated against but current events have made your help even more essential.
In the news
Chaplaincy to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people
The Revd Becca Rogers, Associate Priest at Victoria Docks Ascension Church has been Chaplain to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people since October 2022. Becca writes about her chaplaincy role and the support she provides
Albanian Workshops and Culture Create Valuable Connections
What an amazing time we had at Roma Networks 4th International Conference! Ivy Manning, David Blowers, Paul Sayers, Nicky Chater and two of our young people, Michael and Pashey Manning, travelled 9 to 12 April 2024 to Albania.
Launch of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Friendly Churches Friday 9th of June 2023 Good Shepherd Church Poole
Kushti Bok was honoured to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to meet up with local Gypsies and Travellers at the Church the Good Shepherd in Poole, on Friday 9th June 2023, to launch the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Friendly Churches intiative.
