Two Traveller organisations, Friends, Families and Travellers and Traveller Pride are currently running surveys that liveaboard boaters may wish to complete.
Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) are running a survey about for parents about barriers to attending school for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils. Liveaboard boater parents may have something to say about the enforcement policy of Canal & River Trust and how difficult that makes getting to school every day. The survey is here:
Traveller Pride are looking to put together some kind of mental health provision for Travellers in the UK and they want to know what the current situation is for Travellers. The survey is here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeagTtbWj8RfGkKQRnEjD9oBallwvVp_l6lPPRI0bXjqFvg2A/viewform
Traveller Pride say “We want to get as broad a data set as possible so want to get different travellers (yes! actually including Boaters and Bargees unlike most “traveller” organisations), ages, origins etc. so it isn’t simply catering to those already catered for in the data sets”. See also www.lgbttravellerpride.com
Tags: children, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, families, Friends Families and Travellers, liveaboards, mental health, school, survey, Traveller Pride