ACERT MEETINGS
The ACERT Executive will be meeting between 5.00pm and 7.00pm in Room 936, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London WC1 on the following dates. Any paid up ACERT member who wishes to attend will be welcome to attend the meeting from 5.30pm onwards. If you plan to come please inform us so that we can let you know of any last minute changes.
Email or telephone 020 8374 1286
13 March 2012
1 May 2012
17 July 2012
The 2012 AGM will be held on Saturday September 22 at Millman Street Community Room, London WC1N 3EW.
ACERT AGM 2011
Sept
24
A successful 2011 AGM was held on Saturday September 24 in the Millman Street Community Room near Russell Square tube in London. You can read and download speeches and presentations from the meeting.
Speeches, news and presentations
A Big or Divided Society?
Final Recommendations and Report of the Panel Review into the Impact of the Coalition Government Policy on Gypsies and Travellers
The Report was launched at a reception in the Jubilee Room of the House of Commons on the 11th May 2011 at a reception hosted by Lord Avebury and Andy Slaughter MP.
Read more and download the report
Letter to Children's Services
ACERT has sent a letter of seeking assurances regarding provision of services to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in light of financial cuts to all Directors of Children's Services in England on 24 January 2011.
The Future of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller inclusion in the new coalition era
An ACERT organised one-day inter-agency conference chaired by Richard O'Neill was held on 5 November at the Friends House, on Euston Road in London.
Presentations and other documents from the conference can be downloaded from this site - including Lord Avebury's speech.
AGM 2010
This year's AGM took place in late September, once again in The Community Rooms in Millman Street, London.
The EQualities Award
The new EQualities Award is a national initiative designed to help all types of schools and children’s centres to review and develop their policy and provision as well as recognising their work in:
- advancing equality of opportunity
- eliminating discrimination
- fostering good relations
See their website www.equalitiesaward.co.uk for more details and download a pdf flyer below.
Download a flyer to find out more
Education for Travellers
ACERT is a lobbying organisation on Education issues. ACERT works to enhance educational opportunity by promoting greater understanding generally of the problems faced by Gypsies and Travellers.
ACERT is a key partner in running very successful event “Education on the Hoof” at Appleby Horse Fair each June in Cumbria. It maintains close links and many common aims with the National Association of Teachers of Travellers and Other Professionals.
Read more about "Education on the Hoof" and the plans for Appleby Fair 2010
Letter to Sarah Teather MP
Lord Avebury has written to the new Minister of State for Children and Families at the Department of Education passing on his congratulations on her appointment in the new coalition government. He goes on to outline the purposeful relationship between ACERT and the department and the need for an urgent meeting.
aCERT Annual report
This year has been a productive one in many ways. There have been regular meetings with the DCSF where Gypsy, Roma and Traveller issues are discussed and we are beginning to see ways forward to building on the area of community involvement. The Appleby Fair On the Hoof project was very successful and this was aided by Cumbria’s Community Service involvement that supported the event.
Download and read the full Annual Report [Word Doc 7mb]
Response to Conservative green paper
Lord Avebury has written a letter to Caroline Spelman MP, in response to the Conservative Green Paper on Gypsies and Travellers. Along with Chris Johnson (Community Law Partnership), Marc Willers, barrister, David Joyce BL and Andrew Ryder, Lord Avebury has commented on extracts from the paper.
Response to Conservative Green Paper
The educational attainment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children is the lowest of any of the Black and Minority Ethnic communities and the gap is widening (December 2007 DCSF national figures). ACERT is one part of the effort to close this gap.
Read more on the history of ACERT here
The 2007 - 2008 Annual Report is here [pdf 553kb]