About Us

The Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITM) was established in November 1999 as a second tier community development charity, following the recognition of a gap in service provision and the marginalisation of the Irish Traveller community living in Britain. A series of conferences lead by the Brent Irish Advisory Service (BIAS), in consultation with Traveller projects and interested stakeholders throughout the UK highlighted the lack of representation at local and national level for Irish Travellers. Irish Travellers are one of the most disadvantaged minority ethnic groups in Britain, suffering double discrimination, being both Irish and Travellers. The organisation became independent of its parent organisation BIAS in 2002. It successfully gained charitable status as a national community development, policy and voice organisation in 2003.

 

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Aims and Objectives

    1. To create an evidence and resource base for positive change for the Irish Traveller community
    2. To promote the social inclusion of Irish Travellers by campaigning on issues that contribute to their exclusion and to promote equality of access to statutory and voluntary services
    3. To develop policy models for working with Irish Travellers and educate statutory and other services who work with Irish Travellers
    4. To maintain a presence on strategic groups and become a greater source of influence and a leading authority on Irish Travellers
    5. To build the capacity of the Irish Traveller community to self advocate and represent themselves.

 

 

 

Vision

- Our vision is of a world in which members of the Irish Traveller community reach their full potential; where they are accepted, proud of who they are and are given an equal voice.

 

Mission

- Our mission is to develop and facilitate a national network of groups, organisations and individuals working with and within the Traveller community, to promote the interests and welfare of the Irish Traveller community in Britain.

 

Ambition

- Our ambition is to become the UK’s national resource, information and lobbying charity for groups, organisations and individuals working for and with Irish Traveller communities in Britain so that collectively we can bring about significant, positive change for people living in those communities.