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The Chair of the Luton Roma Trust, Rt Revd Richard Atkinson, is delighted to announce our new Trustee Steve Dolby, a Lay Reader at St. Thomas Church in Stopsley. Steve brings in extensive management and fundraising experience and we are excited to have his expertise guiding our work. Learn more about Steve’s background at: https://www.stopsley.net/whos-whoContinue reading “New LRT Trustee”

Yesterday, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Thousands of Roma, Jews, homosexuals, and disabled people were killed just because of who they were. We must never forget these atrocities and never allow such an event to take place again. To commemorate this day, the Luton Roma team attended the Service of Commemoration at St Mary’s ChurchContinue reading “International Holocaust Remembrance Day”

We are thrilled to announce that Luton Roma Trust has been joined by Mrs. Esther Stubbs as a Charity Operations Manager. Esther brings in a wealth of experience on GRT issues and is passionate to work towards achieving social justice for the Roma community in Luton. At LRT, Esther will oversee the implementation of theContinue reading “LRT New Charity Operations Manager”

We are excited to announce that we have started working with Heriot-Watt University on a project relating to Roma people’s ageing. The project’s objective is to understand the experiences of the Roma in the process of getting older with the scope of identifying effective ways of supporting them throughout this process. Below is a videoContinue reading “Roma Ageing Project”

Yesterday, we were honoured to have a visit from HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Susan Lousada. We all admired her passion for our cause and we are grateful for the support she has shown to tackle some of the challenges that the Roma face in Luton.

We were thrilled to be part of the parade in this year’s Luton Carnival yesterday. It gave us an opportunity to showcase our culture as well as be part of the wider Luton community.

The report highlights the multiple barriers faced by the Roma community when accessing healthcare services and identifies a number of obstacles that the Roma face when trying to access healthcare which include language and communication barriers, knowledge of how the health system works, and limited digital literacy.   The research was carried out in partnership withContinue reading “Access to Healthcare Report”

We were delighted to join the lived experience panel at the ‘Creating a Fairer BLMK’ event on Friday 17th May.  Where we discussed the lived experiences that the Roma community in Luton experiences when accessing healthcare.  We emphasised that the language barrier is the main obstacle that the Roma faces when trying to access basicContinue reading “Creating a Fairer BLMK – Sharing & Learning Event”

Luton Roma Trust is calling for the adoption of a local strategy and an action plan that supports the social integration of the Roma in Luton. The event “Empowering the Roma in Luton” took place on Thursday 11th April at the University of Bedfordshire. Luton Roma Trust organised a discussion with its partners to discussContinue reading “Empowering the Roma in Luton Event”