Luton Roma Trust

Roma Genocide Remembrance Day

Today (2nd August) is Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. On the night of 2/3 August 1944, the ‘Gypsy Family Camp’ at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liquidated. Around three thousand men, women and children of Roma or Sinti origin were murdered in the gas chambers by Nazi officers. Their bodies were then burned in pits.

With an increased anti-Romani feeling all over Europe, it is now more important than ever that we remember the atrocities that Roma passed through throughout history and identify effective solutions so that everyone can live in harmony with others without the fear of being condemned for who they are. We need to make sure such situations will never happen again!

Evaluation of Services

A new report by Civil Society Consulting (CSC) evaluates Luton Roma Trust’s successful model of support for Luton’s Roma community, illustrating how a grassroots organisation is directly addressing structural barriers faced by the UK’s most marginalised population – providing a replicable model of effective support.

Read the full press release and Evaluation report here

Protest at The Grove Theatre, Dunstable

On the evening of 8th of February, the Luton Roma Trust and supporters held a protest in front of The Grove Theatre in Dunstable, where the comedian Jimmy Carr was set to perform a show in which he mentiones the „positives” of Roma being killed during the Holocaust.

As a result of our protest the show was delayed with 1 hours. Due to the efforts of the entire GRT community, the theater manager assured us that the comedian will not repeat that unacceptable joke in his new show.