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ROMLIT events
June-September 2025
ROMLIT hosted two exhibitions, one in the University of East Anglia library and one in UEA's Student Union area. Bespoke materials, such as display boards, were created for these exhibitions with the aim to increase the visibility of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture. Some of these boards are now housed in local schools.
ROMLIT exhibition, University of East Anglia library
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ROMLIT exhibition, University of East Anglia Student Union
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April 2025
On April 2nd we hosted guest speaker Richard O’Neill, MBE, who explored the literacy practices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and inclusion in mainstream education.
You can watch other public lectures of the Joyce Morris Early Years Literacy Forum on this page.
November 2024
Title: Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities in the UK: Strengthening Rights and Tackling the Hostile Environment
ROMLIT were delighted to be invited to present our work at the expert webinar Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities in the UK: Strengthening Rights and Tackling the Hostile Environment organised by the Public Policy Exchange. Our presentation was titled Early Years education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children: from deficit approaches to empowering literacies and it was delivered by ROMLIT's Principal Investigator, Dr Spyros Themelis. Other experts who participated in the event included Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE, Chair of the Traveller Movement, Jake Bowers, Trustee of Gypsies and Travellers Essex (GATE) and Co-Founder of Drive to Survive , Dr Annabel Tremlett, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Portsmouth, Alison Blackwood, Manager of Southwark , Rev. John Chadwick, Co-founder & Head of Pastoral Care and Outreach at Margaret Clitherow Trust and Rachel Stout, Advocacy & Advice Manager for the Irish Community Care Manchester.
September 2024
Where: BERA annual conference
ROMLIT's presentation Empowering Literacies: working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children’s Early Years literacies was shortlisted for the Literacy and Language SIG 'best presentation' award.