CPD Accredited Roma Cultural Awareness Course in Context of Health / Diab

Roma Cultural Awareness Training

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM | CPD-Accredited | 6.5 Hours
Building cultural competence in health and wellbeing practice

This one-day CPD-accredited training is designed for professionals working with Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities. The course focuses on cultural understanding, health inequalities, and practical tools to support improved health outcomes—particularly around Type 2 Diabetes.

It combines lived experience, research, and frontline insight to equip participants with knowledge and confidence to work more effectively with Roma individuals and families.

What the training covers:

• Who are the Roma? History, diversity, and lived realities
• Local and national health inequalities, including data from Diabetes UK and WHO
• Understanding barriers to healthcare: poverty, discrimination, digital exclusion, trauma
• How to build culturally competent and trauma-informed approaches
• Real case studies and interactive scenarios
• Engagement strategies for inclusive diabetes prevention and support
• Holistic models of care and wellbeing practices relevant to Roma culture

Who should attend:

This course is suitable for healthcare professionals, social prescribers, wellbeing coaches, VCSE staff, local authority officers, acadmic staff / researchers and anyone working in health or community roles where inclusion and cultural understanding are essential.

Delivered by:

Terezia Rostas
Founder of Care for Young People’s Future CIC and Welcoming Cultures UK
Certified Wellbeing Coach | National Roma Advocate | CPD Training Lead

This course is CPD-accredited (6.5 hours), and all participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Places are limited – early booking is advised.

Free food and refreshments will be offerred on the day.