Thursday, 16 October

GATE Essex's "Roots and Rights" Conference

By GATE Essex

Join us at GATE Essex's "Roots and Rights" Conference for a day of networking, learning, and inspiration with lived experience speakers.

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Location

Chapter House

Cathedral Walk Chelmsford CM1 1NX United Kingdom

Agenda

10:30 AM

CEO Sherrie Smith

CEO and founder of GATE Essex, Sherrie Smith, welcomes you to our first conference, introduces the ethos of the charity, what we have achieved so far and what our role in the community is.

Jerry Cash

The Chair of our Board, Jerry Cash, an Irish Traveller man, speaks about the structural inequalities of being within the community.

Scarlett Smith

Romany Gypsy Scarlett Smith speaks about her experience being a young person within the Gypsy and Traveller community, and explains how being an activist can make change to other GRT members' futures.

Claire Rice

GATE Essex's Claire Rice addresses the ongoing issues with housing and sites provision, and safety on sites.

More speakers to be announced

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Highlights

6 hours
In person

About this event

Business • Career

Join us for a day of connection and learning focused on building stronger relationships between Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and local services; featuring lived experience panels, inclusive practice workshops, and cross-sector networking.

This event is ideal for educators, health workers, social workers - however we wecome members of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities to join us too.

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GATE Essex

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