Roma Community

During these unprecedented times, it is important to provide support to the most vulnerable Roma/Gypsy community members to ensure they have their basic needs met. Roma/Gypsy community is one of the most persecuted communities in Europe. Most of these community members are uneducated and face severe social stigma. Here in the U.K, they are often denied access to healthcare as they physically do not look European. Therefore we have now appointed a bilingual Roma Advocacy Worker to provide phone advocacy support and signposting services.

Roma drop-in sessions

Support and advice including welfare, housing, well-being, and more.

Our clients are welcome to meet our Roma Project Coordinator and Advocacy workers to discuss their issues.

• Mondays 9AM – 3PM in Arcadia Library (Levenshulme)
• Wednesdays 9AM – 3PM in Levenshulme Old Library

We have a dedicated phone number (+44) 7561 366272, open Mondays 10-3, Tuesdays 2-5, Wednesdays 10-3 -Thursday 2-5, and clients can leave voice messages if busy or outside these hours.

Roma Advocacy Project

You can take a look at our previous advocacy work through our case study.

Research project – A Community on the Edge: Rethinking support to EU Roma Communities

Europia has produced an article about the experience of EU Roma in Levenshulme, Gorton and Longsight, which has been published by MACC as a part of their No Going Back publication. No Going Back shares the experiences of leaders in voluntary sector organisations, specifically during the COVID-19 crisis.

Please fill out this short survey  to read and download our article. More information about the full publication can be found here

Event in October 2022: click here to find out about our Roma Community Wellbeing Fair