Sevenoaks Talk: Who are the Travellers? with Carol Mellors

Carol trained as a teacher and for 20 years was responsible for Traveller Education in West Kent.

When the Roma arrived from Eastern Europe in the early 2000s she worked to advise schools on the inclusion of newly arrived Roma who could not speak English and had not been accessing schools in Eastern Europe.

With her team of teachers and classroom assistants she set up projects to link English Gypsies with their distant cousins the Roma. She created culturally appropriate materials for schools and trained teachers, Police, Health Service personnel and Social Services in how to liaise with communities.

She also worked with Irish Travellers, New Age Travellers and Circus and Fairground communities.

Her talk will include the background of travellers and how to identify and research them. She will also cover New Age and Irish Travellers, Circus and Fairground folk who are separate ethnic groups.

Doors open 10.45, meeting starts 11am.

 No booking, just turn up.

The Society is a registered charity and membership fees and donations are an important part of our income. The Talk is free to members but guests and visitors are asked to make a donation towards hall hire and speaker's fee. There will be a donations box at the venue.

There is a large public car park (payment required, 50p for 2 hours, £1 for 3 hours) adjacent to the hall but it can be busy.