Friends, Families and Travellers

[2][3] In July 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, it conducted a survey which found that 74% of GP surgeries they visited in March and April broke NHS England guidance by refusing to register nomadic patients.

[4] The charity has also noted that the pandemic brought awareness to, and exacerbated, existing inequalities relating to Gypsy and Traveller communities.

[5] In 2021, it campaigned against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, calling its tightened restrictions on unauthorised campsites as "draconian"[6][7][8] and an infringement on nomadic people's human rights.

[12] The group has also claimed that traditional events such as the Appleby Horse Fair will no longer be allowed to occur under the provisions of the bill.

[13] After it was revealed that Pontins had blacklisted people with Irish surnames from its holiday sites in order to prevent Irish Travellers using the sites, the group argued that such barring of Gypsies and Travellers from holiday camps, pubs and across the UK was commonplace.