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Annual Report 2026

Friends, Families and Travellers supports Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities through advice, health inclusion, cultural education and advocacy. Its 2026 annual report records support for 561 clients, including help with accommodation, welfare benefits and access to healthcare. The service team helped people secure essential-needs grants and almost £350,000 in welfare benefits.

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About

Friends, Families and Travellers provides advice and advocacy for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities facing exclusion and inequality. Its team helps people with accommodation, welfare benefits, discrimination and access to healthcare, including support with essential needs and heating costs. Health-inclusion projects, young health-champion training and community consultation bring lived experience into services. Legal and policy advocacy, cultural education and public information challenge wider barriers and support community voices. Custom geography from upload: UK policy reach

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 561 clients supported; 1,383 cases open during the reporting period
Key Metric 2 351 pieces of short advice to community members and professionals
Key Metric 3 392 grants totalling £105,880 accessed for essential needs

Key Outcomes

  • 25 people gained long-term accommodation and 10 maintained existing accommodation.
  • Just under £350,000 of welfare benefits accessed with service-delivery support.
  • 11 people helped to access 21 urgent, primary or secondary healthcare services.

Geography

England

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
More than 12,000 New Yorkers served in calendar 2025
Key Metric 2
More than 9,000 diverted from unnecessary jail stays with support and treatment
Key Metric 3
83% of new 32-week employment programme graduates completed an industry-standard credential
91% of young people had no new arrest after participating in alternatives to incarceration.