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Gypsies and Travellers Wales - Social welfare advice and information

Last updated: 04/11/2024
Social welfare advice and information
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What we do

Gypsies and Travellers Wales is a small charity set up in 1981.

GTW aims to support and enable Gypsies and Travellers to achieve a high and sustainable quality of life, within their own culture, through improving access to suitable accommodation, public services and employment skills.

We provide an extensive information, advice and support service to the Gypsy and Traveller communities in Cardiff and the Gwent areas, to local authorities and all relevant agencies and organisations. We offer a telephone advice service across the whole of Wales.

Main areas of work are liaison on issues of development, management and maintenance of Sites; homelessness; welfare benefits, reviews and appeals; education, health, social and housing services; and racial discrimination.

We also have a tenancy support project and an Employment skills and support project.

Who do we support

Gypsies and Travellers of any age

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Anyone can refer

Details for this social welfare advice and information service:

Welfare benefits: Advice with casework
Employment: Advice with casework
Housing: Advice with casework
Immigration: None
Discrimination: Guidance
Money: Information
Debt: Advice with casework
  • Does this service offer fully independent advice? Yes
  • Can this service offer Debt Relief Orders (DROs) through qualified intermediaries? No
  • Does this service hold a recognised quality mark? No
  • Is this service registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)? Yes   796014
  • Is this service registered with Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)? No

 Address

 You can send post here:

Gypsies and Travellers Wales
Trowbridge Community Centre
Caernarvon Way
Cardiff
CF3 1TN

Contact methods

Social media

 Opening times

Our Advice Line is open from 10am-3pm Monday to Friday Please ring 02920 214411

 Accessibility

Where do we provide our service?

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

Find more well-being information at www.dewis.wales

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.