Today is Daniela’s last day with Romany Theatre Company including her holiday.  We wish her well with her new project and hope that she will stay in touch. It has been great to work with you Daniela, you are always so professional in you attitude to work.  Like you we have learned a lot from the Atching Tan Project, the people we have met through the project and each other.  Thank you Daniela for the fantastic work that you have done, the education pack would not have been half what it is without you.

As for me, this is my first attempt at blogging and I hope that I do justice to what Daniela has started.  My name is CJ and my roles include co-ordinating the project, OCN course verification and finding new volunteers for the remainder of the Atching Tan Project.

Atching Tan has received a 4 month extension from HLF and will now continue on until November so that we can continue the work we are doing with volunteers and we hope to encourage some more people to come forward to carry out some research for us on the role or Gypsy, Romany, Traveller Women in the community. Whilst volunteering all our volunteers have the opportunity of taking part in the Research module at level 2 which Daniela developed for us and is accredited by OCN. If you live in the Cambridgeshire / Suffolk area then go to our Atching Tan site to find out more.

This is also the day that the Dalefarm evictions start.  It has been in the news all day and the media is on site to see what happens.  Our thoughts are with those living on Dalefarm who are at risk of eviction and those brave people who have gone to stay on the site and show their support.  Kushti Bok and Dootchiparen!