Gypsy Council

Gypsy Council
   United Kingdom. Est. 1966. The first secretary was Grattan Puxon. It carried out a campaign of passive resistance to the moving on of caravans by the police and local authorities. The campaign was a major factor in persuading the government to take some action over the problem of sites for Gypsies, culminating in the Caravan Sites Act of 1968. In 1973 the Romany Guild joined with the Gypsy Council to form the National Gypsy Council. The Guild was later reestablished as an independent body, but the National Gypsy Council continued under that name. The National Gypsy Council has recently readopted the name Gypsy Council and uses this on its stationery.

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