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English:
Send an email to raise concerns about the decision by Glasgow City Council to end funding for Community Renewal’s Rom Romeha Advice Service, highlighting the impact on Roma families in Govanhill, Glasgow, and the importance of culturally appropriate support across Scotland. Remember to write your name and address at the bottom.
Română:
Trimiteți un e-mail pentru a vă exprima îngrijorarea cu privire la decizia Glasgow City Council de a opri finanțarea serviciului de consiliere Rom Romeha al organizației Community Renewal, evidențiind impactul asupra familiilor rome din Govanhill, Glasgow, și importanța sprijinului adaptat cultural în întreaga Scoție. Nu uitați să vă scrieți numele și adresa la final.
Slovenčina:
Pošlite e-mail na vyjadrenie obáv z rozhodnutia Glasgow City Council ukončiť financovanie poradenskej služby Rom Romeha organizácie Community Renewal, so zdôraznením dopadu na rómske rodiny v Govanhill, Glasgow, a významu kultúrne citlivej podpory v celom Škótsku. Nezabudnite na konci uviesť svoje meno a adresu.
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Over 1,000 people have already signed the petition against cuts that would completely close this vital service - a service that has supported thousands of Roma families and helped reduce child poverty.
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Statement
We are deeply concerned about Glasgow City Council’s decision not to fund Community Renewal’s Rom Romeha advice service as part of the Glasgow Communities Fund 2026–29.
This decision will have an immediate and harmful impact on Roma families in Govanhill, many of whom rely on trusted, culturally competent support to navigate housing issues, employment, welfare, education and basic rights.
For more than a decade, the Rom Romeha service has played a critical role in supporting one of the city’s most marginalised communities. The removal of this support risks undoing years of progress in improving integration, preventing exploitation and addressing the significant inequalities that the Roma community continues to face.
We requested a deputation to the City Administration Committee to raise these concerns directly and ensure elected members were fully informed of the community-level consequences. The request was not made to appeal a funding decision, but to highlight the wider public impact of withdrawing this essential service. The refusal to hear the deputation leaves a serious gap in democratic accountability on an issue that affects thousands of residents.
We urge Glasgow City Council to set out how it intends to protect and support the Roma community in Govanhill in the absence of this service, and to explain what alternative provision, if any, will be put in place. The community deserves transparency, meaningful engagement and a commitment to ensuring that vulnerable residents are not left without vital support.
We remain committed to advocating for the rights and wellbeing of Roma people in Glasgow and will continue to seek routes to ensure their needs are properly understood and addressed.
04/12/2025
This platform shares useful information about Roma people who have migrated from other European countries and have chosen to make their lives in Scotland.
The content has been created by the Rom Romeha team in Govanhill Glasgow. We are Roma, we are part of the Roma community and we have used our lived experience and close connections with the community to shape the information. Of course we have also made use of publications and research by academics. Our plan is to continue to expand this platform so we can continually share relevant research and stories about Roma in Scotland.
Explore below the different topics to better understand past struggles, current challenges and successes. Find out how migrant Roma now living in Scotland are celebrating their culture, improving their lives for their own community and for everyone else in Scotland.
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