Traveller Rediscovery

Travellers' Times recently went to Bentley in East Sussex to meet five young people from Gypsy backgrounds who've gone back to the woods to learn hands on about some of the skills and crafts their ancestors used: not just for food and fire, but for forging friendships as well.

This short video also explores the continuing problem of harrassment of Gypsy and Traveller children in schools, and the absence of their culture from the National Curriculum.

Film by Damian Le Bas for TravellersTimes.org.uk, courtesy of RURAL MEDIA COMPANY

Thanks to Lena, Faye, Kate, Lena and George and to the staff of Oakmeeds School, Burgess Hill, West Sussex

Thanks also to Marina Robb at Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC. To find out more about Circle of Life outdoor learning courses, visit www.CircleOfLifeRediscovery.com