• Traveller volunteering opportunities
• Support to access employment
• Liaise with NIHE & private Landlords
• Lobbying for Service Site provision
• Essential Skills – literacy & numeracy
• Driving Theory Support
• Cultural Awareness
• Personal Development Programmes
• Women’s support group
• Working with local statutory and voluntary agencies to promote equity, understanding and integration
• Building the Community Pharmacy Project

CTSC endeavours to employ a community development approach to develop and maintain partnerships with voluntary, community and statutory agencies. As a result of these relationships we frequently liaise and mediate with bodies such as the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Health & Social Services, local Church groups, local residents and schools, education boards and local community groups.

The community development approach allows the worker to forge relationships between our client base and other agencies. This facilitates greater understanding and empowers clients to access the wide range of support systems in place to assist them and their families.

Craigavon Travellers Support Committee has representation on Craigavon Police Liaison Committee. This provides an excellent opportunity to respond directly to issues raised by the wider community in Craigavon in relation to the Traveller Community.

We are also involved in an interagency group through Craigavon Borough Council and are heavily involved in SAAT and the work that it continues to facilitate.

At CTSC we endeavour to support Traveller Families to become legal on the road and to assist in this we offer Driving Theory lessons for local families.

We offer support to access employment to Travellers who are residing in the area, some of our Travellers have gone on to access courses at Southern Regional College.

CTSC regularly liaises with NIHE & private Landlords to advocate on behalf of Travellers who have issues regarding accommodation. We are currently involved in the NIHE’s local Craigavon Traveller accommodation forum.

CTSC has taken an active lobbying role in seeking appropriate Service Site provision for the Traveller Families residing in the Craigavon area.

We have been successful in accessing the Building the Community Pharmacy Partnership monies and as part of this have been able to offer a health programme for the local Traveller women in partnership with our local Pharmacy. For more information on BCPP please visit www.cdhn.org.