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PRESS RELEASE 32/2005
27th April 2005
BISHOP'S COUNCIL URGES WYCHAVON TO ENTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TRAVELLERS
From: Diocese of Worcester Communications Officer
Tel: 01905 454768 Fax: 01905 755405
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The Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Revd Dr Peter Selby and the Bishop's Council, which brings together clergy and lay representatives from across the Diocese of Worcester, tonight expressed its concern about the situation of the Traveller community presently living in Wychavon Council car park in Pershore, having previously lived in Eckington and Pershore Abbey park.
The Bishop's Council voted unanimously to urge Wychavon District Council to:
- recognise the needs and lifestyle of minorities living within its borders including the Travellers.
- recognise the specific needs of the children in the Traveller community and their parents' desire for their children's long-term education, noting that the current constant movement of residence has disrupted the children's education.
- recognise that there is a chronic under-provision at a national, regional and local level for Traveller sites.
- enter into conversations with the Traveller community. The local clergy are willing to facilitate conversations between the Travellers and the Council.
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The Diocese of Worcester is one of 44 dioceses in the Church of England. It covers an
area of 671 square miles and includes parishes in the County of Worcestershire, the
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and a few parishes in northern Gloucestershire, south east
Wolverhampton and Sandwell.
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