Irish Travellers are recognised in English law as an ethnic group and protected under the Race Relations Act Irish Travellers are one of the most disadvantaged minority ethnic groups in Britain, suffering double discrimination, being both Irish and Travellers The Irish Traveller Movement in Britain was established in November 1999 as a second tier community development charity, following the recognition of a gap in service provision and the marginalisation of the Irish Traveller community living in Britain A series of conferences lead by the Brent Irish Advisory Service, in consultation with Traveller projects and interested stakeholders throughout the UK highlighted the lack of representation at local and national level for Irish Travellers To develop policy models for working with Irish Travellers and educate statutory and other services who work with Irish Travellers