The Mission of the Western Regional

Traveller Health Network is to work

towards ending inequalities in the

health status of the Traveller

population in the Western region.

All Ireland Traveller Health Study

Launch September 2nd 2010

Galway Traveller Movement,

1,The Plaza, Headford Road, Galway

Tel: 091 765390

Galway Traveller Movement, South East Galway,

61 Main Street, Loughrea, Co. Galway

Tel: 091 880916

Western Traveller and Intercultural Development Asso-

ciation (WTID)

Bru Bride, Egan House, Church View, Tuam

Tel: 093 52515

Roscommon Traveller Health Project, Roscommon

LEADER Partnership,

Unit 12, Tower B, Roscommon West Business Park, Golf

Links Road, Roscommon Town

Tel: 0906630252

Mayo Traveller Support Group

19 Thomas Street ,Castlebar/ Unit 6B ,Cinema Com-

plex ,Mercy Road, Ballina Co. Mayo

Tel: 096 75538/094 902 8400

Project Contact Details

The Western Regional Traveller Health Network (WRTHN) was established in 2003. It is a Part-nership of Traveller projects in Mayo, Roscom-mon and Galway.

The WRTHN work from the World Health Or-ganisation (WHO) definition of health which

states that “Health is a state of complete physi-cal, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. (WHO 2000)

The WRTHN adopts a whole team approach to tackle health inequalities among the Traveller

community. These teams consist of Project Coor-dinators, Community Health Workers, Community Development workers, Primary Health Care Coor-dinator and Designated Public Health Nurses ( Mayo and Galway only).

Who are we? The aims of the WRTHN are

• To facilitate the development of a collective approach to decision making and representation on the issues per-taining to Traveller Health in the Western region.

• To impact on policy and practice regarding Traveller health.

• To learn from and contribute to initiatives concerning Traveller health at a national level and in the other re-gions.

• To lobby for equality within health services and better health services for Traveller within the region.

• To facilitate and support representation on the Travel-ler Health Unit (THU).

• 2008 All Ireland Traveller Health Study.

• Information Sessions– Key annual themes in response to issues identified by Travellers.

• Development of policies in relation to Trav-eller health in the region

• HSE Traveller Health Unit (THU)- The net-work will ensure that there is adequate Traveller representation on the THU

• Create a Traveller only forum for the Com-munity Health Workers/ Primary Health Care trainees of the region.

Aims of Network Key Pieces of Work