Assertion from the Church of Scotland: report on insurance policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland

An announcement from Rev Tommy MacNeil, Convener of the Religion Motion Programme Management Group (FAPLT), and Dr Mike Cantlay, Convener of the Social Care Council, in response to the publication of the Scottish Authorities commissioned report ‘Archival Analysis Performed to Discover twentieth Century Insurance policies Affecting Gypsy/Traveller Communities in Scotland’:

“The publication of this report on archival analysis exploring insurance policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century is a vital contribution to our understanding of the historical past of Scotland and the experiences of individuals from these communities.

We respect the priority of the Scottish Authorities in commissioning it, and the efforts of those that have been concerned in making ready it.

We make this assertion because the Conveners of the committees of the Church of Scotland which might be the successors to the businesses and boards of the Church which have been concerned in work with Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century.

On behalf of the Church of Scotland we provide a heartfelt and real apology for these historic wrongs highlighted within the report and carried out within the title of the Church.

In the present day we want to say we stand in solidarity with those that suffered, and deeply remorse the hurt that got here to them on account of actions by the Church previously.

We affirm the dignity of the those that our forebears wrote off.

Specifically we remorse, and are very sorry for, the trauma that was inflicted on Gypsy/Traveller communities, households and people by our Church.

We acknowledge that the Church of Scotland tolerated discrimination and using derogatory language by its workers and members.

The Church fostered an environment of ethical judgement which condemned as shameful any lifestyle that deviated from a specific view of what was “regular”. It disregarded the tradition, values and respect for Gypsy/Travellers.

Within the context of the Report we see how the actions and perspective of the Church of Scotland as much as the Seventies contributed to the perpetuating of discriminatory and prejudicial views towards Gypsy/Travellers throughout many elements of the settled neighborhood.

The place this led to household separation we’re particularly sorry, as we totally recognise the grief, trauma and disruption this causes can have long-lasting, even life-long, affect.

It’s important that we acknowledge that there was a time when the Church of Scotland promoted discriminatory and prejudicial attitudes and actions in the direction of Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland.

The historic remedy of Gypsy/Travellers by authorities, wider society and Church buildings has been deliberately and unintentionally discriminatory.

There may have been these within the Church who held prejudicial views and acted in a approach which didn’t respect the cultural identities of the Gypsy/Traveller communities.

This can be a matter of deep disappointment and remorse for the Church of Scotland.

The report presents difficult studying.

We recognise that the lasting affect of the Church and different organisations which has contributed to continued prejudice and discrimination towards Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller communities to at the present time.

The Church of Scotland has a protracted custom of involvement in social and neighborhood work, and we all know that many Church members and ministers within the 19^th and 20^th Century have been motivated from a place of wanting to alleviate poverty and, as they noticed it, assist to enhance the lives of others.

Interventions which sought to deal with or settle Gypsy/Traveller communities may be seen as an intentional try to destroy a tradition and a lifestyle.

The report attracts the conclusion that this was a deliberate try by the Church to forcibly assimilate Gypsy/Travellers.

As Christians, we observe as Jesus asks us, to like our neighbours as ourselves.

The place we now have fallen brief, we humbly search forgiveness and God’s steerage as we stroll in the best way of repentance, to show our lives round, and to observe Him.

Within the Church of Scotland we now have sought to carry an open and honest thoughts to understanding this analysis and proposals, and we search to take action with humility and kindness.

Learn the total report.

An announcement from Rev Tommy MacNeil, Convener of the Religion Motion Programme Management Group (FAPLT), and Dr Mike Cantlay, Convener of the Social Care Council, in response to the publication of the Scottish Authorities commissioned report ‘Archival Analysis Performed to Discover twentieth Century Insurance policies Affecting Gypsy/Traveller Communities in Scotland’:

“The publication of this report on archival analysis exploring insurance policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century is a vital contribution to our understanding of the historical past of Scotland and the experiences of individuals from these communities.

We respect the priority of the Scottish Authorities in commissioning it, and the efforts of those that have been concerned in making ready it.

We make this assertion because the Conveners of the committees of the Church of Scotland which might be the successors to the businesses and boards of the Church which have been concerned in work with Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century.

On behalf of the Church of Scotland we provide a heartfelt and real apology for these historic wrongs highlighted within the report and carried out within the title of the Church.

In the present day we want to say we stand in solidarity with those that suffered, and deeply remorse the hurt that got here to them on account of actions by the Church previously.

We affirm the dignity of the those that our forebears wrote off.

Specifically we remorse, and are very sorry for, the trauma that was inflicted on Gypsy/Traveller communities, households and people by our Church.

We acknowledge that the Church of Scotland tolerated discrimination and using derogatory language by its workers and members.

The Church fostered an environment of ethical judgement which condemned as shameful any lifestyle that deviated from a specific view of what was “regular”. It disregarded the tradition, values and respect for Gypsy/Travellers.

Within the context of the Report we see how the actions and perspective of the Church of Scotland as much as the Seventies contributed to the perpetuating of discriminatory and prejudicial views towards Gypsy/Travellers throughout many elements of the settled neighborhood.

The place this led to household separation we’re particularly sorry, as we totally recognise the grief, trauma and disruption this causes can have long-lasting, even life-long, affect.

It’s important that we acknowledge that there was a time when the Church of Scotland promoted discriminatory and prejudicial attitudes and actions in the direction of Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland.

The historic remedy of Gypsy/Travellers by authorities, wider society and Church buildings has been deliberately and unintentionally discriminatory.

There may have been these within the Church who held prejudicial views and acted in a approach which didn’t respect the cultural identities of the Gypsy/Traveller communities.

This can be a matter of deep disappointment and remorse for the Church of Scotland.

The report presents difficult studying.

We recognise that the lasting affect of the Church and different organisations which has contributed to continued prejudice and discrimination towards Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller communities to at the present time.

The Church of Scotland has a protracted custom of involvement in social and neighborhood work, and we all know that many Church members and ministers within the 19^th and 20^th Century have been motivated from a place of wanting to alleviate poverty and, as they noticed it, assist to enhance the lives of others.

Interventions which sought to deal with or settle Gypsy/Traveller communities may be seen as an intentional try to destroy a tradition and a lifestyle.

The report attracts the conclusion that this was a deliberate try by the Church to forcibly assimilate Gypsy/Travellers.

As Christians, we observe as Jesus asks us, to like our neighbours as ourselves.

The place we now have fallen brief, we humbly search forgiveness and God’s steerage as we stroll in the best way of repentance, to show our lives round, and to observe Him.

Within the Church of Scotland we now have sought to carry an open and honest thoughts to understanding this analysis and proposals, and we search to take action with humility and kindness.

Learn the total report.

An announcement from Rev Tommy MacNeil, Convener of the Religion Motion Programme Management Group (FAPLT), and Dr Mike Cantlay, Convener of the Social Care Council, in response to the publication of the Scottish Authorities commissioned report ‘Archival Analysis Performed to Discover twentieth Century Insurance policies Affecting Gypsy/Traveller Communities in Scotland’:

“The publication of this report on archival analysis exploring insurance policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century is a vital contribution to our understanding of the historical past of Scotland and the experiences of individuals from these communities.

We respect the priority of the Scottish Authorities in commissioning it, and the efforts of those that have been concerned in making ready it.

We make this assertion because the Conveners of the committees of the Church of Scotland which might be the successors to the businesses and boards of the Church which have been concerned in work with Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century.

On behalf of the Church of Scotland we provide a heartfelt and real apology for these historic wrongs highlighted within the report and carried out within the title of the Church.

In the present day we want to say we stand in solidarity with those that suffered, and deeply remorse the hurt that got here to them on account of actions by the Church previously.

We affirm the dignity of the those that our forebears wrote off.

Specifically we remorse, and are very sorry for, the trauma that was inflicted on Gypsy/Traveller communities, households and people by our Church.

We acknowledge that the Church of Scotland tolerated discrimination and using derogatory language by its workers and members.

The Church fostered an environment of ethical judgement which condemned as shameful any lifestyle that deviated from a specific view of what was “regular”. It disregarded the tradition, values and respect for Gypsy/Travellers.

Within the context of the Report we see how the actions and perspective of the Church of Scotland as much as the Seventies contributed to the perpetuating of discriminatory and prejudicial views towards Gypsy/Travellers throughout many elements of the settled neighborhood.

The place this led to household separation we’re particularly sorry, as we totally recognise the grief, trauma and disruption this causes can have long-lasting, even life-long, affect.

It’s important that we acknowledge that there was a time when the Church of Scotland promoted discriminatory and prejudicial attitudes and actions in the direction of Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland.

The historic remedy of Gypsy/Travellers by authorities, wider society and Church buildings has been deliberately and unintentionally discriminatory.

There may have been these within the Church who held prejudicial views and acted in a approach which didn’t respect the cultural identities of the Gypsy/Traveller communities.

This can be a matter of deep disappointment and remorse for the Church of Scotland.

The report presents difficult studying.

We recognise that the lasting affect of the Church and different organisations which has contributed to continued prejudice and discrimination towards Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller communities to at the present time.

The Church of Scotland has a protracted custom of involvement in social and neighborhood work, and we all know that many Church members and ministers within the 19^th and 20^th Century have been motivated from a place of wanting to alleviate poverty and, as they noticed it, assist to enhance the lives of others.

Interventions which sought to deal with or settle Gypsy/Traveller communities may be seen as an intentional try to destroy a tradition and a lifestyle.

The report attracts the conclusion that this was a deliberate try by the Church to forcibly assimilate Gypsy/Travellers.

As Christians, we observe as Jesus asks us, to like our neighbours as ourselves.

The place we now have fallen brief, we humbly search forgiveness and God’s steerage as we stroll in the best way of repentance, to show our lives round, and to observe Him.

Within the Church of Scotland we now have sought to carry an open and honest thoughts to understanding this analysis and proposals, and we search to take action with humility and kindness.

Learn the total report.

An announcement from Rev Tommy MacNeil, Convener of the Religion Motion Programme Management Group (FAPLT), and Dr Mike Cantlay, Convener of the Social Care Council, in response to the publication of the Scottish Authorities commissioned report ‘Archival Analysis Performed to Discover twentieth Century Insurance policies Affecting Gypsy/Traveller Communities in Scotland’:

“The publication of this report on archival analysis exploring insurance policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century is a vital contribution to our understanding of the historical past of Scotland and the experiences of individuals from these communities.

We respect the priority of the Scottish Authorities in commissioning it, and the efforts of those that have been concerned in making ready it.

We make this assertion because the Conveners of the committees of the Church of Scotland which might be the successors to the businesses and boards of the Church which have been concerned in work with Gypsy/Traveller communities within the 20^th Century.

On behalf of the Church of Scotland we provide a heartfelt and real apology for these historic wrongs highlighted within the report and carried out within the title of the Church.

In the present day we want to say we stand in solidarity with those that suffered, and deeply remorse the hurt that got here to them on account of actions by the Church previously.

We affirm the dignity of the those that our forebears wrote off.

Specifically we remorse, and are very sorry for, the trauma that was inflicted on Gypsy/Traveller communities, households and people by our Church.

We acknowledge that the Church of Scotland tolerated discrimination and using derogatory language by its workers and members.

The Church fostered an environment of ethical judgement which condemned as shameful any lifestyle that deviated from a specific view of what was “regular”. It disregarded the tradition, values and respect for Gypsy/Travellers.

Within the context of the Report we see how the actions and perspective of the Church of Scotland as much as the Seventies contributed to the perpetuating of discriminatory and prejudicial views towards Gypsy/Travellers throughout many elements of the settled neighborhood.

The place this led to household separation we’re particularly sorry, as we totally recognise the grief, trauma and disruption this causes can have long-lasting, even life-long, affect.

It’s important that we acknowledge that there was a time when the Church of Scotland promoted discriminatory and prejudicial attitudes and actions in the direction of Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland.

The historic remedy of Gypsy/Travellers by authorities, wider society and Church buildings has been deliberately and unintentionally discriminatory.

There may have been these within the Church who held prejudicial views and acted in a approach which didn’t respect the cultural identities of the Gypsy/Traveller communities.

This can be a matter of deep disappointment and remorse for the Church of Scotland.

The report presents difficult studying.

We recognise that the lasting affect of the Church and different organisations which has contributed to continued prejudice and discrimination towards Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller communities to at the present time.

The Church of Scotland has a protracted custom of involvement in social and neighborhood work, and we all know that many Church members and ministers within the 19^th and 20^th Century have been motivated from a place of wanting to alleviate poverty and, as they noticed it, assist to enhance the lives of others.

Interventions which sought to deal with or settle Gypsy/Traveller communities may be seen as an intentional try to destroy a tradition and a lifestyle.

The report attracts the conclusion that this was a deliberate try by the Church to forcibly assimilate Gypsy/Travellers.

As Christians, we observe as Jesus asks us, to like our neighbours as ourselves.

The place we now have fallen brief, we humbly search forgiveness and God’s steerage as we stroll in the best way of repentance, to show our lives round, and to observe Him.

Within the Church of Scotland we now have sought to carry an open and honest thoughts to understanding this analysis and proposals, and we search to take action with humility and kindness.

Learn the total report.