Declan O'Driscoll Education Policy and Campaigns Officer at the Traveller Movement

Declan is the Education Policy and Campaigns Officer at the Traveller Movement. He gained a degree in philosophy in London before studying the Graduate Diploma in Law at the University of Law. He subsequently undertook the Legal Practice Course and a Masters in Legal Practice to complete his vocational training in order one day to become a qualified solicitor. In addition to his role developing a specific education website for GRT families, Declan is also working on multiple reports looking at specific issues and barriers facing GRT children, including provision for children with special educational needs, a local authority pilot aimed at reducing the number of school exclusions, and a review of how the law concerning home education disproportionately impacts GRT families. Declan is also proud to sit on many advisory boards and expert steering groups which advise on issues that directly impact GRT children in education. These include a GRT LGBTQ+ working group, a DfE stakeholder group, a working group committed to the inclusion of GRT history on the school curriculum, as well as many other groups set up by organisations, charities, schools and local authorities. In his spare time, Declan is a Trustee and the Chair of Finance, Audit and Risk for an academy trust, where he drafts policies and works directly with families whose children's attendance is consistently low.

Declan is the Education Policy and Campaigns Officer at the Traveller Movement. He gained a degree in philosophy in London before studying the Graduate Diploma in Law at the University of Law. He subsequently undertook the Legal Practice Course and a Masters in Legal Practice to complete his vocational training in order one day to become a qualified solicitor. In addition to his role developing a specific education website for GRT families, Declan is also working on multiple reports looking at specific issues and barriers facing GRT children, including provision for children with special educational needs, a local authority pilot aimed at reducing the number of school exclusions, and a review of how the law concerning home education disproportionately impacts GRT families. Declan is also proud to sit on many advisory boards and expert steering groups which advise on issues that directly impact GRT children in education. These include a GRT LGBTQ+ working group, a DfE stakeholder group, a working group committed to the inclusion of GRT history on the school curriculum, as well as many other groups set up by organisations, charities, schools and local authorities. In his spare time, Declan is a Trustee and the Chair of Finance, Audit and Risk for an academy trust, where he drafts policies and works directly with families whose children's attendance is consistently low.