Pavee Point  Pavee Point (PP) is a government-funded non-governmental organisation based in Dublin, Ireland that was formed to improve the human rights of Irish Travellers and to bridge the economic and social inequalities between Travellers and settled people. Irish Travellers are an ethnic minority group that originated from nomadic tradespeople. Travellers have suffered a long history of ethnic discrimination. Over time, the subsequent social prejudice and disparity between settled and Traveller educations has economically handicapped the community. Those early disadvantages have since manifested themselves into an elevated dependence on social welfare, a high risk of poverty, and a low life-expectancy for Travellers. To improve the living conditions of Travellers and to preserve their cultural identity, Pavee Point operates in the following areas: public education, capacity building, advocacy, youth programs, research and policy submissions. The organisation is permanently headquartered in Dublin, but regularly collaborates with other Traveller's rights groups throughout Ireland. Pavee Point was founded in 1985, when the founders purchased Free Church, a defunct Methodist church located on North Great Charles Street, which now functions as the organisation's centre of operations. In 2012 Pavee Point decided to officially change its name to Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre. Pavee Point was originally formed as a training agency to promote skill-building and solidarity within the travelling community, but later PP's leaders decided to expand the scope of its activities to a national level. Pavee Point set itself apart from existing Traveller groups in the 80s because they framed their situation in terms of human rights: "-an ethnic minority experiencing discrimination and racism from the majority population." Pavee Point operates in accordance with its seven core principles: . health . youth . community development . education . violence against women . communications . drugs . alcohol  Pavee Point is a government-funded NGO because the majority of its income is obtained from a variety of official departments and agencies, but its operational activities are managed independent of the Irish government. In 2016 its income was €1,474,609. The main agencies which provided grants were the Dept. of Social Protection, the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, Pobal and the Health Service Executive Authority. Pavee Point is managed by its two co-directors; Martin Collins, a Traveller, and Ronnie Fay, a settled person. They oversee a senior management team, which is also composed of a mixture of Travellers and settled people- thus encouraging solidarity between the two groups.