The Department for Communities is consulting on a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Northern Ireland. The draft Fuel Poverty Strategy proposes a framework for addressing fuel poverty and its impacts. Fuel poverty is the inability of a household to heat and power their home adequately. It is affected by the cost of energy, the energy […]
The Department for Communities is consulting about policy changes to the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Scheme, to limit the annual Winter Fuel Payment in Northern Ireland to pensioners in receipt of Pension Credit or other means tested benefits. The deadline for comments is Sunday 2nd March and is available on the Department for Communities […]
Sinn Fein have launched a Private Members Bill on Holiday Hunger. This Private Members’ Bill (PMB) is about legislating to provide direct support to children and young people entitled to free school meals and their families throughout school holiday periods. Approximately 100, 000 children are eligible for free school meals. However, this entitlement ends when […]
WOMEN’STEC and #NotJustForBoys were delighted to take part in another Heritage Skills Joinery. Taster Day, hosted by the Department for Communities’ (DfC) Historic Environment Division. This incredible event offered participants the chance to explore the artistry of traditional joinery techniques while learning about the vital role of preserving our historic buildings. From crafting their own […]
As we begin another new year it’s good to reflect upon the year we have left behind and how much we have managed to survive and what we have accomplished in that year. One of the Consortiums most significant pieces of research this year has been focused on Violence Against Women & Girls and the […]
The Department of Health is inviting people to attend a series of public events as part of the consultation on the hospital reconfiguration framework. The consultation, “Hospitals – Creating a Network for Better Outcomes”, was launched on 2 October and sets out the key principles to underpin service reorganisation. The aim of the consultation is […]
NIRWN will be hosting a rural focus group on Free School Meals and Uniform Grants. Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network will be facilitation the focus group to listen to and gather the views and experiences of rural women so they can be reflected back to the Department of Education as part of the Women’s Regional […]
NIRWN represented rural women working with the Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland on the Irish government’s fourth National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security. We attended a Civil Society consultation online and followed up with attendance at Iveagh House, Dublin to work on the validation phase of the National Action Plan development. It is […]
Campaigns: Guarantee our Essentials Siobhán is part of a campaign from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Trussell Trust calling for an Essentials Guarantee within Universal Credit. The Essentials Guarantee would embed in the social security system a principle that at a minimum Universal Credit should protect people from going without essentials. The Campaign is […]
Review of Free School Meals and Uniform Grant Eligibility Criteria Closing Friday 14th February 2025 Find out more here. Consultation launched on Gender Pay Gap Information Regulations Closing Friday 14th February 2025 Find out more here. Consultation on funding for the Employment Support Scheme Closing Monday 17th February 2025 Find out more here. Holiday Hunger Survey Closing Tuesday 18th […]
