NIRWN celebrated Year one participants’ achievements at International Women’s Day at the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown on 7th March 2024. NIRWN has supported over 187 women through tailored education and support to overcome barriers to employment and education. On the day as well as celebrating, those in attendance participated in facilitated workshops and development sessions […]
In a step towards empowering women in the workforce, WOMEN’STEC, Bolster Community and Women In Business NI hosted an employability event at the Montalto Estate as part of their Building Futures programme. This event gathered a notable audience, including aspiring female professionals and established entrepreneurs, to discuss career development and opportunities in various industries. Read […]
Having a career and a sense of achievement within your career is essential, a career is a significant part of a women’s identity and allows you to contribute, engage and make social connections. A career gives you the freedom of being financially independent and part of a workforce, this provides women with a sense of […]
May 2024 Scheme Funder Note Date Jerwood Foundation Jerwood Foundation Summer round opens 9am 1 May 2024 Boots Charitable Trust Boots Charitable Trust Application Opening Date 1 May 2024 Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation Skipton Building Society Application deadline 1 May 2024 Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council: Community Investment Fund (CIF) Lisburn & Castlereagh City […]
Siobhán continues to attend meetings of the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland. On 16th April the SDLP held their second Opposition Day Debate including a motion on the two-child limit which is one of the Cliff Edge Coalition’s key asks. The SDLP’s motion […]
Siobhán continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI. The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers are facing across Northern Ireland.
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. You can read more about the campaign […]
Following the launch of Women’s Regional Consortium & Ulster Law Clinic research last year on the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Women in NI it was found that some women were missing out on access to the NHS Healthy Start Scheme. NHS Healthy Start is a Government scheme that helps you to […]
The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place in New York from 11 to 22 March 2024. CSW68 closed with Agreed Conclusions which focused on introducing a gender lens in financing for development, strengthening action on poverty and improving access to social protection, and supporting women’s rights organisations. They also […]
The latest Consortium research paper on Women, Unpaid Care & Employment was published in February in collaboration with Carers NI. The final report includes a wealth of feedback from women who took part in focus group sessions as well as the results of survey data from Carers NI through their State of Caring report. Siobhán […]
