It is an understatement to say that the women’s movement is outraged by the ending of the Holiday Hunger payments. The payments will end on Monday 3rd April as the Department of Education no longer has the funding to deliver to the scheme. This is because of the lack of a budget due to the […]
Siobhán is now part of a new 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 UK Government would be […]
Siobhán is nearing the end of a series of focus groups across Northern Ireland looking at the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on women. These focus groups have been discussing the coping mechanisms that women are using to get through this Crisis and how they are personally impacted by it. The focus groups […]
APRIL 2023 Scheme Funder Note Date Ironmongers Company: STEM Projects Ironmongers Company Application deadline 1 Apr 2023 Council of Europe: European Youth Foundation Council of Europe Deadline for applications midnight CET 1 Apr 2023 European Youth Foundation: International Activity Grant European Youth Foundation Application deadline midnight on 1 Apr 2023 Austin and Hope Pilkington […]
Participants from diverse backgrounds drawn from throughout Northern Ireland who took part in the WICT programme exchanged experiences, knowledge and good practices under the CSW67 priority theme “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.” TWN / FWIN held two […]
Public Health Agency (PHA) recognises the importance of reviewing current services for individuals who have been bereaved by suicide and most importantly listening to the views of service users, families, local communities and organisations delivering services to ensure an appropriate service model. This is an opportunity to have your say on the provision of services […]
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty recently launching an inquiry looking into the (in)adequacy of the social security benefit rates, focusing on benefits for working-age people and their children. The main purpose of the inquiry was to find out to what extent are current levels of social security benefit rates effective in achieving the […]
Over the last decade, the role that civil society plays have become ever more fundamental to life in the UK. The Covid pandemic shone a spotlight on that, and the cost-of-living crisis has highlighted it even more starkly. The ever-accelerating importance of civil society to the UK’s social and economic fabric has not yet, however, […]
Siobhán continues to be a member of the Cliff Edge Working Group. The Group met recently to discuss a new social media campaign, a forward work plan and to discuss changes to the working group membership.
Siobhán has joined 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 will present to the Carer Poverty Commission on 13th March on Poverty and Debt.
