Carers NI has launched it’s annual State of Caring survey and are encouraging local carers to take part. Every response to the survey helps to build a picture of unpaid caring experiences in Northern Ireland – highlighting the biggest challenges facing our carer population, including carers living in rural areas, and providing the evidence needed to make […]
Do you have a SmartPass card and enjoy using it? The Department for Infrastructure is seeking views on changes to the Department’s policy on free and discounted fares on public transport under the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme. The Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme was established to promote accessible public transport for members of the […]
NIRWN is recruiting for two positions new to the organisation. We are recruiting for a Rural Co-ordinator and Rural Development Officer and are seeking enthusiastic, experienced, and motivated people to join the staff team to increase the capacity of NIRWN to deliver the rural element of the Women Breaking Barriers (WBB) Project To apply please […]
July 2023 Scheme Funder Note Date Culture Ireland: Regular Grants and Showcases Culture Ireland Regular grant deadline 1 Jul 2023 Wolfson Foundation: Health & Disability Wolfson Foundation Round 2 Stage One Application Deadline: 23:59 1 Jul 2023 Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Round 3 opens 1 Jul 2023 Wolfson […]
Thursday 22 June 2023 at 2pm– 4pm at Knockbreda Health and Wellbeing Centre, 110 Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 6GR If you are a carer of someone who is in receipt of Older People Services from Belfast Trust and eligible for a carer assessment, we would like to invite you to a Focus Group. We would […]
Siobhán continues to attend meetings of the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland. Cliff Edge recently relaunched their key asks and Siobhán spoke at the launch event about the Coalition’s key ask to resolve the five-week wait in Universal Credit. A revised briefing paper […]
Siobhán has joined the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI and continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition. The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers are facing across Northern Ireland. During Carer’s Week, Siobhán attended the launch of the […]
Siobhán continues to the meet with the working group for the Northern Ireland Child Payment Coalition. The introduction of a NI Child Payment was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert Panels and in the Feminist Recovery Plan.
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. You can read more about […]
Register The Women’s Regional Consortium has carried out research with over 240 women across Northern Ireland to identify and explore the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on their lives. Together with Ulster University this data has been analysed and collated to paint a picture of how women on the lowest incomes are being […]
