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 […]
Department for Communities have to date held roundtable discussions and a number of focus groups regarding the review. DfC wants to ensure that they are engaging with all Section 75 groups and intend to hold specific group meetings, these include Disabilities, LGBTQI+, BAME and women. Board members and staff of Women’s Regional Consortium organisations, and Women’s Centres, are […]
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 impacted […]
‘Women of the Borderlands’ project is funded by HEA North-South Shared Island programme. It seeks to capture women’s experiences of the border during and after the Troubles. Researchers would like to hear from women who either live in proximity to the border and travel/travelled across it as part of their everyday lives, whether it be […]
Are you a carer living in a rural area? The Carer Poverty Commission is running a focus group with unpaid carers from rural areas in Northern Ireland to understand their experience of poverty and financial hardship. The focus group will play a critical role in their research, exploring: How people in rural areas with unpaid caring responsibilities have […]
‘People and Place – A Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal’ was launched in June 2003. It was aimed at targeting those communities in Northern Ireland suffering the highest levels of deprivation by bringing together the work of all Government Departments in partnership with local people to tackle disadvantage. The Department for Communities would like to hear the […]
Where Next for Women in NI? – Tuesday 6th June at 12.00pm at Parliament Buildings, Stormont Women played a unique role in achieving the Good Friday Agreement, both at the negotiation table and through their work in families, communities, and organisations. Much has changed since 1998, but much still remains to be achieved. Women still […]
