Siobhán continues to work with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and a coalition of other organisations on the Keep the Lifeline campaign to keep the pressure on Westminster Government to reinstate the £20/week increase to Universal Credit at the Spending Review this week. In the run up to the cut on 6th October Siobhán presented to […]
Siobhán continues to work with the Cliff Edge Coalition on their Working Group to take forward and lobby for the extension and strengthening of the mitigations package in Northern Ireland. The Coalition is continuing to campaign to Close the Loopholes in the Bedroom Tax and Benefit Cap. As part of the Cliff Edge working group […]
Northern Ireland’s rural women met at Stormont today to demand more support from the Executive to tackle social isolation and improve access to support services. Louise Coyle, Director of Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network (NIRWN) said that Government funding for services for women in rural areas was desperately low and this needed to change. She […]
Siobhán is starting work on a new research paper looking at the issue of women and debt. This is a follow-up to a previous paper Making Ends Meet published in February 2020. This research paper will look at the impact of the pandemic on debt levels focusing on low-income women. It will look at the […]
November 2021 Scheme Funder Note Date CRC Community Relations/Cultural Diversity Grant Community Relations Council 1st Nov 2021 Asda Foundation: Bringing Communities Back Together ASDA Foundation Application deadline 1 Nov 2021 Monnaboy Community Benefit Fund Community Foundation for Northern Ireland Application deadline 1pm on 1 Nov 2021 Dunmore Community Benefit Fund Community Foundation for Northern […]
Press Release Embargo: 00:01am 6th October 2021 Universal Credit Cut Turns the Lights Out Today sees the biggest ever overnight cut to the social security system with a £20/week cut to Universal Credit. To mark the impact of this cut on local families the lights on Belfast City Hall will be turned […]
Speaking at a rally held here at the Guildhall Square in Derry on Saturday regarding cutting the Universal Credit Uplift was an eye-opening experience, hearing first hand these women’s stories about how detrimental this going to be to their mental health and lives was stomach churning. In September 2020 the women’s regional consortium contributed to call […]
Siobhán provided a letter submission to this consultation which fully endorsed the full consultation response made by WRDA. In the letter response Siobhán highlighted the need for a Caring Economy based on gender equality, wellbeing and sustainability as a way of addressing the crisis in the care sector. The letter also pointed to the Feminist […]
October 2021 Scheme Funder Note Date Black & Minoritised Women’s Fund Women’s Resource Centre Application deadline 3pm on 1 Oct 2021 Culture Ireland: Regular Grants and Showcases Culture Ireland Regular Grants Application Deadline 1 Oct 2021 Council of Europe: European Youth Foundation Council of Europe Application Deadline for 2-year structural grant 1 Oct 2021 Community […]
Join NIRWN, in partnership with Rural Community Network, for a screening of ‘Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs’ followed by a Q&A to mark this year’s Good Relations Week. The screening takes place on Thursday 23rd September from 7pm – 8.30pm (via zoom). ‘Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs’ is the extraordinary story of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, a cross-community […]
