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. Siobhán continues to seek case studies on behalf […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is exploring how the benefit system can better meet the needs of disabled people and those with long term health conditions and the ways in which the welfare system can help people within these groups both now and in the future, to build a structure that enables them […]
The Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey MLA, has appointed an independent panel to carry out a review of the Discretionary Support scheme. They have been asked to identify areas of improvement and to make recommendations to the Department for Communities for policy change. The panel are considering different aspects of the scheme including: The policy […]
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 not to cut the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit scheduled for October. As part of this work JRF are working to raise awareness of […]
Vodafone has launched charities.connected, an initiative giving UK charities the opportunity to apply for free data to help the communities they support. The aim is to help individuals and families supported by charities to get online, as well as enable organisations to improve their own digital capacity. Registered charities of any size can apply. Complete a simple online application […]
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is delighted to announce a new partnership with Broadband provider, Fibrus Networks Ltd. This week saw the launch of the Fibrus Community Fund enabling rural communities to stay connected online. The fund is aimed at addressing digital poverty and will award grants of £1,000 to enable local groups and organisations, […]
This month we are saying goodbye to our centre director Margaret Logue and it’s hard, she was one of the founding members of the Women’s Centre in 1981. She is a leader, a force of nature and an absolute feminist in every sense of the word. If you have visited our beautiful building you will […]
The Department of Work and Pensions has issued this Green Paper which is exploring how the benefit system can better meet the needs of disabled people and those with long term health conditions and the ways in which the welfare system can help people within these groups both now and in the future, to build […]
The Department of Health invites those with lived experience to share their views on the key priorities which should be included in the development of an autism strategy for 2023-2028. You may be an autistic person or a family member or carer of someone who has an autism diagnosis or waiting for an assessment. You […]
September 2021 Scheme Funder Note Date Wolfson Foundation: Health & Disability Wolfson Foundation Round 2: Stage 2 Application deadline 1 Sep 2021 Kelly Family Charitable Trust Kelly Family Charitable Trust Closing Date 1 Sep 2021 George Best Belfast City Airport: Community Fund George Best City Airport Community Fund 2nd Annual Opening Date 1 Sep 2021 […]
