The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking to appoint a Chair and Two Independent Members to the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB). Public bodies, and their boards, play an important role in the lives of the people of Northern Ireland. A Public Appointment provides an opportunity for a wide-range individuals from different […]
The NIHE Youth Forum enables youth voices to be promoted within the Housing Executive. They engage with and hold seats on the Housing Community Networks and Central Housing Forum. The impact of this work has included enabling young people to shape and influence policy in relation to housing, as well as enabling social action through […]
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 recorded a video for social media around the Coalition’s key ask to resolve the five-week wait in Universal Credit. The Coalition have […]
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.
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 part of a 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 the campaign […]
The Department of Education (DE) has launched a consultation on the circumstances and arrangements which would enable a parent or carer to excuse their child (opt-out) from receiving age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, covering the prevention of early pregnancy and access to abortion. Siobhán will be making […]
The Women and Equalities Committee (Westminster) has launched a new inquiry examining the impact of the rising cost of living on women, as households continue to come under pressure from increased costs. The Committee will examine the impact of the rising cost of living on women’s lives and how effectively the Government’s response is in […]
Siobhán is working with Carers NI on a joint report on Women, Unpaid Care and Employment. Initial conversations with Carers NI have taken place to discuss how the research might be carried out with the hope of publishing the report early in 2024. We are currently to try and organise a series of focus group […]
The Consortium’s latest research paper with the Ulster University Law Clinic was launched in Ulster University in June. The research paper was full of evidence from women across Northern Ireland on the impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on all areas of their lives including their own health, their children, their debts/savings and their caring responsibilities. […]
