Following the Secretary of State’s Budget 2023-24 the Department of Education has issued a consultation on its Budget 2023-24 Equality Impact Assessment. This EQIA outlines a series of proposed cuts to the Department’s Budget including to the Holiday Hunger Scheme, Extended Schools programme and Digital Devices Scheme. Research by the Consortium has highlighted the impacts […]
The Department for Communities (DfC) have issued an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on Discretionary Support. This is an important consultation as Consortium research with women over a number of years has highlighted the importance of Discretionary Support to women and families. Discretionary Support provides support to people in crisis or emergency situations providing important financial […]
Following the launch of the research on Women’s Experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis, Siobhán is working with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick and Dr Alexandra Chapman from Ulster University (who co-wrote the research paper) on a small project to try and raise awareness of the Healthy Start Scheme in Northern Ireland. During the research, we identified that Northern […]
The Consortium’s latest research paper with the Ulster University Law Clinic was launched in Ulster University on 20th June. The launch included a summary of the main points in the research as well as a number of personal insights from the women who took part in the research. They spoke really powerfully about the impact […]
Women are a hard demographic of learners to access for a reason, because they have very little free time to do anything for themselves and gaining access to mainstream Education & Training has never been easy for women. There have always been massive barriers for women to overcome such as no childcare provision, no financial […]
We are currently facing unprecedented cuts to each Executive Department which will result in incredibly harmful impacts, disproportionately impacting on the equality of women and other protected groups. Women’s place in education, training and work has not always been guaranteed, and there are still great inequalities that persist in these areas. The proposed cuts pose […]
The Women’s Resource & Development Agency’s Award Winning Community Facilitator Programme Is coming to Coleraine. The Community Facilitator Programme will run for 8 weeks, one day a week from 9.30am – 2.30pm offering local women the opportunity to complete a Level 3 OCN Certificate in Learning and Development, develop facilitation and leadership skills, and increase their […]
WOMEN’STEC, Bolster Community and Women In Business NI, have partnered to support women to secure employment opportunities in the Newry, Mourne, Down and Belfast regions. The Building Futures programme supports economically inactive women to gain skills, develop confidence and explore opportunities in their area, for life and work. It will target 420 participants over its […]
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 […]
