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Call for Views – Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

The Department of Justice issued two Calls for Views on issues to help inform the content, themes and overall direction of a new Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and a Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy. Following a number of focus group sessions in Women’s Centre’s Siobhán drafted the Consortium’s response to these two Call […]

Breaking The Grass Ceiling” report launched at Stormont on International Women’s Day

The Assembly’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee has today launched its ‘Breaking the Grass Ceiling’ Report which highlights the barriers faced by local women working in agriculture. The report also makes a number of recommendations on practical and policy measures that could be introduced to promote, encourage and support women in the sector. Speaking […]

April 2022 Funding Bites

  APRIL 2022 Scheme Funder Note   Community Foundation for NI: RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Community Grants Community Foundation for Northern Ireland Application deadline 1pm on 1 Apr 2022 National Allotment Gardens Trust Award National Allotment Gardens Trust Application deadline 1 Apr 2022 Belfast City Council Small Grants: Good Relations Grant Belfast City Council Submission […]

Keep the Lifeline Update

Siobhán continues to attend meetings of Keep the Lifeline to discuss ways in which the cut to Universal Credit can be kept on the political agenda. Keep the Lifeline is also urging the Government to ensure that benefits keep up with the rising cost of essentials. Increasing benefits by just 3.1% in April when inflation […]

Cliff Edge Coalition Update

Siobhán continues to work as part of the Working Group for the Cliff Edge Coalition on extending and strengthening the welfare mitigations package in Northern Ireland. Following the passing of the legislation to extend the Benefit Cap and Bedroom Tax mitigations the focus of Cliff Edge work will now be on strengthening the mitigations package […]

New Campaign – NI Child Payment

Siobhán has joined a new Northern Ireland campaign for the introduction of a NI Child Payment. This was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert Panels and in the Feminist Recovery Plan. The introduction of such a payment would help many low-income families with children including many women. The campaign is at the […]

Adult Social Care Consultation

The Department of Health is consulting on the Reform of the Adult Social Care System in Northern Ireland. Adult Social Care is a vital part of our Health and Social Care System and impacts on the lives of people across society including people who use social care services, family carers and the people who work […]