On Wednesday the 27th of April from 3-5pm, the Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group (NIWBG), alongside the Scottish Women’s Budget Group (SWBG), the Wales Women’s Budget Group (WWBG) and the UK Women’s Budget Group (UKWBG), will be hosting an online 4 Nations Assembly. The purpose of this event, similar to the previous Assembly held in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Department of Justice are consulting on Improving the effectiveness of Hate Crime legislation in Northern Ireland. They want to hear views on this consultation from victims of hate crime and voluntary and community sector organisations supporting victims of hate crime. The Department of Justice is using this public consultation on Hate Crime Legislation to […]
Siobhán has now completed a final draft of the ‘Women Living with Debt’ research paper. It is now being signed off by the Consumer Council who have provided some funding for this research. It is hoped that the final paper will be published sometime in April 2022. The research paper contains a significant amount of […]
Louise Coyle took part in a briefing to the AERA Committee on research into the Rural Development Programme LEADER Structure and on work being done on the new Rural Policy Framework on 3rd March 2022. The research was jointly commissioned by NIRWN and RCN and has been undertaken by Professor Ruth McAreavey from University of […]
The Consortium’s first conference and annual report launch was held on the 14th of March in Parliament Buildings at Stormont. Patricia Lewsley-Mooney CBE, Chair of our lead partner, TWN opened the conference and delegates had the chance to learn more about how the Assembly operates from the Stormont Engage Now team. Anne McVicker, Director of […]
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 collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive Cliff Edge continue to monitor the progress of the welfare mitigations legislation through the Assembly. The legislation to extend the Bedroom […]
