Press Release Embargo: 00:01am 6th October 2021 Universal Credit Cut Turns the Lights Out Today sees the biggest ever overnight cut to the social security system with a £20/week cut to Universal Credit. To mark the impact of this cut on local families the lights on Belfast City Hall will be turned […]
Speaking at a rally held here at the Guildhall Square in Derry on Saturday regarding cutting the Universal Credit Uplift was an eye-opening experience, hearing first hand these women’s stories about how detrimental this going to be to their mental health and lives was stomach churning. In September 2020 the women’s regional consortium contributed to call […]
Siobhán provided a letter submission to this consultation which fully endorsed the full consultation response made by WRDA. In the letter response Siobhán highlighted the need for a Caring Economy based on gender equality, wellbeing and sustainability as a way of addressing the crisis in the care sector. The letter also pointed to the Feminist […]
October 2021 Scheme Funder Note Date Black & Minoritised Women’s Fund Women’s Resource Centre Application deadline 3pm on 1 Oct 2021 Culture Ireland: Regular Grants and Showcases Culture Ireland Regular Grants Application Deadline 1 Oct 2021 Council of Europe: European Youth Foundation Council of Europe Application Deadline for 2-year structural grant 1 Oct 2021 Community […]
Join NIRWN, in partnership with Rural Community Network, for a screening of ‘Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs’ followed by a Q&A to mark this year’s Good Relations Week. The screening takes place on Thursday 23rd September from 7pm – 8.30pm (via zoom). ‘Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs’ is the extraordinary story of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, a cross-community […]
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 […]
