The Consortium is represented on the Cliff Edge Coalition by the Women’s Support Network. Siobhán continues to attend meetings of the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland. The Coalition is becoming increasingly concerned about the looming cliff edge for the Benefit Cap mitigation – […]
The Consortium is part of a coalition of organisations led by Inspire Wellbeing NI who have come together to host a one-stop shop service for the many impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis. The Cost of Living 24 campaign aims to make navigating community and voluntary services easy, local and accessible, thanks to a dedicated webpage and […]
The Consortium is represented in the Coalition of Carers by the Women’s Support Network. Siobhán continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI. The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers are facing across Northern Ireland.
The Consortium 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. The Campaign is planning a number […]
The Executive Office has published an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on the proposals for the Department’s budget allocation for 2024-2025. The process aims to avoid any adverse impacts and where possible take action to mitigate these. The EQIA examines the options for budget reductions and the equality impacts of these. The deadline for responses to […]
The NI Executive has agreed a draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 ‘Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most’. It outlines the Executive’s priorities for making a real difference to the lives of people here. This is an important document which will set the direction for Government and consists of nine immediate priorities which they will work […]
The Committee for Education is carrying out a Mini-Inquiry into Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in schools. The Committee is comparing the approaches to RSE across these islands and internationally to assess provision of RSE in Northern Ireland and to reach conclusions on the need for reform and make recommendations from this. The deadline for […]
The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on whether eligibility for the Healthy Start scheme should be extended to include others who are prevented from accessing public funds due to immigration controls. The Department of Health and Social Care is particularly interested in views from: those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) […]
Siobhán is currently working on the write up of the Consortium’s latest research paper on Women, Skills & Barriers to Work. This follows the completion of 10 focus group sessions with 60 women. The research paper will include the experiences of women across Northern Ireland and also reflecting the views of rural women and women […]
3 in person workshops have been arranged for anyone who would like to hear more about the Involvement and Consultation Scheme. BELFAST Friday 1st November, 10.30am – 12pm Arches Wellbeing & Treatment Centre, 41 Westminster Ave, Belfast, BT4 1NS BALLYMONEY Monday 4th November, 2pm – 3.30pm Lecture Theatre, Ballymoney Health Centre, 21b Newal […]
