Alongside the draft Programme for Government a number of impact assessments have been drafted for consultation including an equality impact assessment, rural needs impact assessment and a child rights impact assessment. The draft Programme for Government aims to have wide reaching effects. It has the potential to impact on equality of opportunity and good relations, […]
The Women’s Regional Consortium’s latest research paper Women, Skills & Barriers to Work will be launched on Thursday 5th December @10am in Shankill Shared Women’s Centre, Belfast. The research contains the results of 10 focus group sessions and questionnaire engagement with 60 women on the reasons they are currently out of work, the barriers they […]
This consultation forms part of Government’s commitment to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay, as part of the plan to Make Work Pay, a significant and ambitious agenda to ensure workplace rights are fit for a modern economy, empower working people and deliver economic growth. The changes introduced within the Employment Rights Bill will mean that for some […]
Queen’s University Belfast, in collaboration with Derry Well Women and support from the Department of Health is conducting a survey to explore and compare the experiences of women in Northern Ireland accessing and using women’s health services. The aim of the project is to listen to women in Northern Ireland (NI) about priorities for women’s […]
Mid Ulster District Council is currently re-designing its approach to community development in Mid Ulster. They want to hear from residents and groups of all types from across the District about what the key elements of this new approach should be. Eos Community Consulting CIC will be holding community conversations in venues across the District […]
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 […]
