Free Period Products scheme feedback survey
The NI Assembly passed the Period Products (Free Provision) Act NI in May 2022, making period products available free of charge to anyone who needs them. Libraries NI now provide free period products in all public libraries (static and mobile)…
NIRWN meets leader of independent review of the Withdrawal Agreement
NIRWN’s Executive Director, Louise Coyle alongside sector colleagues met with Lord Paul Murphy who is leading an independent review of the Withdrawal Agreement and its effectiveness. Sense checking with Civil Society and creating the mechanisms…
Campaigns Update
Campaigns: Guarantee our Essentials
Siobhán 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…
Open Consultation: Consultation on Department for Communities Budget 2025-26 allocations
This document details the Minister for Communities' initial Budget 2025-26 decisions and how they will impact on the Department’s ability to deliver public services. Siobhán hopes to make a detailed response to this consultation. If you…
Open Consultation: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper – Department for Work & Pensions Consultation
There has been considerable coverage in the media about the Labour Government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit health support. The Pathways to Work consultation outlines…
Open Consultation: Consultation on Addressing Age Discrimination in Goods, Facilities, and Services
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK or Ireland where there is no protection against age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services. A private member’s bill is being brought forward by Claire Sugden MLA to propose…
Open Consultation: Proposals to amend the Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for Children Under Age 12
The Department of Health is consulting on proposals to amend the minimum standards for childminding and day care for children aged under 12. The purpose of this consultation is to get feedback on proposals to changes two key areas of childcare…
Forthcoming launch of a draft Anti-Poverty Strategy for NI
There has been much discussion about the forthcoming draft Anti-Poverty Strategy which has been signed off by the NI Executive and is due to be released soon for public consultation.
The Anti-Poverty Strategy Group has been formed and is…
Research Update
Siobhán continues to lobby around the findings and recommendations of a number of Consortium research papers as follows:
Meeting with Fermanagh & Omagh Council on Women, Skills & Barriers to Work research paper findings and recommendations
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Campaigns Update
Campaigns: Guarantee our Essentials
Siobhán 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…
