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Funding Bites July and August 2025

July 2025 Scheme Funder Note Date LFT Charitable Trust: Reach and Reconnect Grant Programme LFT Charitable Trust Deadline for Project delivery element midday 24 Jul 2025 A B Charitable Trust (ABCT): Open…
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Comprehensive Spending Review: Implications for Northern Ireland

On the 11th of June, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which gives the Labour government an opportunity to set out their long-term plans for spend. The Chancellor highlighted a 2.3% increase…
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Community and Voluntary Sector: The Last Line of Defence Against Destitution in Northern Ireland

Across Northern Ireland, 335,000 people are living in poverty. They are being failed by a system that should protect them. With no comprehensive Anti-Poverty Strategy, relentless benefit cuts, and ongoing benefit reprofiling—particularly affecting…
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NIRWN’s newest Staff Member

Meet Nicola McGuinness, the newly appointed Animate–Build–Connect (ABC) Programme Co-Ordinator at NIRWN.   Nicola is a passionate advocate for women’s empowerment, confidence-building, and inclusive leadership. With a background…
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DAERA Air Quality Awareness Survey

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is calling on members of the public to take part in a survey launched yesterday which aims to identify what people in Northern Ireland know about the air they breathe. The Air…
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WOMEN’STEC Gears Up for The Big Lunch!

WOMEN’STEC is excited to announce its upcoming Big Lunch community event, taking place on Tuesday 12th August from 12:30pm to 2:00pm at 29 Chichester Avenue, BT15 5EH. The Big Lunch is a brilliant initiative that brings people together…
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FWIN welcome the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to Derry~Londonderry

We were honoured to welcome the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to FWIN. Their visit was an important opportunity to share the work we’ve been doing to eliminate violence against women and girls. It was a powerful and honest conversation…
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Statement from the Women’s Resource and Development Agency on Violence Against Women and Girls and racist violence in Ballymena

The Women’s Resource and Development Agency (WRDA) is deeply saddened and concerned by the recent events in Ballymena, where the sexual assault of a teenage girl has been hijacked to push a racist agenda instead of fighting violence against…
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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)…
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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…

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