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Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Campaigns Update: Cliff Edge Coalition

Siobhán continues to attend meetings of the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland.  Cliff Edge recently relaunched their key asks and Siobhán spoke at the launch…
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Campaigns Update: Coalition of Carers

Siobhán has joined the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI and continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition.  The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers…
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Campaigns Update: NI Child Payment

Siobhán continues to the meet with the working group for the Northern Ireland Child Payment Coalition.  The introduction of a NI Child Payment was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert Panels and in the Feminist Recovery…
An Essential Guarantee

Campaigns Update: Guarantee our Essentials

Siobhán is now part of a new 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…
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Consultation on Department for Communities Budget 2023-24 allocations

Following the announcement of the Budget 2023/24 by the Secretary of State the Department’s Equality Impact Assessment details the Department for Communities proposed budget allocations and how it will impact on the Department’s ability…
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Media Coverage of Consortium Research Used to Lobby Department for Communities

Siobhán has carried out a number of media interviews in relation to proposed cuts to the Department for Communities (DfC) funding particularly in relation to cuts to Discretionary Support.  Siobhán was able to draw on research carried out…
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Lobbying on Consortium Research Papers

Siobhán continues to carry out engagement with a range of people and organisations on the Consortium’s research paper on ‘Women Living with Debt’. Recently Siobhán has spoken about the findings, women’s experiences and recommendations…
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NEW Research Project – Women and the Cost of Living Crisis

Siobhán Harding, Women's Support Network Policy Worker, has completed a series of 20 focus group sessions across Northern Ireland looking at the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on women and has spoken to almost 250 women. The focus groups…
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WRC raises concerns regarding the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy Consultation

This is an excerpt from the consultation response. The Women’s Regional Consortium response to the Call for Views on the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy provided much feedback which we consider still remains relevant to this Consultation.…
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Funding Opportunities for May

MAY 2023 Scheme Funder Note Date Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation Skipton Building Society Application deadline 1 May 2023 Henry Moore Foundation Henry Moore Foundation Spring Opening Date:…

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