Caoimhe’s entry into Joinery wasn’t always the plan! When she first signed up for Camp America, she wanted to do kayaking and canoeing. Needing to choose a third activity for the summer and because of Caoimhe’s GCSE in Technology & Design (T&D), she chose Woodwork. Once the camps noted that she had woodworking skills, they […]
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 security system a principle that at a minimum Universal Credit should protect people from going without essentials. You can read […]
Supplementary Consultation on Domestic Rating Measures In November 2023 the Department of Finance consulted on seven rates proposals including three in the domestic sector. This supplementary consultation now builds on that process and the feedback provided to the Department. The two Domestic proposals being looked at by the Department in this supplementary consultation are: Increasing […]
Siobhán continues to lobby about this significant piece of research which was carried out in partnership with Ulster University. The research found that many women were struggling to cope with increases in the cost of living particularly around the cost of essentials such as food and energy bills. The report was packed full of quotes […]
WSN Policy Worker Siobhán Harding spoke at the second ever Women’s Parliament event held in Stormont in February 2025 about Consortium research on women and unpaid care. Siobhán highlighted the research work carried out in partnership with Carers NI which showed that many women have given up work to care, decreased their working hours due […]
Siobhán continues to lobby around the findings and recommendations of the Women’s Regional Consortium’s latest research paper Women, Skills & Barriers to Work. In partnership with the NI Anti-Poverty Network (NIAPN) Siobhán launched the research paper in Derry~Londonderry. This included a rich discussion with women and service providers in the North West on barriers […]
NIRWN in partnership with Community Foundation NI, Falls Women’s Centre and Reclaim the Agenda were winners of the NI Hummingbird Awards for Allyship for their work on the ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ project. The award recognised the inclusion of rural women and the diversity of women across our region who were supported to […]
NIRWN supported our members to attend and make representation in the NI Assembly Chambers at the Women’s Parliament held at Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate. NIRWN members Edel Gribbin, Denise Kelso and Barbara Campbell had the opportunity to speak on issues affecting rural women in their areas. They members provided powerful testimony and advocacy on behalf […]
We know from our research work that women often bear the brunt of poverty in their homes as we have detailed in Section 2.0 of this response. Women often act as the shock absorbers of poverty going without heat, food and other essentials to protect their children and family members when money is tight. The […]
NIRWN in partnership with PL20NI (20 Years of the Polish Community in NI) will be running a five-week programme, 11pm – 1pm in Armagh City and it is free to participate. The venue is still to be chosen but will be accessible to all. Tuesday 4th March 11am – 1pm, Tuesday 18th March, Tuesday […]
