As we begin a new year its good to reflect on the successes and challenges of the year before. We have endured a lot this past 12 months and worked hard on Making Change and breaking down barriers. The regional consortium is committed to challenging Government, elected officials and MLA’s about the barriers facing women […]
Women in Belfast are being given an opportunity to gain the campaigning skills necessary to improve the lives of people in their communities. The Community Campaigners Course, run by the Women’s Resource and Development Agency (WRDA), offers free online training to women to provide them with the tools to campaign for better services for their […]
FEBRUARY 2024 Scheme Funder Note Date Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Round 1 opens 1 Feb 2024 Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation Skipton Building Society Application deadline 1 Feb 2024 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council: Community Festivals Fund Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Application deadline: 12 noon, Friday […]
The Big Youth Survey is live on CitizenSpace. As you may be aware, the new Youth Assembly is up and running and they will be choosing issues to focus on over their two-year mandate. They are asking young people, aged between 12-21, to help them decide. It is live from 8 January until midnight 26 […]
The Northern Ireland Policing Board is an independent public body established under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000. The Board is responsible for securing the maintenance of the police in Northern Ireland and has a key role in ensuring the provision of an effective, efficient, impartial and accountable police service which will enjoy the support […]
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has launched an 8-week consultation to seek views on a proposal to reduce the compensation rate for cattle removed under the bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) programme. The consultation follows an instruction from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP, directing several Northern Ireland […]
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 more […]
The Department of Finance issued an over-arching consultation on the Financial Context for Revenue Raising which asked a series of questions looking for feedback around other revenue raising measures which could be considered, the potential for cuts or reductions in other services and ways that services could be delivered differently. Siobhán prepared a response to […]
The Department of Health consulted on the Re-introduction of Hospital Parking Charges as a way to raise revenue. Siobhán drafted a consultation response outlining that women have been disproportionately impacted by welfare reform/austerity policies, the Covid19 pandemic and now the Cost of Living Crisis. This means that many are struggling to afford the essentials of […]
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland wrote to the Permanent Secretaries of the NI Civil Service Departments directing that they launch public consultations on measures to support budget sustainability by raising additional revenue. Each public consultation will be co-ordinated by the relevant Northern Ireland department. Not all the consultations are available yet but will […]
