Siobhán continues to work as part of the Working Group for the Cliff Edge Coalition on strengthening the welfare mitigations package in Northern Ireland. The focus of Cliff Edge work will now be on strengthening the mitigations package with some possible new mitigations around the two-child limit, the Universal Credit five-week wait and increased protections […]
The Department for Education is consulting on the Period Products (Free Provision) Regulations. The Department is not seeking views on whether free period products should be widely available to the public as that is already provided for in legislation. Rather this consultation looks at these Regulations which are the first step in putting the law […]
The Consortium’s research paper on Women Living with Debt has now been published. Siobhán has been releasing the findings, quotes from women and recommendations on social media since it was launched. The paper takes a comprehensive look at the literature and research on debt, debt levels in Northern Ireland, the links between debt and mental […]
You are invited to attend a workshop on Thursday 6th October 2022 from 11am-12pm pm via zoom which is open to all rural women regionally. During this morning of conversation, we want to hear your thoughts, views and opinions on health and wellbeing and other issues that matter to you and affect your daily lives. […]
We are feeling the effects of the Cost of Living Crisis right now, we are all working tirelessly to help those who are barely keeping their heads above water. This Crisis is being felt across this entire island, Women are engaging with community groups to help them cope and requesting the basic necessities to just […]
OCTOBER 2022 Scheme Funder Note Date Laughology: THE HAPPINESS FUND Laughology Opens to applications 1 Oct 2022 National Allotment Gardens Trust Award National Allotment Gardens Trust Application deadline 1 Oct 2022 European Youth Foundation: International Activity Grant European Youth Foundation Application deadline midnight on 1 Oct 2022 Hilden Charitable Fund Hilden Charitable Fund Opens to […]
Borrowing and debt is far from gender neutral. Women are more likely than men to claim social security benefits, more likely to be in low-paid, part-time and insecure work, more likely to be providing care for children/family members and more likely to have to make up for cuts to services through unpaid work. As women’s […]
Debt is a fact of life for many people and families and arguably never more so than now. There was already a debt crisis before the Covid pandemic struck and the resulting job losses, reductions in income and insecure employment will mean that many people will have little or nothing to fall back on in […]
The Department of Education (DE) is consulting with its ‘Public Service Bodies’ and welcomes views from its wider stakeholder base. The Consultation relates to proposals for Regulations (secondary legislation) that DE has to have in place by 11 May 2023, under the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022. DE is not consulting on whether free […]
The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the incomes of many people. Job losses and reductions in working hours due to lockdowns and Government imposed restrictions have meant that many people have got into debt or further into debt as a result. The pandemic has worsened many existing inequalities and the situation for […]
