Siobhán continues to work as part of the Working Group for the Cliff Edge Coalition on extending and 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. Siobhán has worked to update the Cliff Edge Briefing Paper […]
The Work & Pensions Committee at Westminster issued a call for evidence on the Cost of Living Crisis. Siobhán has submitted a Consortium response to this call for evidence using the evidence from the Women and Debt report which focused on Cost of Living issues. The response detailed the Consortium’s concerns about the impact of […]
Louise Coyle welcomed Dianne Wilson, Deputy Secretary of the Independent Reporting Commission of the Irish Secretariat and Joint Secretaries Chris Atkinson and Nicholas Murphy to the NIRWN offices on Thursday 30th June. The IRC came from the Fresh Start Agreement, which was established by international treaty and corresponding legislation in the UK and Ireland. The Commission […]
NIRWN staff and members attended a conference on Thursday 23rd June on the future of Rural Development Delivery which was jointly organised by NIRWN and RCN. NIRWN members had an opportunity to give their opinions on the future of their rural community and what actions they would like to see in their rural area. Findings […]
JUNE 2022 Scheme Funder Note Date Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Wingate Foundation Application deadline 5pm on 1 Jun 2022 Young Women’s Mental Health Plus Pilgrim Trust UK Stage 1: Discuss eligibility with funder opens 1 Jun 2022 Financial Fairness Trust Financial Fairness Trust Application deadline 1pm on 3 Jun 2022 Community Foundation for Northern Ireland: […]
Tuesday, 7th June 2022 11am – 12.30 pm Zoom This Consortium has been established to address the need of community learning providers in Northern Ireland to have a space where they can share experiences and information, support one another and create a more unified voice for advocacy. Our first meeting was held in April 2022 […]
What is best practice for employers whose staff report sexual harassment in the workplace? And what’s the gap between that best practice and what actually happens in workplaces? Register Here For the past two years, WRDA has been working with colleagues across the UK; Chwarae Teg, Close the Gap and the Fawcett Society, to look […]
NIRWN hosted NI Office officials in NIRWN on Tuesday 17th May. Issues raised on behalf of membership were: Impact of no functioning government The lack of female representation at high level civic society engagements; women are 51% of our population but their voices are not being sought or heard. Clarity needed around UK Shared Prosperity Fund […]
Louise Coyle, NIRWN along with civic and community leaders, met with Brandon Lewis MP, NI Secretary of State on Thursday 12th May. Issues raised on behalf of rural women were the importance of a functioning NI Assembly to deal with the immediate concerns for women such as the cost-of-living crisis, healthcare, and access poverty. The role […]
The Women’s Policy Group (WPG) published our Key Election Asks based on some of the outstanding recommendations from our Feminist Recovery Plan (FRP). The Women’s Sector Lobbyist looked in detail at the election manifestos from Sinn Féin, UUP, SDLP, Alliance, Green Party, People Before Profit and the TUV. Please note – as the DUP only published […]
