Action on Postpartum Psychosis volunteer, Oorlagh Quinn has set up a petition calling for a Mother and Baby Unit in Northern Ireland. Postpartum psychosis is a severe mental illness which begins suddenly following childbirth. Symptoms include hallucinations and delusions, often with mania, depression or confusion. There are currently no mother and baby units in Northern Ireland […]
Following a number of focus group sessions on the issues around adult social care Siobhán has submitted a Consortium consultation response to this consultation. The consultation was wide ranging and focused on issues around the social care workforce, choice and control in relation to care, prevention and early intervention and supporting carers. Siobhán highlighted the […]
Cost of Living Coalition Siobhán Harding (Policy Worker, WSN) continues to attend meetings of the Cost of Living Coalition Belfast. This is a group of trade unionists, anti-poverty campaigners, environmentalists and activities who want to see action on cost of living issues. Siobhán has spoken about the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on […]
August 2022 Scheme Funder Note Date The Marc Fitch Fund The Marc Fitch Fund Application deadline 1 Aug 2022 Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Application deadline 1 Aug 2022 WCIT: IT4Good Grants Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT) Application deadline 8 Aug 2022 The Screwfix Foundation The Screwfix Foundation Application deadline 10 […]
The Women’s Regional Consortium is involved in various campaigns to drive change. You can keep up to date with campaign progress below. Cliff Edge Coalition 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 […]
Siobhán has joined the Cost of Living Coalition Belfast. This is a group of trade unionists, anti-poverty campaigners, environmentalists and activities who want to see action on cost of living issues. The Coalition believe that the Stormont Executive not sitting shouldn’t be an excuse for inaction. Siobhán has attended a number of meetings of the […]
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 […]
