Crushed by the Cost-of-Living Crisis: The Time to Act is Now organised by Ulster University academic and anti-poverty campaigner, Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, the Women’s Support Network and the British Association of Social Workers NI and took place in Stormont on 21st September. The event featured a series of presentations outlining the lived reality of poverty […]
RQIA has launched a public consultation seeking views on proposals to publish its inspection reports on services for Children and Young People. The Consultation proposes that RQIA publish these inspection reports in an anonymised format, which they consider will protect the privacy of the children and young people who access these services. They welcome your […]
Siobhán 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 women at the launch of the Coalition’s Charter. […]
Siobhán worked with Carers NI and National Energy Action NI on an open letter to Northern Ireland politicians highlighting concerns about the Cost of Living Crisis and the need for local politicians to restore the NI Assembly to take urgent action on these issues. This letter was circulated among the voluntary and community sector for […]
Siobhán continues to the meet with the working group for the Northern Ireland Child Payment Coalition. The introduction of a NI Child Payment was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert Panels and in the Feminist Recovery Plan. Siobhán along with other working group members from the Coalition have met with the Alliance […]
Siobhán continues to attend meetings of Keep the Lifeline to discuss ways in which changes can be made to the social security system to help people through the Cost of Living Crisis. The focus of the work of Keep the Lifeline is on the following issues which mirror closely with other work the Consortium is […]
Siobhán worked with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick at the University of Ulster and Andy McClenaghan from the British Association of Social Workers to hold an event in Stormont called Crushed by the Cost of Living. The event brought together a range of speakers from academia, charities and the third sector working on behalf of those who […]
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 been published and Siobhán has released the findings, recommendations and quotes from the women on social media over a number of weeks. Siobhán continues to use the findings in the research paper and the women’s evidence to lobby and inform policy makers, politicians and others […]
