December 2024 Scheme Funder Note Date Belfast City Council: Social Supermarket Support Fund Belfast City Council Application deadline 12pm (noon) on 6 Dec 2024 Young Gamechangers Fund Co-operative Foundation Application deadline 5pm on 6 Dec 2024 Rosa: Voices from the Front Line Rosa Application deadline 4pm on 9 Dec 2024 The Leche Trust The […]
Campaigns: 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. The Campaign is […]
Consultation on strengthening Statutory Sick Pay This is a Department for Work and Pensions consultation on Statutory Sick Pay which is asking about the percentage replacement rate for those earning below the current rate of Statutory Sick Pay. Through the Employment Rights Bill, which was introduced in GB, the government has committed to ensure Statutory […]
Review of Free School Meals and Uniform Grant Eligibility Criteria The Department of Education has launched a consultation on the options considered as part of the review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants. This consultation looks at a number of options and has modelled the potential impact of each option […]
Do you know if your children are safe online? We know recent news has made lots of parents nervous and keen to learn. Join us for our second Online Safety Workshops facilitated by NSPCCNI to support you. Our first workshop was well received by those attended. One participant said Many thanks for this seminar on […]
Would you like to see a brighter future for Gender Equality in NI? You are invited to this online seminar on Tuesday 10th December at 11am to hear about NIRWN’s best practice visit to Iceland. Join us and Social Change Initiative and NI Women’s Budget group to her about what we learned on the study […]
NIRWN along with sector colleagues recently met with the AERA (Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs) Committee at Discover CAFRE at Loughry, Cookstown. It is so important that Committees, and decision makers in general, move outside of Stormont estate and are accessible but also that they see where we work and live. It was great to […]
Winter has come and it can be the hardest of seasons for some to navigate, it’s not always cosy nights in and twinkling lights sometimes for some it’s just darkness. It’s brings the pressure of Christmas and for families with limited funds it feels impossible to create that magical Christmas spirit that we are constantly […]
A new wellbeing rights framework for mental health was launched on World Mental Health Day in the MAC Arts Centre, Belfast. The Give 5 framework, developed by the New Script for Mental Health campaign, is grounded in United Nations and World Health Organisation human rights standards. It is evidence based and highlights essential steps government […]
WRC is represented on the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland. The Coalition is becoming increasingly concerned about the looming cliff edge for the Benefit Cap mitigation. The Benefit Cap is a policy that limits the total amount of social security support that working-age […]
