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Funding Bites for August

AUGUST 2023 Scheme Funder Note Date The UK Fund The National Lottery Community Fund Applications open: 4 Aug 2023 Social Enterprise NI: Social Enterprise Awards Social Enterprise NI Extended deadline midnight…
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Government Departments Funding Proposal Consultations

Government Departments are consulting on their funding proposals for 2023/2024 and would like to hear your views. The Department for Infrastructure consultation closes on 7th August. For further information and link to respond visit:  DfI…
ECRI: European Commission against racism and intolerance.

Equality Commission Report on Racism and Intolerance in NI

The Equality Commission has submitted a report to the European Commission on Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), on racial inequality and racism in NI. It calls for action to reform racial equality law in Northern Ireland, alongside inclusive…
Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Campaigns: Cliff Edge

Siobhán continues to attend meetings of the Cliff Edge Coalition Working Group which is working to strengthen the existing mitigations package for Northern Ireland.  Cliff Edge recently relaunched their key asks and Siobhán recorded a video…
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Campaigns: Coalition of Carers

Siobhán has joined the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI and continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition.  The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that carers…
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Campaigns: NI Child Payment

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…
An Essential Guarantee

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…
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Consultation on a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Foundational Action Plan

The Executive Office (TEO) have issued a consultation to seek views on the new Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Foundational Action Plan. This is a draft seven-year Strategic Framework to End Violence Against…
Consultation Response

Have Your Say: Department of Education Budget EQIA

Following the Secretary of State’s Budget 2023-24 the Department of Education has issued a consultation on its Budget 2023-24 Equality Impact Assessment.  This EQIA outlines a series of proposed cuts to the Department’s Budget including…
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Have your say: Discretionary Support

The Department for Communities (DfC) have issued an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on Discretionary Support.  This is an important consultation as Consortium research with women over a number of years has highlighted the importance of Discretionary…

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