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Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Supporting carers in Older People’s Service Get involved in shaping alternative respite services using Direct Payments: Focus Group

Thursday 22 June 2023 at 2pm– 4pm at Knockbreda Health and Wellbeing Centre, 110 Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 6GR If you are a carer of someone who is in receipt of Older People Services from Belfast Trust and eligible for a carer assessment,…
Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Campaigns Update: Cliff Edge Coalition

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 spoke at the launch…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Campaigning Update: 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…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Campaign Update: 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 Update: Guarantee our Essentials

Siobhán is now part of a new 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…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Research Launch – Women’s experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI

Register The Women's Regional Consortium has carried out research with over 240 women across Northern Ireland to identify and explore the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on their lives. Together with Ulster University this data has been…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Department for Communities Infrastructure Review

Department for Communities have to date held roundtable discussions and a number of focus groups regarding the review. DfC wants to ensure that they are engaging with all Section 75 groups and intend to hold specific group meetings, these…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Research Launch – Women’s experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI

The Women's Regional Consortium has carried out research with over 240 women across Northern Ireland to identify and explore the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on their lives. Together with Ulster University this data has been analysed…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

‘Women of the Borderlands’ project

‘Women of the Borderlands’ project is funded by HEA North-South Shared Island programme. It seeks to capture women’s experiences of the border during and after the Troubles. Researchers would like to hear from women who either live in…
Research Launch - Women's experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00 - 14:00 in Ulster University, Belfast.

Rural Unpaid Carer Focus Group on Poverty and Financial Hardship

Are you a carer living in a rural area?  The Carer Poverty Commission is running a focus group with unpaid carers from rural areas in Northern Ireland to understand their experience of poverty and financial hardship. The focus group will…