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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…
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Campaigns: Keep the Lifeline

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.  Siobhán attended a briefing to discuss a new joint campaign…
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View Digital Magazine – Cost of Living Crisis Edition

Alongside Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Ulster University and Andy McClaniaghan, British Association of Social Workers NI, Siobhán guest edited a Cost of Living Crisis special edition of View Digital Magazine. The magazine is packed full of articles…
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NI Affairs Committee – Paramilitary Lending

On 18th January 2023, alongside Elaine Crory from WRDA and Sonya McMullan from the Women’s Aid Federation NI, Siobhán gave oral evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on the issue of paramilitary lending.  This evidence was based…
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Women Living With Debt Update

Siobhán continues to carry out engagement with a range of people and organisations on the Consortium’s research paper on ‘Women Living with Debt’. Since the research was published Siobhán has spoken about the findings, women’s experiences…
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NEW Research Project – Women and the Cost of Living Crisis

Siobhán will be carrying out a series of focus groups across Northern Ireland looking at the impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on women.  These focus groups will discuss the coping mechanisms that women are using to get through this Crisis…
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Public Consultation for Services for those who have been Bereaved by Suicide

The Public Health Agency (PHA) wishes to engage with stakeholders on a proposed model of support for people who have been bereaved by suicide; these are called post-vention services.  Post-vention services aim to provide a consistent, compassionate…
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Autism Strategy 2023-2028

The Department of Health invites you to respond to a consultation on proposed key priorities for the next Autism Strategy 2023-2028 which will be published in Spring of next year. It is important to us that the strategy is influenced and…
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Consultation on the provision of Emergency General Surgery Proposal

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has launched a three-month public consultation on the proposal to provide Emergency General Surgery services on the Craigavon Area Hospital site 24 hours per day 7 days per week.  This is in keeping…
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Rural Access to Health Services and the impact of social isolation on mental health issues

NIRWN’s 2018 research uncovered that many rural women felt that they were “becoming more isolated, with many of our support agencies being located in urban settings.” Health appointments were consistently raised as an issue, both GP and…

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