Campaigns: Cliff Edge Coalition
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…
Department of Education Consultation on Period Products (Free Provision) Regulations
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.…
New Research: Women Living with Debt
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…
Campaigns 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…
Campaigns Update: 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. The focus of the work of Keep the Lifeline is on the following…
Campaigns Update: Crushed by the Cost of Living
Siobhán has been working with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick at the University of Ulster and Andy McClenaghan from the British Association of Social Workers, both Cliff Edge working group members to organise a Cost of Living Crisis event at Stormont. …
Campaigns Update: Cliff Edge Coalition
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…
Open Consultations: Department for Education Period Products (Free Provision) Regulations
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.…
Women Living with Debt
The Consortium’s research paper on Women Living with Debt has now been published. Siobhán has been releasing the findings, quotes from women and recommendations on social media since it was launched.
The paper takes a comprehensive look…
No Woman Left Behind: Event for Rural Women
You are invited to attend a workshop on Thursday 6th October 2022 from 11am-12pm pm via zoom which is open to all rural women regionally. During this morning of conversation, we want to hear your thoughts, views and opinions on health and wellbeing…
