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Consultation Response

LEADING US INTO THE FUTURE: YOUNG WOMEN’S IDEAS FOR CLIMATE, GENDER JUSTICE AND PEACE AND SECURITY

A side event of CSW66 Wednesday 16 March, 6am EST/ 10am GMT/ 11 am CET/ 12pm Central Africa time and EET /1pm East Africa time Virtual NGO CSW Parallel Forum event organised in collaboration with Global Network of Women Peacebuilders,…

Women Delivering Change: WRC Conference 14.03.22

Don’t miss this opportunity have your voice heard. You can sign up here. At our Women Delivering Change Conference you will have the opportunity to ask questions to a panel of MLAs. The questions you ask will be developed by the Consortium…
Consultation Response

WRC Raises Unrealistic Response Time Frames with the Committee for the Economy

This is an excerpt of the WRC response. You can read the full letter here. We wish to raise concerns about the length of time available to respond to this call for views (Employment Bill). While we welcome having the opportunity to respond…
Funding

March Funding Opportunities

 MARCH 2022 Scheme Funder Note Date Woodward Charitable Trust: Playschemes Woodward Charitable Trust Opens to applications 1 Mar 2022 Wolfson Foundation: Health & Disability Wolfson Foundation Round…
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TWN Tampon Tax Small Grants Programme Open for Applications

This funding programme aims to improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged and under-represented women and girls in areas of multiple deprivation across Northern Ireland, through education and skills programmes to improve their capacities…
Consultation Response

Consultation on The Reform Of Adult Social Care

The Department of Health has launched a consultation into the reform of adult social care in Northern Ireland. Adult social care is a vital part of the health and social care system and impacts on the lives of people across society including…
Funding

February Funding Opportunities

February 2022 Scheme Funder Note Date Aviva Community Fund Aviva Community Fund Application deadline 1 Feb 2022 Financial Fairness Trust Financial Fairness Trust Closing Date (1pm) 4 Feb 2022 Tesco Little…
Cliff Edge Coalition NI

Cliff Edge Coalition Update

Siobhán continues to work as part of the Working Group for the Cliff Edge Coalition on extending and strengthening the welfare mitigations package in Northern Ireland.  Following the announcement of the extension of the existing mitigations…
Consultation Response

Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill

Siobhán has completed an online response and a written response on behalf of the Consortium to the Committee for the Economy’s consultation on the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill.  The Consortium’s response welcomed the proposals for…
Consultation Response

Consultation Open: Draft Budget 2022 – 2025

The NI Executive is now consulting on a Draft Budget for 2022 – 2025. The consultation questions have been designed to seek views and comments on the key matters contained within the Draft Budget. They are broken into three areas. Funding…