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Shaping future support: the health and disability green paper

The Department of Work and Pensions has issued this Green Paper which is exploring how the benefit system can better meet the needs of disabled people and those with long term health conditions and the ways in which the welfare system can help…

Autism Strategy Questionnaire

The Department of Health invites those with lived experience to share their views on the key priorities which should be included in the development of an autism strategy for 2023-2028. You may be an autistic person or a family member or carer…

September Funding Deadlines

September 2021 Scheme Funder Note Date Wolfson Foundation: Health & Disability Wolfson Foundation Round 2: Stage 2 Application deadline 1 Sep 2021 Kelly Family Charitable Trust Kelly Family Charitable…

Would you like the chance to influence future policy on major issues that will shape your rural community?

Would you like the chance to influence future policy on major issues that will shape your rural community? DAERA’s Draft Rural Policy Framework is an opportunity for you to express your views on what is needed and help shape the future…

Keep the Lifeline Campaign Update

Siobhán continues to work with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and a coalition of other organisations on the Keep the Lifeline campaign to keep the pressure on Westminster Government not to cut the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit…

A Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland – Consultation Response

The Department for the Economy launched a consultation on a Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland with the ambition for a decade of innovation which aims to deliver a ten times better economy with benefits for all people.  The objectives are…

Independent Review: Discretionary Support Scheme

The Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey MLA, has appointed an independent panel to carry out a review of the Discretionary Support scheme. They have been asked to identify areas of improvement and to make recommendations to the Department…

Climate Change (No. 2) Bill – Call for Evidence and Views

Climate Change is one of the most challenging issues facing our society, and how we address it will have implications for how we live, work and travel.  It is a global problem and many countries around the world have, in recent years, introduced…

Keep The Lifeline Campaign Update

Siobhán Harding (Policy worker with our Consortium Partner organisation Women's Support Network) continues to work with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and a coalition of other organisations on the Keep the Lifeline campaign.  The purpose…

NIRWN Engagement Officer to sit on NWC All-Island Women’s Forum

The National Women’s Council (NWC) has announced the All-Island Women’s Forum participants, consisting of 28 members, 14 from Northern Ireland and 14 from the South.  NWC has sought representation from groups all-too-often left out of decision-making…