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Green Paper proposals seek to remove the dignity of disabled people – WRC responds

The Women’s Regional Consortium is concerned by the proposals contained in this Green Paper and we believe that they seek to remove the dignity of disabled people. Having sufficient income to live a dignified, healthy life is essential for…
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School Uniform Policy Consultation

The Minister of Education plans to introduce statutory guidance so that all school governing bodies will be required to review their school uniform policy and ensure costs are manageable for parents/carers. This consultation seeks views on…
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July Funding Opportunities

July 2024 Scheme Funder Note Date Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Round 3 opens 1 Jul 2024 The 7 stars Foundation: Project Funding The 7 Stars Foundation Application Opening…
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NotJustForBoys Event Inspires Future Female Tradespeople in Partnership with CITB NI

WOMEN’STEC, in collaboration with funder CITB Northern Ireland (CITB NI), were thrilled to host a #NotJustForBoys taster day for P7 pupils from St Patrick's Primary School in June 2024. This exciting event provided young girls with hands-on…
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Summer Stresses

Summer is here and the children are delighted but I don’t think the same can be said for the parents, because summer doesn’t always mean Fun, fun, fun.  The Summer holidays brings a different set of stresses for this 9-week break.  Whether…
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Campaigns Update

Campaigns: Guarantee our Essentials Siobhán is part of a 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…
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NI Budget Equality Impact Assessments

A number of the NI Government Departments equality impact assessments (EQIAs) on the 2024-25 Budget have been published. Siobhán will be making a detailed response to the Department for Communities EQIA given the volume of evidence contained…
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Open Consultation: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are consulting on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as it has been 10 years since it has been introduced. The Green Paper explores changes that could be made to the current PIP system to ensure…
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RESEARCH LAUNCH – Women, Unpaid Care and Employment

The last Consortium research paper on Women, Unpaid Care & Employment was published in February in collaboration with Carers NI. The final report includes a wealth of feedback from women who took part in focus group sessions as well as the…
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NEW RESEARCH – Women & Economic Inactivity

The Women's Support Network (WSN) has just finished a series of focus groups with local women on the issue of Economic Inactivity and women’s barriers to education, training and work. Given that Northern Ireland has consistently had the worst…

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