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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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RESEARCH & CSW68 – The Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Women

The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place in New York from 11 to 22 March 2024. As part of CSW68, Women’s Platform have organised a side event entitled Gender Budgeting: a solution to women’s poverty. …
Research launch.

RESEARCH LAUNCH – Women, Unpaid Care and Employment

The text of the next Consortium research paper on Women, Unpaid Care & Employment has now been finalised in collaboration with Carers NI.  The final report includes a wealth of feedback from women who took part in focus group sessions over…
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Campaigns Update: February

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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The Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Women in Northern Ireland & the Healthy Start Scheme

Following the launch of the Consortium’s research paper with the Ulster University Law Clinic in June 2023, Siobhán has been working with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick and Dr Alexandra Chapman from Ulster University and a group of women from Atlas…
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Women’s Centre Derry: Moving Forward in 2024

As we begin a new year its good to reflect on the successes and challenges of the year before. We have endured a lot this past 12 months and worked hard on Making Change and breaking down barriers. The regional consortium is committed to challenging…
Community Campaigners,

Ground-breaking course helps women to campaign against social injustice

Women in Belfast are being given an opportunity to gain the campaigning skills necessary to improve the lives of people in their communities. The Community Campaigners Course, run by the Women’s Resource and Development Agency (WRDA), offers…
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February Funding Opportunities

FEBRUARY 2024 Scheme Funder Note Date Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Round 1 opens 1 Feb 2024 Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation Skipton Building Society Application…
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Northern Ireland Youth Assembly – The Big Youth Survey

The Big Youth Survey is live on CitizenSpace. As you may be aware, the new Youth Assembly is up and running and they will be choosing issues to focus on over their two-year mandate. They are asking young people, aged between 12-21, to help them…
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Appointment of three Independent Board Members to the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB). 

The Northern Ireland Policing Board is an independent public body established under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000. The Board is responsible for securing the maintenance of the police in Northern Ireland and has a key role in ensuring…

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