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Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

Right to Food UK Commission Call for Evidence

The Right to Food UK Commission’s call for evidence on a Right to Food law sought to consider the following: The extent and nature of food insecurity across the UK, including the various nations and regions and specific localities The…
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

Open Consultation: Warm Healthy Homes Fund

The Department for Communities is consulting on the Warm Healthy Homes Fund.  This is an energy efficiency scheme to improve warmth, health and energy affordability of low-income households in the owner-occupier and private rented sectors. …
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

Women’s Regional Consortium calls for urgent action on food insecurity and a legally enforceable Right to Food

The Women’s Regional Consortium has submitted evidence to the Right to Food UK Commission, highlighting how women in Northern Ireland are being forced to skip meals, go without essentials and carry the burden of food insecurity as household…
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

Open Consultations

Right to Food UK Commission Call for Evidence The Right to Food UK Commission is collecting evidence and lived experiences regarding feeding families and communities in the UK. They are inviting written evidence in the following areas: …
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

NIRWN delivers Gender Budgeting workshop

Introduction to Gender Budgeting workshop, delivered by NIRWN on behalf of the Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group and Ulster University took place. We were delighted to welcome women from organisations, community groups and local communities…
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Animate-Build-Connect Programme is now open

Year 2 of the Animate-Build-Connect Programme is now open, and NIRWN is looking for 8 rural women's groups to join us from September 2026. If you're part of a group that could do with some dedicated support, this is worth reading. Successfully…
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

Urgent Call to Tackle Holiday Hunger as New Evidence Highlights Impact on Women and Children

The Women’s Regional Consortium, in partnership with Ulster University, has submitted evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education strongly backing the proposed Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill and calling for urgent…
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

June 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…
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

Open Consultations: The Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill

The Education Committee is welcoming views on the contents of The Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill.  This is a Private Members Bill from Danny Baker of Sinn Fein.  It seeks to restore the ‘Holiday Hunger’ payments which were made…
Speakers at the launch of the Mental Health Matters for Women report – Susan McCrory, Falls Women’s Centre, Karen Sweeney, Women’s Support Network, Carmel Martin, Falls Women’s Centre, Lee-Ann Sturgeon, Falls Women’s Centre, Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network and Karen Hall, Mental Health Foundation

NEW Consortium research – Mental Health Matters for Women

The latest Consortium research paper ‘Mental Health Matters for Women’ has now been published and is available on the Consortium’s website.  The full report contains a wealth of evidence from women on the contributory factors to their…

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