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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

Open Consultations

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. …
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…
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

Holding Hope: Young Mums, Mental Health and Connection

This blog was originally posted on the WRDA website. The young mums MAS project is a peer support group, designed for young mums aged 16-25years old. Many of the young woman who come to young mums MAS group have high levels of maternal mental…
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 Research Report: Mental Health Matters for Women

The Women’s Regional Consortium is pleased to publish our latest research report, Mental Health Matters for Women. You can read the full report here, and a summary of the report here. Northern Ireland has long been associated with high…
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

Campaign Success: Mother and Baby Unit Confirmed

We are so happy that the long awaited mother and baby unit is happening and has been confirmed by the Health minister. The site at the City Hospital was announced in November 2023 so we are delighted that it has finally been confirmed that this…
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 Spaces Conference: Realising Rights for Women in NI

Please join Women’s Spaces for their end of year conference focusing on realising rights for Women in Northern Ireland, on Tuesday 19 May in the Guildhall in Derry at 11am - 2pm. They will be joined by experts and policy makers from 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

Let’s talk Rural

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has launched a public consultation on a new draft long-term rural policy. NIRWN members and staff have already attended in person consultation events.  We would encourage you to register for the online consultation…
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 WSN Policy Worker, Siobhán Harding, has completed a series of focus groups with women across Northern Ireland for the next Consortium research paper ‘Mental Health Matters for Women’.  The focus groups involved 67 women in total and…
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 Guide Published: Strength and Solidarity, Climate and Civil Food Resilience

This document, Strength and Solidarity: Climate and Civil Food Resilience, highlights the urgent need for the UK government and civil society to develop civil food resilience as part of the necessary preparation for climate change and an increasingly…
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 encourages members to have their say on “Rural NI: Our New Approach”

NIRWN would encourage you to have your say on how rural policy is delivered for the next 15 years. We know you have plenty of views, experience and ideas. Policy only has the impact we hope for when it is shaped by those with lived experience. …

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