Campaigns Update: Keep the Lifeline
Siobhán continues to attend meetings of Keep the Lifeline to discuss ways in which changes can be made to the social security system to help people through the Cost of Living Crisis. The focus of the work of Keep the Lifeline is on the following…
Campaigns Update: Crushed by the Cost of Living
Siobhán has been working with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick at the University of Ulster and Andy McClenaghan from the British Association of Social Workers, both Cliff Edge working group members to organise a Cost of Living Crisis event at Stormont. …
Campaigns Update: Cliff Edge Coalition
Siobhán continues to work as part of the Working Group for the Cliff Edge Coalition on strengthening the welfare mitigations package in Northern Ireland. The focus of Cliff Edge work will now be on strengthening the mitigations package with…
Open Consultations: Department for Education Period Products (Free Provision) Regulations
The Department for Education is consulting on the Period Products (Free Provision) Regulations. The Department is not seeking views on whether free period products should be widely available to the public as that is already provided for in legislation.…
Women Living with Debt
The Consortium’s research paper on Women Living with Debt has now been published. Siobhán has been releasing the findings, quotes from women and recommendations on social media since it was launched.
The paper takes a comprehensive look…
No Woman Left Behind: Event for Rural Women
You are invited to attend a workshop on Thursday 6th October 2022 from 11am-12pm pm via zoom which is open to all rural women regionally. During this morning of conversation, we want to hear your thoughts, views and opinions on health and wellbeing…
Cost of Living Crisis Felt by All
We are feeling the effects of the Cost of Living Crisis right now, we are all working tirelessly to help those who are barely keeping their heads above water. This Crisis is being felt across this entire island, Women are engaging with community…
October Funding Opportunities
OCTOBER 2022
Scheme
Funder
Note
Date
Laughology: THE HAPPINESS FUND
Laughology
Opens to applications
1 Oct 2022
National Allotment Gardens Trust Award
National Allotment Gardens Trust
Application deadline
1…
Women significantly more vulnerable to debt
Borrowing and debt is far from gender neutral. Women are more likely than men to claim social security benefits, more likely to be in low-paid, part-time and insecure work, more likely to be providing care for children/family members and more…
Northern Ireland more vulnerable to Cost of Living crisis than other parts of UK
Debt is a fact of life for many people and families and arguably never more so than now. There was already a debt crisis before the Covid pandemic struck and the resulting job losses, reductions in income and insecure employment will mean that…
