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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Registration Threshold for Charities Consultation
The Department for Communities (DfC) is holding a 12-week public consultation on a registration threshold below which charities in Northern Ireland would not be required to register with the Commission or provide an annual report and accounts…
June Funding Opportunities
June 2024
Scheme
Funder
Note
Date
Ards & North Down Borough Council: Christmas Festival Fund
Ards & North Down Borough Council
Application Deadline: 12pm, Monday
10 Jun 2024
Leeds Building Society Charitable…
Campaigns Update
Campaigns: Coalition of Carers
Siobhán continues to attend regular meetings of the Coalition of Carers which is chaired by Carers NI. The Coalition is made up of a number of organisations all working to highlight the key issues that…
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…
