The All Island Social Security Network 1st Conference is being held in Maynooth University on 20th June. Registration is now open. I strongly encourage anyone interested in social security, poverty etc in Ire or NI to attend. shorturl.at/YO48l

Great event, if you’re in Derry on 11 June

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This will be a great event hosted by Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group & Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network and it's in Derry (even better!)

Also features the brilliant thewomenscentre all speaking about the need to make women in poverty a priority.

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🚨EVENT IN DERRY🚨

With Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network, we're hosting an event, 'Making Women in Poverty a Priority,' in the Guildall on 11/06.
Let's keep poverty and it's gendered impacts on the agenda - register using the link below ⬇️

eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-women…

Really excited to be at the 8th Annual Meeting of the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Gender Budgeting Network! We’ve already learned so much from the morning sessions, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for this afternoon.

Massive thanks to the Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald MLA & DoF officials for our recent meeting. Our discussions on gender responsive budgeting were productive. We are very much looking forward to working together to move this issue forward.

We would like to stay in touch with you. If you want to receive updates from the Fuel Poverty Coalition, please go to:
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#fuelpoverty #energybills #warmhomes

'Unpaid domestic and caring responsibilities still sit predominantly with women, with 23% of female inactivity being for this reason, compared to just 7% of male inactivity'

.NIC ICTU, RCN Northern Ireland, Unite the Union NI, GMB Union. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group + carer charities and more all speaking with one voice today and urging the Economy Minister to include paid carer's leave in the Employment Rights Bill.

It'll be game changing for carers, biz and the economy.

We've signed this letter supporting the call for Economy Minister Conor Murphy to include paid carer's leave in the Employment Rights Bill ⬇️

Trade union leaders, economists and community sector groups from across Northern Ireland have written to Economy Minister Conor Murphy today and called on him to include paid carer's leave in his pending Employment Rights Bill.

Read the letter: carersuk.org/press-releases…

With 34k people incurring overpayments last year, it's clear that the current carer's allowance system is not fit for purpose. The majority of those receiving it are women who are already struggling financially. A review is long overdue. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Our short video explains why we need to #remove2childlimit .

One in ten children in Northern Ireland live in households affected by the two-child limit.

We can do something about it.

#fightpoverty

How different will this report be from the ‘Welfare Reform Mitigations Review’ Report completed in Oct 22? No recommendations implemented as Stormont fell.
communities-ni.gov.uk/news/hargey-we….
So very different with such very different information that it will take 9-12 months to update?

Following the Opposition Day debate on removing the two-child limit, read our statement asking for urgent action from the NI Executive.

We simply cannot afford not to invest in children who will be responsible for the society and economy of the future.

lawcentreni.org/news/cliff-edg…

People receiving Carer's Allowance in Northern Ireland are nearly twice as likely to need to use a food bank as the general carer population.

✍️ Sign our petition and tell the Communities Minister that raising the value of Carer's Allowance is a priority: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

We're proud members of Cliff Edge Coalition NI & fully support today's Opposition Day motion to remove the Universal Credit two-child limit

We call on all our MLAs to support this motion & on Communities NI Minister Gordon Lyons MLA to remove it #remove2childlimit #fightpoverty

NHS Healthy Start
If you’re pregnant or have children under the age of four you could get payments every four weeks to spend on:
• cow’s milk
• fresh, frozen or tinned fruit and vegetables
• infant formula milk
• fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
healthystart.nhs.uk

Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick excellent on the Nolan show today. Shocking that ppl can't afford food, but Tesco reports record profits. We need higher wages. Childcare support. A funded anti poverty strategy.

Coverage of our new report with the #SharedIsland Unit Women more likely than men to be in low paid jobs - ESRI rte.ie/news/business/… via RTÉ