🚨 On 25 April we'll be giving evidence to Assembly Committee for Communities on the urgent need to increase the support provided through Carer's Allowance in Northern Ireland. Nearly half of local recipients are living in poverty and need help now.

📑 Read our briefing: carersuk.org/media/zy3lt5yk…

Domestic violence is a kind of small-scale terrorism. What OJ Simpson did to Nicole Brown Simpson was not the event of one night—it was a years long campaign that thousands of women suffer at other men’s hands. Read Andrea Dworkin’s memorial to Nicole: evergreenreview.com/read/in-memory…

Investment in affordable #childcare can play a key role in supporting parents especially women into work & helping them stay there - 88% of parents had to change their work arrangements due to the cost of childcare in the last #nichildcaresurvey

'Acceptance and support from a collection of people who find themselves walking down a similar path.'
Our services are here to help you or someone you know get the right support they need.
Get in touch today:
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'It's dangerous to spread a misconception that people just feel a bit anxious and that means they get a higher rate of benefit... that doesn't chime with what I see on the ground.'

Tom Pollard on mental health, benefits and work on Times Radio

Our #AbortionDoulas are here to provide women and pregnant people with care packages to help them through their journey. If you need support, contact Lucht Cabhrach for an Abortion Doula

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Violations of our everyday rights, from damp housing to long hospital waiting lists to poor working conditions are happening on a daily basis 🏚️🏥👨‍🏭

When things go wrong it seem be impossible to correct them. But we want to change that, and it starts with a conversation 👇

Victim Support NI's SOLAs are lawyers offering legal advice & support to adult victims of serious sexual offence, independent from police & prosecution services.
A SOLA will make sure YOUR voice is heard.
They will not judge you.
They will support you.
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Women are less likely to be in employment in Northern Ireland, compared with both women in the Republic of Ireland and men in Northern Ireland, and are more likely to work part-time than others irishnews.com/news/northern-….

Two powerful single parents on The Nolan Show, BBC this morning who are struggling daily with the cost of living. They point to mental health implications, to poor infrastructure, to rising costs....and no strategy to ease it for 34% of people who aren't able to cope in N. Ireland.

We’d love you to join our new Young Mum’s maternal advocacy and support group, meeting weekly. Register here forms.gle/2zMxMHYkAnYQTX… contact [email protected] more info.

Cheers to the inspiring women who completed our course in partnership with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council through their labor market initiative! 🎉 Read our blog post here as we celebrate their achievements 👉 womenstec.org/post/partnersh… 💪

#EmpoweringWomen #SkillsDevelopment #PartnershipsThatWork

Our Annual Report 2024 has launched!

You can read all about our work in Service Support & Engagement here buff.ly/3x8I13A

Unpaid care contributes to ~£162 billion a year of value to UK economy. 72% of those receiving carer's allowance are women & financially struggling. It is a scandal that unpaid carers are being forced to repay DWP or face prosecution for unwitting mistakes x.com/WomensBudgetGr…

Join us for live coverage of Assembly Committee for Communities Committee from 10am 📺

Agenda - briefings from: NIFHA, Homeless Connect, Housing Rights and
CIH Northern Ireland twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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Awareness levels of NHS Healthy Start Scheme are lowest in NI

Voiced by the brilliant women Atlas Womens Centre & with funding from Ulster Applied Social and Policy Sciences this was produced following the recs from Women's Consortium & UlsterUni LawClinic with women on the impact of #CostOfLivingCrisis

Listening to Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick on Nolan this morning - it’s so clear how everyday people in NI have been abandoned in favour of tax breaks for corporations and commercial profit and poverty growth over the health and well being of our children #CostOfLivingCrisis

1/ Mindfulness can help you cope when you feel overwhelmed with stress. 💭

This #StressAwarenessMonth , why not try one of our one minute mindfulness exercises?

Good Jobs: What are they and how do we get more?nerinstitute.net/blog/good-jobs…