If you, or someone you know, has experienced sexual violence, contact our Information & Support Line this evening, 6-8pm.

We are here to listen to you without judgement and to support you in complete confidence.

#youarenotalone

Packed house at our first All Party Group on the Voluntary & Community Sector today !

Great to see such interest from right across the sector & huge thanks to Chair Diane Forsythe,Vice Chair Sian Mulholland MLA & other MLA's in attendance for their support NICVA #valuingthesector

Setting the tone Celine NICVA addresses the APG on Community & Voluntary Sector Northern Ireland Assembly
Celine states the sector has:
50k employees
200k volunteers
Pressure increasing. Funding decreasing!
People who work in the sector are exhausted
What holds us together is our values!!

Delighted to be sharing my learning from #CSW68 at this event organised by Women's Platform and to be joined by the brilliant women from Scottish Women's Convention who will discuss the Scottish Child Payment.

Register to attend this event ⬇️

Great to see this! So important for our politicians to see the brilliant work that happens in Women's Centres Footprints Women's Centre and with our Women's Consortium Consortium partner WOMEN'STEC

They go above & beyond what they're funded to do & are hugely important in their communities 💚💜

Today Inspire & colleagues across the sector launch #CostofLiving24 . A one-stop community resource to support people with the rising cost-of-living, bringing together a range of advice & practical support. For more information visit communitywellbeing.info/cost-of-living… or call 0808 189 0036

The theme for #MaternalMentalHealthWeek2024 is 'Rediscovering Yourself'.
We asked some of the mothers within the AWARE NI organisation questions about their journey through motherhood and finding themselves again. Watch this video to find out their answers.

Together with Inspire and colleagues across the sector, we are proud to introduce #CostofLiving24 , a comprehensive community resource offering valuable advice and practical assistance to those in need.

🔗 communitywellbeing.info/cost-of-living…
📞0808 189 0036

Sadly more and more people are being driven to use food banks for the first time in NI.

Along with Inspire & colleagues across the sector we have launched #CostofLiving24 a one-stop community resource for information/support. Visit communitywellbeing.info/cost-of-living or call 0808 189 0036.

.Women's Consortium research showed how much the #CostOfLivingCrisis impacts on women & families.

That's why along with Inspire & colleagues we've launched #CostofLiving24 a one-stop community resource for information/support.

Visit communitywellbeing.info/cost-of-living or call 0808 189 0036

1/ Today's economic inactivity report from PivotalPPF is worth a read.

Almost 12% of the working age population in NI are unable to work due to sickness & disability.

The highest in the UK regions.

How much of this is related to mental illness?

This is a shocking increase. Although men are the majority of those sleeping rough,women are more likely to be statutorily homeless, particularly lone mothers. As rents continue to rise, so does the risk of women's homelessness-which remains underestimated theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

#MaternalMentalHealthWeek

The Impact of the Mas Project: Women’s Experiences book is available online buff.ly/3Pyggas The book creates a collection of experiences told by women across the Mas project. We’d like to thank everyone who took part. #MasMatter

Analysis by NEF shows that HALF of local authorities are 'childcare deserts' (three or more 0-5yos for every available place)

Those local authorities are much more likely to also have high levels of deprivation

But this simply reflects the priorities of government policy... 🧵

Can you imagine the catastrophic impact of the proposed PIP reforms in NI?

Our NEA NI Newsletter is coming out soon. If you are an NEA NI stakeholder and want to receive news on our activities as well as on #fuelpoverty #training and #EnergyEfficiency please go to:

my.brevo.com/users/subscrib…

Workers’ Rights are Women’s Rights!
Join us at the May Day Rally, Writers Square, noon 4th May 2024
#MayDay #MayDay Belfast

'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'

🚨 New Pivotal report on economic inactivity in Northern Ireland - what does the latest data tell us, why does it matter, and how should policies respond?

Read the report here
pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Publi…

Wallchart from a QUB workshop on social supermarkets yesterday.

It is *incredible* how such a complex, active network of community-led food aid infrastructure has developed so quickly here in response to people in crisis.

Imagine if we didn't need all this.