11th Nov 2026 Making Feeding Children a Priority NIAPN welcomes that The Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill passed its final hurdle last night. This bill instructs the Department Children Food Poverty Find out More
19th Oct 2026 Cliff Edge Coalition Lunchtime Webinar The Cliff Edge Coalition hosted a lunchtime webinar on Friday, 16 October 2026 to mark the International Day for the Cliff Edge Coalition Find out More
14th Oct 2026 Petition: Ensure our social security system provides a proper safety net Join the Cliff Edge Coalition in calling on our political parties to commit to our 4 key asks. Sign the Cliff Edge Coalition Find out More
14th Oct 2026 Key Ask 4: Provide a homelessness prevention grant The private rented sector is becoming unaffordable for those with no other option but to rely on it for a Cliff Edge Coalition Find out More
14th Oct 2026 Key Ask 1: Extend the Benefit Cap The Cliff Edge Coalition is calling on Stormont to extend the Benefit Cap beyond 2028. The Benefit Cap is a Cliff Edge Coalition Find out More
14th Oct 2026 Key Ask 3: Introduce a Carer’s Recognition Payment There are over 220,000 people providing unpaid care in Northern Ireland. Of these, approximately 17,500 are young carers or young Cliff Edge Coalition Find out More
13th Oct 2026 Key Ask 2: Resolve the 5-week wait A claimant must wait five weeks between first claiming for Universal Credit and receiving their first payment. It is one Cliff Edge Coalition Find out More
9th Oct 2026 NIAPN’s Manifesto Ask: Put Kids First – Tackle Child Poverty NIAPN launched its manifesto asks at its Annual General Meeting on 29 September. Through consultation with NIAPN’s members and the Children Find out More
9th Oct 2026 Families need support now – pass the Holiday Hunger Bill as written NIAPN calls on all our MLA’s to support the Holiday Hunger Bill as it currently stands, and to reject the Children Legislation Find out More
1st Oct 2026 Why the Socially Disadvantaged Criteria matters The Department of Education has proposed permanently removing the “Socially Disadvantaged Criteria” (SDC) on Pre-School admissions. Minister Paul Givan, has Children Find out More
