Our Head of Policy, Kevin Higgins, recently briefed the Northern Ireland Assembly's Committee for Communities.

Tar Isteach is recruiting for a part-time Welfare Rights Universal Credit Advisor.

The Advice NI Policy & Information team is delighted to publish the March 2024 edition of our policy eNewsletter ‘THINK’.

On Friday the 6th March 2024 Advice NI Debt team held a debt support outreach clinic in the Royal Victoria Hospital.

Helplines NI, a network of telephone and online support services funded by the Public Health Agency has awarded the Rural Support Helpline its Brendan Bonner Award for Innovation, at its eighth annual Helplines Awareness Day on March 20th. This event aimed to spotlight the crucial services provided by helplines across Northern Ireland, underscored by the nearly 600,000 calls made to Helplines NI’s 40 members in 2023.

A number of brilliant new volunteers successfully competed their OCNNI L2 Digital Champion training. These volunteer Digital Champions will be supporting people living in rural areas to go online safely and use the Internet for everyday tasks that many take for granted. This project is funded by LINK which operates a cash machine network in the UK and is committed to maintaining and improving access to cash in the UK. As part of LINK's access to cash activities LINK wishes to support and encourage digital inclusion in the UK, including through initiatives with selected groups and individuals.

Advice NI’s hard working and committed Digi Volunteers have been active within the community delivering digital skills training courses to older people.