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One in seven in NI 'have no internet access and could miss out on benefits'
ONE in seven residents in Northern Ireland are in so-called digital poverty as they don't have access to the internet nor possess the skills, motivation and knowledge to navigate the online world.
Public awareness campaign highlights issue of illegal paramilitary money lenders
The campaign has been launched amid a warning that increasing numbers of people are coming forward to debt advisers.
Community groups receive funding as part of bank’s Begin Together programme
GROUPS working with migrants, supports for mental wellbeing, resilience for people out of employment, and financial literacy for young people are among 68 community projects across the island that will receive financial support from Bank of Ireland’s Begin Together programme in 2022.
Charity fears debts may soar as 60,000 face post-furlough jobs threat
WITH 60,000 households in the north likely to be affected by redundancy when the furlough scheme switches off after September 30, Advice NI is warning that levels of household debt will soar as a result.
Government grants reprieve to self-employed a week before benefits cut due to hit
Thousands of self-employed workers who were facing a cut next week to benefits payments have been granted a reprieve by the British government.
Clarity needed from ministers so people not 'left penniless at Christmas'
FAMILIES `will be left penniless at Christmas' unless there is clarity from Westminster and the Executive on Universal Credit entitlement for those facing job losses caused by a double financial blow for businesses and workers.
'Welfare cliff-edge' of child poverty, food banks and mass evictions 'will hit north in a year'
NORTHERN Ireland is a year from a "welfare cliff-edge" which will see an increase in child poverty, food banks, rent arrears and "mass evictions on an unimaginable scale", academics and aid groups have warned.
Welfare Changes Helpline launched
A NEW helpline has been launched for those affected by changes to the welfare system.