Between The Lines Podcast

This is the third episode of Between the Lines podcast, Gordie Walker. The Impact of Universal Credit Margaret Duffy from Newington Housing talks about the problems of Universal Credit and its effect on residents. Work and Pensions Secretary, Amber Rudd recently said that there was a direct link between the increased use of food banks and  problems with the  roll out the Universal Credit benefits scheme.  As you’ll recall from our first episode, we spoke with Newington Housing Association.  During this discussion, Conor was told by Margaret Duffy about how seriously this affected some of their tenants in the mouth of Christmas – and some of the lengths they had to go to assist single mothers and others in much need of their help. Conor Maskey met Margaret, Antony and Martin from Newington Housing. Youth Hubs We follow up with youth workers from North Belfast who have just returned from a study visit of Manchester and Liverpool looking at the development of youth hubs. At the start of January, 14 youth workers