Gail Barnes

Sunday, 23 February, is #HelplinesAwarenessDay2025. Today, we’re shining a light on the amazing work our Housing Rights Helpline does every day. People reach out to us with all kinds of housing problems: 🏠 Rent or mortgage arrears 🚪 Evictions 🛏️ Temporary accommodation ⚠️ Poor housing conditions 🚨 Antisocial behaviour and so much more. If you need advice on your housing contact our helpline. We are open Monday to Friday, 9:30am - 4.30pm. ☎️028 9024 5640 💻housingrights.org.uk @HelplinesUK #FindaHelpline

If you’re claiming Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit and it’s not covering your rent, you might be able to get help. It’s called a DHP and we can help you apply. If your DHP award has ended or stopped, contact us. We can ask for a review. ☎️02890245640

Do you provide training sessions as part of your job? Our 'Training for trainers - presentation skills' course will help you improve your training delivery skills. Over two days, you will learn how to structure and deliver engaging sessions. Book: housingrights.org.uk/training-and-e…

We are #Hiring! We are on the lookout for an Advice Content Coordinator to join our team!📣 The Advice Content Coordinator will be responsible for designing, editing and maintaining advice content on Housing Rights website. They will play a key role in ensuring that all content appropriately reflects changes in legislation, policy and practice. To apply, visit: housingrights.org.uk/about-us/caree…

@reallorraine When your mother brings you up to kills animals for sport there’s no hope left. Hopefully it’s her last too.

This is so sad on so many levels

Delighted to have a full house as we kick start our first session of 'Financing your move from hostel to rented accommodation'. A big thank you to @coownershipni Community Fund for sponsoring this series of training.

We were thrilled to meet staff and students from @AuburnU School of Accountancy during their learning visit to Northern Ireland. Over the past few months, they’ve been generously fundraising for Housing Rights, and today we had the pleasure of meeting them in person. It was a fantastic opportunity to thank them for their support and share more about the challenges people face with housing here, and about the work we do to help. We truly appreciated the opportunity to answer their questions about housing challenges in Northern Ireland. A heartfelt thank you to Auburn University, the staff, and the students for their commitment and kindness.

Attending @CFNIreland Community Solutions to Housing & Homelessness Programme celebration event. Looking forward to hearing from the panelist’s successful projects @HousingRightsNI @WomensAidNI Starling Collective @HAPANI1

Delighted to be @CFNIreland Community Solutions to Housing & Homelessness Programme celebration this morning. It has been fantastic to be part of such a brilliant programme. @bronaghflynn16 @K__Logan @GailBarnes72

@clionamccarney @TheDaveofficial @easyJet @belfastairport They’ve got worse since I travelled then!!!! Unbelievable!

@TheDaveofficial @easyJet @belfastairport Definitely will, same with both of our bags. They both easily fit in with room but apparently you have to “drop and go” and not allowed to touch your bag to place it in. Absolute nonsense

Charged £48 to fly with this backpack by @easyJet, despite flying with it on same airline on Thursday. Apparently you can’t push your bag to get it in bag sizer, it has to drop in by magic. Appalling customer service from two very rude and aggressive staff at @belfastairport

@clionamccarney @easyJet @belfastairport Had a very similar experience, same airport, same airline- other passengers even came up to me afterwards and said I shouldn’t have been spoken to in that way….only I didn’t want to spoil a girls weekend I was tempted to ask for a supervisor! No need for rudeness!

@SonyaBigg Trust @bronaghflynn16 to be in the middle of the buns!!!! 😂😂😂

To mark #refugeeweek @HousingRightsNI we’ve open an Honesty Cafe not just as a treat for our staff but also to raise money for our Charity of the Year…Starling Collective!

@JakeOKane He can walk better in them than I could!!!!

If I tried this, I'd be sitting in the Mater Hsp. for 12 hours waiting for treatment for two broken ankles. 😂

🧵1/2 A very proud day for Housing Rights. Today we welcomed @adequatehousing, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr Balakrishnan Rajagopal. This marks the start of a two-day visit as part of our 60th anniversary.

We are #Hiring! Join our team and help make a difference to people’s lives! We are recruiting for a Solicitor (Part time) and Housing Advisers (Pool). For more information and to apply, visit: housingrights.org.uk/careers

We all have days like this

Busy day today & plenty of discussion…..working with our Young People’s Project caseworker Eamon delivering training to organisations including @VOYPIC @PrincesTrustNI @MACS_NI @NBHousing @BelfastTrust @HousingRightsNI

Shout out to all my colleagues in @HousingRightsNI on International Women’s Day who push the boundaries in all you do!

@_RoisinK @NICVA @NICVAsandra @HousingRightsNI @ILM_UK Congratulations Bronagh! 👏

.@NICVA @NICVAsandra @HousingRightsNI makes me EVER so happy this picture. A well deserved achievement Bronagh completing the @ILM_UK level 5 certificate in coaching and mentoring. The hard work truly paid off. Congratulations 😊

Are you a young person moving into rented accommodation and need advice? Contact our helpline, where they can connect you with our young people team. To find out more about housing options for young people visit👇 housingrights.org.uk/professionals/…