Results List
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Assessing Contributions of Atlantic’s Projects to Improving Care for Vulnerable Elders
Source: School of Public Affairs, Baruch College
The Atlantic Philanthropies commissioned this report to analyse the impact of projects funded under Atlantic’s Human Capital Development (HCD) strategy in Ageing, which focused on improving health and support services for older adults by increasing the geriatric knowledge and skills of practising health care professionals…
Resource type: Research Report
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Team management - Time for the 6th Rehab Great Investment Race
Source: The Irish Times
Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins with (from left) Seamus Manger, of Irish Life Investment Managers; Stephen Hynes, Merrion Investment Managers; Frank O'Brien, Rehab Investment team manager; Noel O'Halloran, KBC Asset Management; and Joseph Harrigan, AIB Investment Managers, at the launch of the 6th Rehab…
Resource type: News
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Advocacy Capacity Training Assessment: An Overview of the Field
Source: The Headwaters Group
The Headwaters Group prepared this report for The Atlantic Philanthropies to inform philanthropic efforts to build advocacy capacity among state and local groups. The report provides an overview of current advocacy training exploring who does it, how it is done and what appears to be…
Resource type: Research Report
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Appeal against transgender ruling withdrawn
Source: The Irish Times
By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs Correspondent. The government has withdrawn its appeal against a landmark ruling by the High Court that Irish law on transgender rights is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The decision brings to an end a 13 year…
Resource type: News
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At last, war veterans have reason to smile
Source: Business Day (South Africa)
Original Source These developments are a direct result of the work of Atlantic's grantee, the National Peace Accord Trust who have worked together with the Umkhonto We Sizwe Veterans Association to win the support of the Zuma administration for veterans needs. RAYMOND Fihla steps into Ray’s Butchery,…
Resource type: News
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Survival Rates for Elderly Patients Receiving In-Hospital Resuscitation Did Not Improve From 1992 to 2005
Source: University of Washington
SEATTLE, July 2 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by…
Resource type: News
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Two Atlantic Grantees Featured on BBC's The One Show
Source: BBC's The One Show
Original Source This video clip features the work of two of Atlantic's Reconciliation and Human Rights grantees in Northern Ireland – the Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group (SLIG) and the Integrated Education Fund. The piece was aired across the UK on the BBC’s evening flagship programme,…
Resource type: News
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Taking Account of Race: A Philanthropic Imperative
Source: Gara LaMarche
President Obama’s election has unquestionably transformed discussions of race in the United States. At the recent Black Entertainment Television Honors Awards, Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina declared that now that an African-American man holds the most powerful position in the world, “Every child has…
Resource type: News
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Want a Business Plan? Log on for Free Advice
Source: The New York Times
By ALAN KRAUSS THE Bridgespan Group, which offers management consulting services to philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, has introduced a Web site that will make a broad array of its resources freely available online. The site, bridgespan.org, is organized into six interactive sections called learning centers.…
Resource type: News
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Another Letter from South Africa: A Young Man’s Journey Out of Poverty Lifts Others Along the Way
Source: Gara LaMarche
Themba Mngomezulu stood on a hillside on his family’s land, in Ingwavuma, in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, not far from the border of Swaziland, and told us his story. Not far away, his grandmother sat on a straw mat on the floor of her one-room…
Resource type: News