Results List
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Protecting Migrant and Refugee Rights in Northern Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Over the last three decades, The Atlantic Philanthropies has worked to build and sustain organizations at the forefront of advancing and protecting people’s human rights, including those providing advocacy and community development services for refugees and migrants. In Northern Ireland, the South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (STEP) offers advice, guidance,…
Resource type: Video
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Buildings, Bridges and Big Bets
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Chuck Feeney, with Cornell University President Frank Rhodes and Ed Walsh, Limerick president, at Plassey House in 1988. From Elizabeth, N.J., where our founder, Chuck Feeney was born and raised, you can follow the Elizabeth River into New York Bay, all the way across the…
Resource type: News
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The Voice of Seniors in Northern Ireland
Older people are generally not aware of their rights and the legislation that exists to protect them. Advocacy on age-related issues has tended not to involve older people themselves, but age-sector nongovernment organisations (NGOs) have undertaken the issues on behalf of older people. Through a Seniors Platform funded…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Progress and Setbacks in Civil Liberties in Northern Ireland
The state of civil liberties and the most crucial next steps in human rights for Northern Ireland are outlined in this speech by Martin O’Brien, Programme Director of Reconciliation & Human Rights, The Atlantic Philanthropies, at the P.J. McGrory Lecture lecture in Belfast.
Resource type: Speech
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Support, Friendship, Love and Care: A Recipe for Looking After Children and Young People in Northern Ireland
Source: VOYPIC Policy and Research
Children and young people in foster, residential and other types of care in Northern Ireland expressed their feelings about the best and the worst of their experiences in a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by VOYPIC. In 2011, the organisation launched a computer-based survey to collect the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Giving Northern Ireland
$468,015
Resource type: Grantee
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Northern Ireland Housing Executive
$734,946
Resource type: Grantee
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Leading-edge approach will improve quality of life for people with dementia in Northern Ireland
Source: Fold Housing Association
A brand new service for people living with dementia, believed to be the first of its kind in Europe, has been launched in Belfast. The Brain Bus, which has been developed by Atlantic grantee Fold Housing Association, is a revolutionary mobile therapy unit for people…
Resource type: News
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland
$581,945
Resource type: Grantee
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Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
$954,492
Resource type: Grantee
