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The Centre for Effective Services (CES) is delighted to have Minster for Children and Young People, Dr James Reilly launch its latest publication Prevention and Early Intervention in Children and Young People’s Services – Ten Years of Learning Report today, Monday, 20 October, in St…

A project to help disadvantaged children in three communities in Ireland will gather evidence about what works and what does not and apply that knowledge to future programmes, said John R. Healy, former Chief Executive, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech in Dublin announcing the…

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When I made my first visit to Viet Nam last month, to visit Atlantic’s office and staff there and travel to rural health clinics, hospitals, schools and NGOs that we support, I couldn’t help but notice that the streets of Ha Noi were teeming with…

The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, is to receive over €8 million from charitable foundation Atlantic Philanthropies for an early intervention and prevention programme26 new support posts will be created by Tusla following €8.3m grantAnnouncing details of the three-year programme, the agency's Chairperson Norah Gibbons called…

A unique early intervention programme which provides services to support parents to ensure that a child is ready for school on a social and emotional level will be launched today by President Mary McAleese at the Darndale and Belcamp Village Centre.Co-ordinated by the Northside Partnership,…

By EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY Early intervention and evidence-based programmes are key to improving outcomes for at-risk children and saving money for the taxpayer in the longer term. This was the clear message to Government from the "What’s working for children" conference in Dublin today. Speaking at…

For more than a decade, the Atlantic Philanthropies, sometimes in conjunction with Government and other organisations, has invested over €127 million/£105 million in 30 partner agencies and community groups running 52 prevention and early intervention services and programmes across the island of Ireland. This document…

Efforts to increase child literacy has experts flocking to Ballymun, writes Gabrielle Monaghan Youngballymun and Barnardos are Atlantic grantees. Across the road from the Virgin Mary Girls' National School, some of Ballymun's last tower blocks stand half-empty. Roddy Doyle may have immortalised them in The…

Preparing for Life (PFL) is a prevention and early intervention programme designed to promote children’s school readiness by working with families from pregnancy until their children start school. Results from an extensive randomised controlled trial evaluation showed that PFL was effective at improving the children’s…