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Traditional forms of advocacy in Northern Ireland have led to some key gains for older people but are no longer enough to secure change, according to this summary of an evaluation of advocacy work by ageing organisations funded by Atlantic. Effective approaches in the past,…

NEW YORK, NY, 21 August 2012 –The Atlantic Philanthropies have appointed Stephen McConnell to the newly created position of Country Director for the United States, effective immediately.  In this position, McConnell will oversee all of Atlantic’s U.S. programmes  —  including work focused on Ageing, Children &…

The development of expert social and rural gerontology in the Republic of Ireland is particularly urgent given the changes that are expected over the coming decades. There are major information deficits in relation to how people age. Older people’s experience of ageing in urban and…

I’ve just returned from Denver, Colorado, where the annual conference of the Council on Foundations ended Tuesday.  A significant theme of the conference this year, which Atlantic helped to organise, was what foundations can do to advance social justice.  I was honoured to moderate a…

In mid-May 2011, Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO Gara LaMarche visited Atlantic’s office in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, to meet with grantees and enrich his knowledge of the country’s political and social situation.Learn more about what he saw and heard while on his trip. >>…

By Sorcha Pollak Chuck Feeney was a tenacious, empathetic and inexhaustible man with an impatience for self-importance and a fundamental drive to invest in people’s talents, a memorial to the late Irish-American billionaire philanthropist has heard. Dozens of Mr Feeney’s family members gathered in Dublin’s Trinity…

By Richard Boyle Head of Research, Publishing and Corporate Relations, Institute of Public Administration There is a growing interest in how government and philanthropic organisations can work together to achieve social goals. Working together is not a straightforward task. Governments and philanthropies have different perspectives…

The first group of fellows come from a range of disciplines, and will be responsible for addressing the causes and challenges of dementia. [caption id="attachment_78555" align="alignright" width="300"] Opening of the Global Brain Health Institute. Photo: TCD[/caption] By Niamh Egleston, Deputy News Editor The Global Brain…

By Nicole RichardsChristopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of US billionaire Chuck Feeney’s The Atlantic Philanthropies on why philanthropy is a force multiplier, the difference between ‘venture’ and ‘adventure’ philanthropy, and lessons learned from a limited life foundation.“It’s a real honour to talk about a…

In his latest instalment in a series chronicling Atlantic’s limited life, Tony Proscio at the Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society conjures the image of a harvest to describe our work in Atlantic’s final years. The metaphor is apt. We want to…