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Ten Alps launches The Detail in Northern Ireland
Source: How Do
Factual media operation Ten Alps has today launched The Detail - an investigative journalism portal for Northern Ireland that the firm hopes will showcase a new model for the provision of local news and current affairs reporting. Ten Alps, which is headquartered in Cheshire, is…
Resource type: News
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Ryans prove Ireland's foremost philanthropists with €10m gift
Source: Independent.ie
By JEROME REILLY Declan Ryan and the late Cathal Ryan, sons of Ryanair founder Dr Tony Ryan, have emerged as among Ireland's foremost philanthropists following a donation last week of $14m (€10m) to build schools in Sri Lanka -- the latest in tens of millions…
Resource type: News
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New programme gets to the 'art' of the community
Source: Creative Boom
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is encouraging older people to take part in the arts with a range of new projects happening across the country. The three year £700,000 programme, which is jointly funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, provides opportunities for older people to…
Resource type: News
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SpunOut.ie Launches ‘Super Hero Grants’ Youth Civic Grants Scheme
Source: SpunOut.ie
Ireland needs some super-heroes to save the day and the pioneering web driven youth organisation SpunOut.ie is today starting a quest to find them. SpunOut.ie, which provides information, support and opportunities to over 500,000 young people each year, is launching a unique new micro-grant scheme…
Resource type: News
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Sale of hospital to fund move for hospice
Source: Irish Examiner
By Tommy Barker. THE planned sale of a 140-year-old hospital will help fund the move to a new €55 million hospice facility, west of Cork city.Marymount/St Patrick’s Hospital is vacating its historic city home at Wellington Road, St Luke’s Cross, ending a continuous caring link…
Resource type: News
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Cohort Capacity Building: Is the Sector Ready?
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
by Anne ShermanEarlier this month, I had the privilege of learning from four really smart and experienced people who participated in a panel discussion that TCC Group, a global management consulting firm, presented in New York City, called, “Casting A Wider Net: Effective and Affordable…
Resource type: News
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Sit Down, Stand Up: Social Justice Philanthropy Revisited
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
by Christopher HarrisLast summer, Alliance magazine editor Caroline Hartnell asked me if I thought it would be good to write another special feature on philanthropy and social justice. As she put it, was there something new to say? While there is still much to do to increase…
Resource type: News
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Brick-by-Brick – Investing in Capital Projects for Social Change
Source: Gara LaMarche
The business of making social change often has to start from the ground up. Sometimes literally! Since its inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies has invested over $1.5 billion in a number of capital projects to build the infrastructure that enables health to be advanced, children and…
Resource type: News
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St. James’s Hospital Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, Dublin, Ireland
The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James ‘s Hospital in Dublin is an example of a capital investment that went beyond mere construction. Atlantic offered the hospital a matching grant of €2.7 million over five years in 2004 enabling the hospital to obtain a long-sought…
Resource type: Video
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New Magnum Fund Pays Out for Deep Photo Stories
Source: Wired
The Magnum Foundation has launched a new initiative called the Emergency Fund to offer support for photographers working on thoughtful, long-form stories around the world. This new resource is a bright spot on a bleak horizon, as traditional media financing for documentary projects dries up.…
Resource type: News