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CSI and social justice: towards partnership with northern donors?
South African corporates have traditionally shied away from investment in human rights and social justice programmes. In this feature article, Colleen du Toit and Gerald Kraak from the Atlantic Philanthropies propose co-operation between northern donors and local companies to enhance the impact of mutual investments…
Author: Published in The CSI Handbook, 10th edition, published by Trialogue, 2007
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Feeney donation leverages in $402m
Original Source by Guy Healy THE capacity of Brisbane-based universities and research institutes to conduct advanced medical research would be doubled by the record $102.5 million donation by billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, leading immunologist Ian Frazer said this week. In a surprise move, Queensland Premier…
Author: The Australian
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HSE funds on mental health may be diverted
by FIONA GARTLAND A QUARTER of the funding earmarked for the Government’s mental health strategy A Vision for Change may be diverted for use in other areas, according to the Irish Mental Health Coalition (IMHC), an umbrella body for mental health groups. Highlighting World Mental…
Author: Irish Times
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Correcting Bush's Math on Afterschool for Kids
From time to time, Atlantic Currents will be written by my colleagues at Atlantic and by the staff of organisations we support. This week, two programme executives with Atlantic’s U.S. Children & Youth Programme, Nicole Gallant and Marisha Wignaraja, share their thoughts about the importance…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Here’s Why Funders Should Support Advocacy
Photo: Treatment Action Campaign Advocacy is a central mechanism for driving social change. As Mark Heywood, Executive Director of Section 27 says: “Advocacy is not a handful of individuals shouting from the rooftops. It is about effective community education, community mobilisation and community empowerment around…
Author: Gillian Mitchell, Gabrielle Ritchie and Melanie Judge
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Ireland Has 'Fastest Rising Need' for Palliative Care in Europe
Rapidly-ageing Irish population behind trend, new study suggests Increases in funding will be needed to cater for the increase in deaths from cancer, dementia and neurodegenerative diseases according to new research. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times By Paul Cullen Ireland has the fastest rising need…
Author: The Irish Times
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Modern philanthropists do it their way
By Catherine Armitage. UNIVERSITIES hoping to reap the benefits of the latest golden age of wealth creation will need to stop complaining about these “wretched billionaires who want to get involved”. That’s the message, crudely put, from Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who argue in…
Author: The Australian
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Robinson and McGuinness Launch Interface Programme in Partnership with the Atlantic Philanthropies
First Minister Rt. Hon Peter D Robinson MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA today launched a new programme aimed at supporting inter community sharing in disadvantaged and interface areas. The ‘Contested Space Programme’, which has been established in conjunction with the Atlantic…
Author: Northern Ireland Executive
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Silent philanthropy finally comes out
By Katy Chance. A “ROLLICKING story of how, by stealth, an Irish American obsessed with secrecy built a business empire and revolutionised philanthropy”, is how The Economist describes the 2007 book, The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: how Chuck Feeney secretly made and gave away a fortune,…
Author: Business Day
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Irish recluse is biggest benefactor
The publicity-shy son of the low-budget airline founder has donated the sum during the past five years Original Source by Tom Lyons A son of the late Tony Ryan, co-founder of Ryanair, has emerged as one of Ireland’s leading philanthropists, having donated €27m in five…
Author: The Sunday Times (London)