Results List
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Promoting Civic Engagement in Later Life Through the Touchstone Programme
Source: Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway
Touchstone is a program of the Active Ageing Partnership of Ireland, developed in partnership with the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI Galway, designed to expand opportunities for older adults to become more engaged in their communities. This publication summarizes results of the program, including what was learned about what influences…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Over 50s in a Changing Ireland
Source: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
More than one third of people over 50 in the Republic of Ireland are obese, with a further 45 per cent overweight, according to the second report of results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The report outlines additional health challenges faced by…
Resource type: Research Report
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Expanding Social Security Benefits for Financially Vulnerable Populations
Source: Center for Community Change and Older Women's Economic Security Task Force
Social Security is critical to the economic security of older Americans, especially to women, people of color, low-wage earners, and same-sex couples. This white paper from the Older Women’s Economic Security Task Force and the Center for Community Change outlines five key policy changes to…
Resource type: Research Report
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Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2011
Source: The Integration Centre
Integration is a process. Contrary to popular belief it does not happen organically with the passing of time. Structures need to be put in place by government which ensure the social cohesion and future success of Irish society. This report, the second in a series of…
Resource type: Research Report
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Alliance Members Lobby to Protect Social Security, CNN
CNN’s Lisa Sylvester follows two retirees who are walking the beat on Capitol Hill as part of the Strengthen Social Security coalition to protect Social Security and take on big business lobbyists. Strengthen Social Security is an Atlantic grantee. Take Action >Sign the petition to strengthen…
Resource type: Video
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How a Small Advocacy Organization Advanced Big Reforms: The Irish Penal Reform Trust
Source: Susan Parker
This case study describes how the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT), a small organization with limited resources, successfully implemented an advocacy strategy that led the Irish government to take steps to improve conditions and reduce overcrowding in the country’s prisons. Before IPRT began its advocacy…
Resource type: Case Study
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Learning Lessons from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Irish Government Working Together
Source: Institute of Public Administration
This report summarizes a roundtable held in April 2017 in Ireland to discuss how government and philanthropy can work together effectively. The discussions drew on lessons Atlantic and the Irish government learned from working together for more than a decade, starting in 2003. Over the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change: Case Studies and Briefs on Legal Advocacy
Source: Ursula Kilkelly, Laura Lundy and Angela Matthews
This collection of short case studies and briefs provides insights into how Atlantic grantees used the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Drawn from a longer report summarized here, the case studies and briefs cover work of Atlantic’s…
Resource type: Case Study
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Book: Public interest litigation and social change in South Africa: Strategies, tactics and lessons
In 2007, The Atlantic Philanthropies approached two legal practitioners, Gilbert Marcus SC and Steven Budlender, to conduct an evaluation of public interest litigation in South Africa, following The Atlantic Philanthropies’ substantial investment in the field. The resulting report – A strategic evaluation of public interest litigation…
Resource type: Research Report
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From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity on the Rise
Source: Demos and The Institute on Assets & Social Policy
Many older people struggle just to make ends meet and are falling into poverty at a troubling rate, according to this report. Using the Senior Financial Stability Index, the report found that economic insecurity among senior households increased by one-third to 36 per cent between…
Resource type: Research Report