Results List
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Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament in Belfast, June 8-9, 2011
The Pensioners Parliament, Belfast from WIMPS.tv on Youtube. Footage from the first Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament held in Belfast on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 June 2011 is now available to view here. The Pensioners Parliament, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, allows…
Resource type: Video
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The Pensioners Parliament Belfast
Footage from the very first ‘local parliament’ held in Belfast on Friday 4 March 2011, is now available to view here. The Pensioners Parliament, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, allows older people from across the province to have their say…
Resource type: Video
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Launch of the Guide for School Principals on Including LGB Students
On 30 May 2011 the Department of Education and Skills, the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) and the Gay & Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), an Atlantic grantee, launched Including Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Students in School Policies: Guidelines for Principals, a set…
Resource type: Video
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We the Citizens: Speak Up for Ireland
We the Citizens is an independent national initiative aimed at showing how Ireland could benefit from citizens coming together in new forms of public decision-making. The objective is to help to renew democracy and to contribute towards the restoration of trust in public life, at this…
Resource type: Video
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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI)
The University College Dublin Foundation Limited received PRTLI grants, described below, from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Higher Education Authority for support for the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and the Molecular Medicine Centre. Taking a big risk in grantmaking has paid off hugely for Ireland and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Promoting Dignity, Equality and Opportunity for All People
In October 2008, days before the U.S. presidential election, the American Constitution Society released “Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration.” The Blueprint addresses “the gap between the promise and practice” of human rights in the United States and proposes…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Public Views on Shared Education in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society and the level of separation between Protestant and Catholic communities is reflected in its education system. Less than 6% of the school-aged population is educated together. The system of education in Northern Ireland is undergoing significant administrative and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Combatting Stereotypes of Gays and Lesbians
Under democracy and a progressive constitution, South Africa’s gay and lesbian community has won rights unequalled just about anywhere in the world. But for the majority of the country’s gays and lesbians – those who are black or poor – these rights largely exist only…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Tackling Rural Poverty Among Older Adults
People who live in rural poverty often remain invisible to society, obscured physically by beautiful scenery and statistically by their wide geographic dispersion. This is particularly true for older people who live in rural poverty.Nearly one-third of the rural elderly in Northern Ireland exist on…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Giving Children’s Rights Their Day in Court
The research underlying the 1997 report by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child identified many issues related to the youth of Northern Ireland. A key finding was low awareness among children, families and caregivers of children’s legal rights and available services.…
Resource type: Grantee Story