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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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A Picture of Ageing Research in Ireland, North and South
Source: Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)
Today 1.1 million people aged 60 and over live on the island of Ireland. By 2041 that number will reach 2.44 million, making up nearly one third of the island’s total population. Over the last decade, Atlantic has made significant investments to help build and…
Resource type: Research Report
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Bermuda Civil Society Project: Analysis of Social Service Agencies
Source: Root Cause
This report aims to increase understanding of the gaps and overlaps in services being provided to address social issues in Bermuda. It is part of the Bermuda Civil Society Project (BCSP), an independent research and data analysis initiative designed to clarify how nonprofit agencies and other…
Resource type: Research Report
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Older Adults Listening to Older Adults
The Senior Help Line was established in 1998 to provide a listening service for older people who are lonely, neglected or isolated. The service was born from a consultative process undertaken by the North Eastern Health Board in 1997. Older people interviewed expressed their desire…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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The Role of Foundations in Immigrant Rights
Source: Gara LaMarche
The rights of immigrants must be protected and foundations can use their unique strengths to play a leading role such as funding public education and civic engagement, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the European Foundation Centre Meeting…
Resource type: Speech
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The Key Role of Advocacy Funding in the U.S. Health Reform Debate
Source: Gara LaMarche
The reasons why The Atlantic Philanthropies made what may be the largest U.S. advocacy grant ever in order to support health reform are outlined by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Grantmakers in Health conference in Orlando, Florida. Occasionally it is better not…
Resource type: Speech
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