Results List
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change on the Island of Ireland
Source: University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast
This report discusses lessons Atlantic grantees have learned about using the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI). Atlantic’s support for this work began in 2004. Back then, few organizations in ROI or NI had much experience with public…
Resource type: Research Report
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Critical Learnings: Advocating for Older People in Northern Ireland: Lessons and Action Steps
Source: Brendan Murtagh
Traditional forms of advocacy in Northern Ireland have led to some key gains for older people but are no longer enough to secure change, according to this summary of an evaluation of advocacy work by ageing organisations funded by Atlantic. Effective approaches in the past,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Humanitarian Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in South Africa
Source: Forced Migration Studies Programme
Civil society and government can learn key lessons from the humanitarian responses to the displacement of thousands of people in South Africa as a result of attacks against foreigners in 2008, according to this report by the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. This report…
Resource type: Research Report
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What We’ve Learned: Lessons from a Communications Campaign for South Africa’s Rural Poor
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication focuses on using communications to advance human rights for South Africa’s rural poor. We believe it will be useful for advocates, nonprofit organisations and funders in many countries interested in effectively elevating important human rights issues on the policy agendas of democratic societies.…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Corner Office, Non-Profit Edition: A Practitioner’s Thoughts on Social Justice Management
Source: Gara LaMarche
Social justice management should be both more humane and tougher, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Yale School of Management. I was at first flattered when I heard that students here at the Yale School of Management…
Resource type: Speech
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Lessons from Northern Ireland
From 1991 through 2016, Atlantic invested $570 million in Northern Ireland to promote the peace process; reshape higher education; support cross-community primary and secondary schools; improve public services to tackle disadvantage; develop social policy based on evidence of need, and demonstrable effectiveness; and strengthen independent organizations…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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Building Palliative Care: The Cicely Saunders Institute Journey
Source: Olivia Dix and the Cicely Saunders Institute
This case study looks at the work of the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI) at Kings College London, U.K, and its impact on the field of palliative care since it was established in 2010; Atlantic was its largest funder. The Cicely Saunders Institute is the only…
Resource type: Case Study
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Economic Evaluation of Palliative Care in Ireland
Source: Aoife Brick, Charles Normand, Sinéad O’Hara, Samantha Smith, Trinity College Dublin
This report examines the cost of providing palliative care in Ireland for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses, outcomes for patients and families resulting from that care, and the patterns and variations among the measures studied. Focusing their examination on three regional areas, researchers found: Wide variations in…
Resource type: Evaluation
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How Private Wealth Can Change the World
Source: By Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered this speech at an international conference held by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin: The Era of Citizens – How Civil Society and Foundations are Shaping the Future. The conference was opened by German…
Resource type: Speech
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Prevention and Early Intervention Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Source: Mathematica Policy Research
Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic’s investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children’s prevention and early intervention…
Resource type: Evaluation
