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The Atlantic Fellows
[caption id="attachment_83347" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Senior Fellows convening, hosted by the Atlantic Institute at Rhodes House, Oxford, in February 2018. Credit: Atlantic Institute.[/caption] “Use your wealth to help people. Use your wealth to create institutions to help people. When it comes down to it, it’s always…
Resource type: Page
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CAP heralds an older, louder, stronger Northern Ireland
Source: Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP)
Contact: Joanne McKeirnan Help the Aged Northern Ireland Tel: 028 9072 8648Mobile: 07816 317 774Email: joanne.mckeirnan@hta.org.uk For immediate release: 3 October 2006 CAP heralds an older, louder, strongerNorthern Ireland Today (Tuesday 3 October 2006), four major Northern Ireland organisations join forces with the launch of…
Resource type: News
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What’s happening in Northern Ireland and what can be done about it?
Source: Ariadne
In this blog, Martin O’Brien, Director of the Social Change Initiative (SCI), analyses the recent incidents in Northern Ireland and explores what politicians and philanthropy can do to remediate the situation. Two years ago, we were delighted to welcome Ariadne members to Belfast for the…
Resource type: News
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Update from Northern Ireland: February Agreement Puts Government Back on the Track to Peace
Source: Martin OBrien
Northern Ireland was a different place when Atlantic first began making grants there in the early 1990s. The violent conflict had claimed thousands of lives and had deeply divided communities. Atlantic was drawn to the country by Atlantic Founder, Chuck Feeney, who himself played an…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies: Northern Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_80715" align="alignright" width="450"] Jean Brown (left) and Renee Crawford, longtime leaders of Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group, have worked together for over 20 years to forge a better life for their community. Photo: Richard Wade[/caption] This book tells the story of how The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investment…
Resource type: Research Report
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Recovering Unclaimed Benefits for Older Adults in the United States and Northern Ireland
Buddy Beckley of Baldwin County, Alabama. Photo: NCOA At age 66, Buddy Beckley of Baldwin County, Alabama, was in a desperate financial situation. He faced being locked out of his home – a trailer – because he owed back rent. After paying for Medicare premiums…
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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Northern Ireland (United Kingdom): Implementing Joined-up Governance for a Common Purpose
Source: OECD Public Governance Reviews
An assessment conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) of Northern Ireland’s public reform agenda credits the Atlantic Philanthropies with helping the government in its ongoing efforts to to transform and reform its public services to better meet the needs of its citizens.…
Resource type: Research Report
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Shared Education Improves Learning in Northern Ireland
[atlpvideo src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5gQZq8zehbk" height="360" width="640"]Sharing education involves two or more schools from different community backgrounds working together to share expertise, classes, facilities and teachers.[/atlpvideo] Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society and the education system reflects the level of separation between Protestant and Catholic communities. More…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Troubles past: Northern Ireland conflict remembered
Source: The Guardian (London)
by Stephen Bates As a memorial it may have somewhat lacked the poignancy of a Remembrance Sunday or the sense of devastating loss from the trenches of the first world war, but yesterday, with due ceremony, the longest British military deployment in history - the…
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