Results List
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Leading-edge approach will improve quality of life for people with dementia in Northern Ireland
Source: Fold Housing Association
A brand new service for people living with dementia, believed to be the first of its kind in Europe, has been launched in Belfast. The Brain Bus, which has been developed by Atlantic grantee Fold Housing Association, is a revolutionary mobile therapy unit for people…
Resource type: News
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Inez McCormack Returns to NI After Meryl Streep Portrays Her Life in New York Play
Source: The Participation and the Practice of Rights Project (The PPR Project) and Vital Voices
The Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) Project is an Atlantic grantee. Inez McCormack, the well known trade union, women’s and human rights activist, returns to Northern Ireland today (Monday 15 March) following Meryl Streep’s portrayal of her life in a New York play…
Resource type: News
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Elev8: Opportunity for Empowerment
Elev8 is a community-based initiative that brings together schools, nonprofits, philanthropy, parents and members of the community to ensure that students have the resources they need to succeed in school and in life. Implemented in four locations nationwide, the initiative is designed to improve educational,…
Resource type: Video
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Community-based Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
Source: Community Restorative Justice Ireland and Northern Ireland Alternatives
This report presents independent evaluation findings regarding the work of Community Restorative Justice Ireland (CRJI) and Northern Ireland Alternatives (NIA) in facilitating and promoting non‐violent community alternatives to paramilitary punishment attacks and exclusions relating to alleged localised crime and anti‐social behaviour. The Institute of Criminology…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Investment in South Africa From Inside and Out: Reflections of an Overseas Friend
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…
Resource type: Speech
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Harlem Children's Zone for Chicago?
Source: Catalyst Chicago
Original Source LISC Chicago, ISS (now Elev8), and Harlem Children's Zone are Atlantic grantees. Posted by Lorraine Forte In Government and Policy Three Chicago neighborhoods are taking the first steps toward potential replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone, the highly-praised program that provides education and…
Resource type: News
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Newsmakers: Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source KIPP and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees. Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation The Obama administration has thrown down the gauntlet to educators and legislators to fix "an education system that used to be...the best in the world, and no longer…
Resource type: News
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Program to support at-risk students
Source: Times Record News (Wichita Falls)
Original Source United Way International and Communities in Schools are Atlantic grantees. By Judith K. McGinnis Any number of things can affect a student’s school performance. Raging hormones. Conflicts at home. Experimenting with drugs or alcohol. A new pilot program funded by the United Way…
Resource type: News
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National Geriatric Home Health Care Quality Program Offers New Tools and Discussion Forums Through an Expanded Web Site
Source: Center for Home Care Policy & Research
June 30 expansion of CHAMP Program web site includes new online community features, best practices, resources, and tools 01 Jul 2009 New York, NY (PRWEB) July 1, 2009 - To improve the quality of home care services for older persons, the Center for Home Care…
Resource type: News
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A boom in 'encore careers'
Source: boston.com
Original Source AmeriCorps, Civic Ventures, and City Year are Atlantic grantees. By Irene Sege When my parents retired, my father taught courses on linguistics and Kosovo and the philosophy of time at a volunteer-run institute for learning in retirement, and my mother picked up pocket…
Resource type: News
