Grant recommendation rationale for grantee application G-17587 by Disability Action Northern Ireland [DANI]

Context

Disability Action are a Northern Ireland [DANI] charity who work with people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory disabilities, hidden disabilities and mental health disabilities. The organisation’s vision is a society which is inclusive, adapts to meet the needs of people with disabilities, rather than one that expects them to fit in. Their work is dedicated to improve the rights of disabled people. Disability Action Northern Ireland is a registered charity that originated in the 1950s.

In 2009, The Atlantic Philanthropies awarded £1,200,000 to Disability Action Northern Ireland. The grant titled Centre of Human Rights for People with Disabilities was to enhance the capacity of Disability Action Northern Ireland [DANI] to secure better rights and protections for people with disabilities by supporting increased mobilisation and policy advocacy.

Description:
A six-page rationale produced by The Atlantic Philanthropies' staff detailing grantee project G-17587 titled: Centre of Human Rights for People with Disabilities. Headings include: Programme objective and project context, intended outcomes, activities, planned outputs, evidence based evaluation and dissemination, risk and mitigation.
Type:
text and business records
Creator:
The Atlantic Philanthropies, 1982-2020
Subject:
Curated collection--Grant documentation, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), Disability Action Northern Ireland, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--Disability, Grant 17587, Disability awareness, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006006221, Nonprofit organizations, and Curated collection--Monica Wilson
Grant:
Grant 17587
Grantee:
Disability Action Northern Ireland
Year of Grant:
2009
Location of Grantee:
Belfast
Rights:
The material is copyright of either Cornell University, The Atlantic Philanthropies, or where listed, the original authors or commissioning bodies. This collection is being made available under CC BY-NC-ND license, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
Attribution:
Cornell University Library, Digital Repository of Ireland, and The Atlantic Philanthropies
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.xw431w73m