Grant recommendation rationale for grantee application G-16116 by South Tyrone Empowerment Programme [STEP]

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Context

The South Tyrone Empowerment Programme [STEP] is a non-governmental organisation based in Dungannon, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1997, it provides a range of services and advocacy in areas including community development, training, support, and advice for migrants, policy work, and community enterprise. The organisation was co-founded and is led by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and aims to contribute to building a rights-based, participative, peaceful, and prosperous society. STEP has been funded by public funds at local, regional, and European level as well as philanthropic organisations, and small private donations.

In 2009 South Tyrone Empowerment Programme [STEP] was given £1,000,000 for a project titled BELONG- A Family Support Programme For Black And Minority Ethnic Children with the purpose to increase their sense of belonging in the southern health and social services board area of Northern Ireland by providing a range of programmes to decrease bullying, increase resilience and increase participation in out-of-school-time activities.

Description:

The nine-page long rationale was produced by The Atlantic Philanthropies’ staff and details grantee project G-16116 titled BELONG-A family support programme for black and minority ethnic children. Headings include: Programme objective and project context, intended outcomes, activities, planned outputs, evidence base 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), South Tyrone Empowerment Programme, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--Migrants, Grant 16116, Migrants--Northern Ireland, Non-governmental organizations, and Curated collection--Bernadette Mc Aliskey

Grant:

Grant 16116

Grantee:

South Tyrone Empowerment Programme

Year of Grant:

2009

Location of Grantee:

Dungannon

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.66839p953