Annual report by Disability Action Northern Ireland [DANI] for the centre on human rights for people with disabilities in 2009

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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:

The one-hundred-and-thirty-page long annual progress report on DANI’s centre for human rights for people with disabilities. This report covers the period of January to December 2009 and documents the activities of Disability Action’s Centre on Human Rights during that time.

Type:

text and reports

Creator:

Disability Action Northern Ireland, 1986-

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.z0302s57h