Information package for Diversity Powering Success: The Building Sustainable Change Programme by the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network [GLEN]

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Context

Gay and Lesbian Equality Network [GLEN] was a policy and strategy focused non-governmental organisation with the aim to deliver ambitious and positive change for lesbian, gay and bisexual people [LGB] in Ireland, ensuring full equality, inclusion and protection from all forms of discrimination. GLEN focused on delivering change across a series of areas such as legal recognition, protection and support for LGB relationships and families; education; mental health and well-being; physical and sexual health; workplace equality and community capacity development. The organisation was founded by Kieran Rose and Christopher Robson in 1988 and closed in 2017.

In 2005, €2,100,000 were awarded to the grant application titled Building Sustainable Change with the grant ID 14202. This programme received additional funding from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Department of Education and Science, Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Social Inclusion Monitoring Body and the European Social Fund. The five year strategic plan “Building Sustainable Change”, which set out the priorities of the GLEN was launched by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on the 3rd of April in 2006.

Description:

The information package includes an introduction to the programme, a profile of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network [GLEN] and a programme summary. Additionally it contains an opinion piece titled: Diversity Powering Success written by GLEN’s co-founder Kieran Rose in April 2006 and an article by Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli written in February 2004 titled: Europe in the Creative Age. The cover page reads: Diversity Powering Success; Lesbian Gay and Bisexual People at the Heart of Ireland’s Success; The Building Sustainable Change Programme launched by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, TD, April 3rd, 2006.

Type:

text and printed ephemera

Creator:

Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, 1988-2017

Subject:

GLEN (Organisation), Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--LGBTQ people, Curated collection--Grant documentation, Grant 14202, Gay and lesbian rights movement, Non-governmental organizations, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), Curated collection--Kieran Rose, Curated collection--Agnes Higgins, and Curated collection--Cathal Kerrigan

Grant:

Grant 14202

Grantee:

GLEN (Organisation)

Year of Grant:

2005

Location of Grantee:

Dublin

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.6t05h1922