# Atlantic Philanthropies announce Irish grants for 2010

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/11/19/atlantic-announces-irish-grants-2010/
- Published: 2010-11-19T00:12:35+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Atlantic Philanthropies has announced new grants totalling nearly €6.6 million
this year in Ireland**

The largest grant was made to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties which received
€2.1 million. The grant, over three years, will support the Council’s efforts to
advocate for greater respect and protection of human rights and to develop its capacity
as an independent monitoring organisation

The Integration and Social Inclusion Centre of Ireland Ltd has received a grant 
of €1.4 million over three years while Senior Helpline received €1.35 million.

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The majority of new grants were in the Republic of Ireland, with Age NI the only
recipient in Northern Ireland. The grant of £355,000 for two years is to “further
enhance the strategic capacity and capability of the organisation as the definitive
regional Age Sector organisation in Northern Ireland”.

Other larger grants awarded were €1,000,000 to the Person Centre and €300,000 to
the Dublin Institute of Technology.

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