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The Irish government has come up with a research and innovation strategy for the group, which includes everything from drama therapists and musicians to paramedics and radiographers, to help them "break down barriers to research activity and build a stronger research culture," the chief nursing officer tells the BBC.
"Research and innovation are key to ensuring safe evidenced-based practice to support our patients and evolve our services across the whole AHP services," the Department of Health says in a press release.
The strategy, which was approved by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, will help AHPs "at all stages of their careers to engage in research, helping to break down barriers to research activity and build a stronger research culture," the chief nursing officer says. Read the Entire ArticleSelected Grant News Headlines
Treehugger's list of the world's top tree-huggers is out, and it includes a company that's "one of the world's biggest tree-huggers," per Business Insider.
That would be British telecom company...more
Treehugger's list of the world's top tree-huggers is out, and it includes a company that's "one of the world's biggest tree-huggers," per Business Insider.
That would be British telecom company...more
"If you want to have impact, then IT, healthcare, and industrials will be the core three elements."
That's what Anna V ? n ? 'nen, head of listed impact equity at AXA Investment Managers, has to...more
Foundation: GlobalGiving
"The main threat is the long-standing lack of sufficient funding for healthcare systems," Ota Akhigbe writes at the Conversation.
"This funding gap means millions cannot get basic health care,...more
"We are so used to being almost permanently online that we don't really appreciate what we have and do not really know what to do when we're not," Joni Mitchell wrote in her 1970s song "Big Yellow...more
The concept of "impact investing" has taken off in recent years, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management.
But a new study out of Harvard Business School suggests that while impact...more
"All investments are impact investments," says Adam Spence, CEO of SVX, a non-profit financial services firm that has just launched Canada's first index designed to measure the impact of investments...more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has gained popularity in recent years as clients seek to align their investments with their values and promote positive change in the...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment
In 2024, Los Angeles will host the Mission Investors Exchange 2024 National Conference, an annual conference that brings together more than 750 philanthropy and impact investing leaders from across...more
Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
Ava DuVernay financed her latest film with money from the Giving Pledgean initiative of the California Endowment, the largest US foundation to commit its entire $4 billion portfolio to social and...more
Social enterprise, HandiConnect, wins the Audacious-Business Idea competition’s Doing Good category. The company is spearheaded by University of Otago entrepreneurship master’s student Nguyen Cam Van.