For more than a decade, The Atlantic Philanthropies, sometimes in conjunction with Government and other organisations, has invested over €96m in agencies and community groups running 52 prevention and early intervention programmes throughout the island of Ireland. These include a funding partnership with the Irish
Government to support three large-scale model prevention and early intervention projects in disadvantaged areas of Dublin. The Initiative supports diverse services working in a wide range of areas such as early childhood, literacy and learning, child health and behaviour, parenting, sexual health and youth mentoring