Barnardos mission is to deliver services and work with families, communities, and our partners to transform the lives of vulnerable children who are affected by adverse childhood experiences. Barnardo's is a British charity operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia. The organisation was founded by the Irish philanthropist Thomas John Barnardo in 1866.
This collection features the documentation of two grants given by The Atlantic Philanthropies to Barnados between 1991 and 2014 totalling €16,168,199. The grants featured amount to €6,280,000 and were given in 2006 and 2010 for projects titled Implementation of New Services Portfolio and Amplifying the Voices of Children and Young People.
The records presented in this collection typify as business records, reports, grant proposals and printed ephemera. This collection is related to an oral history interview given by Debbie Mulhall who is a community development worker in Dolphin House and Park in Dublin. Her role in working with residents of the public housing flat complex on issues and to inform about the various community activities is supported by Barnados.