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Achmat Dangor

Dangor is also an active development professional and has headed up various non-governmental organisations in South Africa, including the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

Ansvar insurance

The company gives tangible support to individuals and organisations who work to reduce the harm that alcohol and drugs cause in society, donating a share of profits to organisations involved in alcohol and drug education rehabilitation, such as Adfam, Be Your Best Foundation, Coram, Drugscope and Hope UK.

AnyJunk

Materials are taken to licensed waste transfer stations and recycling facilities or passed on to reuse organisations (including Oxfam and British Heart Foundation).

Artist-in-residence

Res Artis is the worldwide network of artist residencies, 400 centers and organisations in over 70 countries.

Ashcroft Technology Academy

ADT College was established in 1991 as a City Technology College, funded by donations from various organisations including ADT Security Services (whose owner at the time was Baron Michael Ashcroft), Unisys, British Gas and Young's (who sponsored the schools "music bunker").

Azanian People's Organisation

These were three of a number of black consciousness organisations that were banned on Wednesday, 19 October 1977 for their role in the armed resistance and the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprisings.

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights

According to US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks the US ambassador to Bahrain, Adam Ereli, in 2010 noted that human rights organisations including Freedom House and Human Rights Watch relied too much on Rajab and the BCHR for their information on Bahrain.

Big Society

Two days after the initiative's launch in Liverpool, an article in Liverpool Daily Post argued that community organisations in the city such as Bradbury Fields show that Cameron's ideas are already in action and are nothing new, and that groups of community-based volunteers have for many years provided "a better service than would be achieved through the public sector".

Blasphemy law in Pakistan

On 30 July 2009, hundreds of members of Sipah-e-Sahaba and International Khatm-e-Nabuwat 'IKNM' the banned Muslim organisations, torched the Christian homes and killed Christians in the Punjabi city of Gojra Faisalabad and in the nearby village of Korian, District Faisalabad.

CERE India

CERE has conducted lectures, workshops for the many reputed organisations including Accenture, Aga Khan Educational Society, American Centre, Bombay International School, British Council, Concern India, Indian Business School, InspirEd, J B Petit High School for Girls, JSW Foundation, Oberoi Hotel, Rotary Clubs, St. Xavier's College, Symbiosis Footprints

Chris Roebuck

After leaving the Army Roebuck used his knowledge of leadership to develop performance improvement initiatives in organisations such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of New York, Bank of England, and other financial institutions; Arts Council, legal firms and UK Government.

City of Birmingham Choir

The choir also participates in other organisations' concerts, e.g. centenary performances of Edward Elgar's great oratorios Dream of Gerontius, The Apostles, and The Kingdom with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus under previous conductor Sakari Oramo.

Dagger Complex

The Dagger Complex is a base of US intelligence organisations in Darmstadt (Germany), close to Griesheim.

East Anglian Waterways Association

For more than fifty years, EAWA has worked with other organisations to have the River Great Ouse reopened to Bedford, the purchase and restoration of Dilham Dyke on the Broads, and many other projects.

EFPConsulting

EFPC was formed by the amalgamation of two organisations, one, specialists in Framework Program technical aspects, and the other, experts in Framework program financial aspects.

Elcom Credit Union

It has several agreements with organisations that offer benefits to its members such as those with Allianz, Swann Insurance, Auto Advantage, Bridges Finance, Travelex, Citibank and the National Australia Bank as well as other benefits to those with a 'Masters Account' that is available to those over 55.

Eros Films

Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films had previously had a successful financing and distribution arrangement with Columbia Pictures, however there was occasionally friction between the two organisations.

Field guide

Specialist publishers such as Croom Helm, along with organisations like the Audubon Society, the RSPB, the Field Studies Council, National Geographic, HarperCollins, and many others all produce quality field guides.

Gujjula Ravindra Reddy

In four villages near Avanigadda, Andhra Pradesh tsunami shelters doubling as school buildings were constructed using charitable donations from the German Government and organisations such as Lions Club, Altlandsberg, Solidarity Service International (SODI) and Aktion Deutschland Hilft and Berlin Lichtenberg.

Harry C. Giese

Giese was Foundation President and life member of numerous community service and sporting organisations, including the Royal Life Saving Society Australia (NT), Darwin Probus Club, Darwin Disaster Welfare Council after the 1974 destruction of Cyclone Tracy, and the Institute of Public Administration.

Hibernia

It is occasionally used for names of organisations and various other things; for instance: Hibernia National Bank, Hibernian Insurance Group, Ancient Order of Hibernians, The Hibernian magazine, Hibernia College, Hibernian Football Club, HMS Hibernia, the Hibernia oil field, and modern derivatives, from Latin like Respublica Hibernica (Irish Republic) and Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis (National University of Ireland).

ICEC

International Cost Engineering Council, non-profit organization that promotes cooperation between cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management organisations

Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains

It is believed that they were abducted and killed by proscribed terrorist organisations, mostly the Provisional Irish Republican Army, but to date their remains have not been located.

Indian Railway Accounts Service

The two year training program includes classroom training at National Academy of Direct Taxes at Nagpur, Railway Staff College Vadodara and specialised training institutes, as well as field training on zonal railways, divisions, construction organisations and manufacturing units of the Indian Railways.

International Christian Maritime Association

The International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) is an ecumenical association of 28 Christian organisations, representing different churches and Christian communities.

Lyme Caxton Missal

The missal was purchased in 2008 by the National Trust at a cost of £465,000, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Art Fund, and other organisations.

New Idea

In January 2008, it revealed details that UK Prince Harry was with the British army serving in Afghanistan, in breach of an agreement with the major news organisations.

NNFCC

The company undertakes consultancy for a wide range of organisations, including British Airways, INEOS, BASF, Braskem and NatureWorks.

Policy Press

With over 600 books and seven journals, Policy Press collaborates with many organisations and associations - including the Social Policy Association, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Open University and the British Association of Social Workers.

Private member's bill

It received very wide support from New South Wales organisations related to child health and welfare and was backed by several prominent members of the medical profession, particularly in the paediatric field, notably Dr. John Yu, CEO of Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney (who had been honoured by the Australian Government with the prestigious Australian of the Year award in 1996).

Public Services International

PSI is an officially recognised non-governmental organization for the public sector within the International Labour Organization, and works with the United Nations system in partnership with labour, civil society and other organisations.

Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

QCDA worked closely with its main strategic partners, including the Department for Education,the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), employers' organisations, the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), the Skills Funding Agency, the former General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) and the Sector Skills Councils (SSC).

Ramesh Kallidai

Kallidai has worked on various community projects with the Muslim Council of Britain, the Catholic Bishops Conference, Churches Together in England and Wales, the Church of England, Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Office of the Chief Rabbi, the Network of Sikh Organisations, Sikhs in England, National Spiritual Assembly of Baha'is in UK, Network of Buddhist Organisations, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe and the Jain Samaj Europe.

Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award

The Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award was established in 1996 by a resolution at the 6th meeting of the Ramsar Convention, an international environmental treaty organisation, with the intention of recognising and honouring the work of governments, organisations and individuals in promoting the wise use and conservation of wetlands.

Restaurants du Cœur

The Restos du Cœur consists of one national organisation and 113 departmental organisations.

School of Natural Sciences and Psychology

The school has long lasting links with various organisations using facilities and conducting research with the institutions, such as Chester Zoo, The Poulton Research Project, Natural England, Mersey Forest, Wildlife Trusts, Blackpool Zoo, Martin Mere and Liverpool World Museum.

School-Based Management Policy

After passage at Legco, the school-based management policy ran into fierce oppositions from the Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and other major church organisations whose schools make up to one quarter of all schools in Hong Kong.

Second Balkenende cabinet

Important partners within Keer het Tij are the three main left-wing political parties, PvdA, SP and GroenLinks), the largest trade union, the FNV, environmental organisations like Greenpeace and Milieu Defensie, and organisations of migrants.

Sentence Review Commission

Many members of the community, especially Unionists were aggrieved at this part of the Agreement, however this was seen as necessary to appease the paramilitary organisations, namely the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association.

Socialist Students

The two organisations have a joint presence on anti-war and anti-G8/climate change demonstrations, which they term the "Red Contingent".

Southeast Asian Federation of Organizations of Medical Physics

Since then the initiative has been supported by many international organisations, including the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Health Organization (WHO), and International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).

St Michael le Belfrey, York

The church maintains links with Riding Lights Theatre Company, York Schools and Youth Trust (YoYo), Alpha UK as well as numerous parachurch organisations involved in mission work both locally and internationally.

Stockholm Federation of Student Unions

Among its notable member organisations are the Student Association at the Stockholm School of Economics, the Stockholm University Student Union, and the Student Union at the Royal Institute of Technology.

Tree House, Crawley

It is owned by Crawley Borough Council, and was used most recently as a venue for various Council-run services and voluntary-sector organisations such as a Citizens Advice Bureau and a bereavement counselling service.

Trueways Survival School

Among the experts that form the Trueways Survival team is Lofty Wiseman, who plays an active part in many of the organisations training areas and activities.

Union of Agricultural Work Committees

UAWC receives funding from numerous western governments and aid organisations including the European Commission, World Vision Australia, AusAID, and FAO.

Wheeler Centre

The centre presents several one-off events with speakers including Irvine Welsh, Peter Carey and Naomi Wolf in co-operation with resident organisations and external partners including Sydney Writers' Festival and the ABC.

Woodville Railway Station, New Zealand

Woodville is occasionally either a waypoint or a destination for excursion passenger trains operated by local rail heritage organisations such as Mainline Steam and Steam Incorporated.

World Darts Federation

One of the member organisations is the British Darts Organisation (BDO), which is the official darts body for Britain, the leading darts country.


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