About this Event
Connecting Communities, North and South: Building Momentum for Social Prescribing
Event Date:
Thursday & Friday, 11–12 June 2026
Event Times:
Thursday 11 June: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm (approx.)
Friday 12 June: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm (approx.)
We’ll share the exact times and the full programme soon, so watch this space!
Event Venue:
Fairways Hotel, Dublin Road, Haggardstown, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 E6KC
Booking Fee:
€25 – All bookings are final, and we are unable to offer refunds.
Please note:
Attendance is limited to 130 participants, so spaces are on a first-come, first-served basis.
About the Conference:
Connecting Communities North and South will bring practitioners, service planners, academics and beneficiaries together to explore the many positives and residual challenges surrounding the advance of social prescribing throughout the island.
Purpose:
We are motivated to come together to share and to build strategies for action framed by our mutual interests to impact policy and practice.
Aim:
The overarching aim of this conference is to nurture the growth, quality, and positive impact of social prescribing across the island. This event will bring together key stakeholders to share learning, celebrate progress, and identify opportunities for future development.
Objectives:
- Provide an overview of the current social prescribing landscape and its continued evolution
- Celebrate and showcase impactful success stories arising from social prescribing practice
- Host a forum to discuss current challenges and identify practical solutions to support the continued advancement and evaluation methods of social prescribing, including cost-effectiveness and social return on investment, and service impact evaluation methods and tools.
- Explore emerging and speciaProvide an overview of the current social prescribing landscape and its continued evolutionlist areas of practice, including with a view to scalability and broader application
- Examine issues of equity and inclusion within social prescribing, with particular attention to populations who are under-referred or under-represented, including marginalised and hard-to-reach groups
- Share some of the latest Irish and international insights from research, evaluation, and evidence-informed practice, including findings on cost-effectiveness and social return on investment.
- Facilitate discussion on the current context and future opportunities for social prescribing with and for children and young people in Ireland.
This conference is intended for:
- Social Prescribing Practitioners
- Beneficiaries
- Health Care Professionals
- Policy Makers/Influencers
- Community Leaders
- Social Prescribing Champions
- Service Planners
- Senior Health Service Personnel
- Academics/Researchers
About the Venue:
Fairways Hotel
Telephone: + 353 42 934 3910
Address: Dublin Road, Haggardstown, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, Eircode: A91 E6KC
Website: https://www.fairwayshotel.ie/
- Dundalk is ideally located at the midway point between Dublin and Belfast
- Just minutes off the M1, on the Old Dublin Road (R132).
- Accessible via train. Dundalk’s train station, Demesne, is a 10 minute away by taxi
- There is free car parking and electric car charging points. Fairways Hotel Dundalk - Google Maps
Accommodation:
The Fairways Hotel has reserved a limited number of rooms at a special rate for conference delegates requiring accommodation. Full details will be provided in your booking confirmation email.
Important: Please be aware all accommodation arrangements are the responsibility of individual delegates or their respective organisations. AISPN will not accept responsibility for or engage in the booking, management, or payment of accommodation for conference attendees.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ireland, Fairways Hotel, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Ireland
EUR 25.00
