Conference 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.​

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​Conference 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.

Conference 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 specialist 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 insights from research, evaluation, and evidence-based practice including 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.​

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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​

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Please be aware we have a limit of 180 delegate spaces.​

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Conference Location:
Venue: Fairways Hotel

Telephone: + 353 42 934 3910

Address: Dublin Road, Haggardstown, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, Eircode: A91 E6KC

Website: https://www.fairwayshotel.ie/

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About the Venue: ​

• Ideally located at the midway point between Dublin and Belfast, in Dundalk, County Louth.

• Just minutes off the M1, on the Old Dublin Road (R132). 

• Accessible via train. Dundalk’s train station, Demesne, is a 10 minute taxi from Fairways Hotel. 

• There is free car parking and electric car charging points. Fairways Hotel Dundalk - Google Maps

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Accommodation:​

The Fairways Hotel has reserved a limited number of rooms at a preferential rate for conference delegates who require accommodation. 
To avail of this rate, delegates should contact the Fairways Hotel directly. Rooms are subject to availability and should be booked as early as possible.

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Important: Please be aware all accommodation arrangements are the responsibility of individual delegates or their respective organisations. AISPN cannot accept responsibility for the booking, management, or payment of accommodation for conference attendees.

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Conference Sponsors: ​

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