We are already at the gates of summer, but before let´s review the work done in the last months with our Chairman´s letter.

On 8 and 9 July in Barcelona, the Home Renaissance Foundation will hold its sixth Expert Meeting ‘Nurturing Healthy Relationships at Home and Work’ in collaboration with the International Center Work and Family of the IESE Business School and the Social Trends Institute.

On Wednesday, May 15th, our development director Susan Peatfield attended a Civitas event organised at the House of Lords to start up a public conversation about parenting.

HRF at the United Nations. The day came. 15 May 2024. The United Nations celebrated the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Families at its headquarters in New York and we attended the big party. Two days full of working sessions, presentations, data, arguments, debates with a clear conclusion.

On 4th May, the programme La Gran Pregunta on the Spanish TV channel TRECE addressed the impact of the home on the development of the person by inviting our Project and Media manager Ángela de Miguel and the president of Aldeas Infantiles Pedro Puig. Click here to watch the whole programme.

In a month's time we will be at the United Nations in New York presenting our report and recommendations on Home/Family and Climate Change.

As Easter approaches we bring to a close the first quarter of 2024. Here is a brief summary of our activity during these months.

Last Tuesday, at IESE Business School in Madrid, invited by Professor Nuria Chinchilla we attended a session with the Canadian Catherine L'Ecuyer, Doctor in Education and Psychology. We were able to discuss current educational trends, a thought- provoking content as we know the home is the first place of training for life. 

A few days ago, we had the opportunity to present ‘Happiness and Domestic Life’ at the European University Miguel de Cervantes in the Spanish city of Valladolid.

Last year we started a new project in collaboration with the International Centre for Work and Family to find out the impact of those relationships and the value of the Home in some circumstances. This year we will be researching with international academics and holding an Experts Meeting in Barcelona to deepen this work.