Annual Report 2022

Caroline Whyte and David Somekh also represented the Ireland Hub in the European Union’s Wellbeing Economy Coalition, attending monthly meetings and helping with the preparation of documents and publicity in the lead-up to the European Parliament’s Beyond Growth conference, to be held in May 2023. [...] 7 Cultural Creatives Project: building a proto community of practice In mid-2022, the Hub received funding from the Carnegie UK Trust to develop a proto community of practice, in order to explore ways in which artists and the arts can explore and challenge the dominant ‘social imaginary’, and support the transition to a wellb. [...] Podcast 1: Bioregionalism, the Commons and the Doughnut January 31 2022 To kick off our 2022 series, Caroline and David Somekh of the EHFF spoke with Isabel Carlisle, the director of the Bioregional Learning Centre in Devon in the UK. [...] Topics covered in our discussion included the impact and implications for community health from the COVID pandemic, the need to shift emphasis in the healthcare system away from ‘illness care’ and towards empowering patients and helping to build community capacity, synergies between the changes needed in the healthcare system and those needed in the broader economy, the energy system, and the educ. [...] Topics covered in our discussion included the challenges faced by those trying to provide affordable and social housing in Ireland, the impact on the housing supply of the ECB’s monetary policy and other EU policies such as the Stability and Growth Pact, the effects of the current energy crisis, the need to mitigate climate disruption, and the role played by ideology in current Irish housing polic.