Home Renaissance Foundation

For the majority of us ‘home’ is where we find security, where we are surrounded by people who care about us and who we trust. It is where we can be certain of finding a set of values that remain constant despite the instability or confusion that can be brought about by everyday life.
Bryan Sanderson CBE, Chairman

Website: www.homerenaissancefoundation.org

Home Renaissance Foundation promotes a greater recognition of the work that goes into creating healthy and congenial home environments. Individuals grow and develop at home and in the family, so it is in society’s best interests to look after them.
Domestic work is not merely a collection of services such as laundry, cleaning, and cooking. It is a values system in which science, art, psychology, culture, skills and an aptitude for management all play a part.
Work in the home allows the individual to develop in his or her most intimate environment: the home and the family relationships that flourish within it. Every individual needs this care whether they are children, elderly, adolescents or men and women with demanding and stressful professions.

What we do...

Interdisciplinary research gives us the tools to raise awareness of the value of the work of the home. We strive to become an authority on knowledge relating to the home, the work of the home and the care of the family.

Excellence in Training: We aim to ensure that our inherited traditions, natural talents and the correct and efficient use of new technologies all contribute toward the creation of nurturing and well-run homes.

International Initiatives: As an international organisation based in London, we strive to support and back many initiatives carried out around the world. We also support projects within our scope in third world countries.
 
Home Renaissance Foundation carries out this work and acts as a catalyst for change in a number of ways. We encourage and back research projects on a vast number of topics relating to work in the home. In order to facilitate academic dialogue between subjects we organise conferences, seminars and symposiums that focus on a specific aspect of the home. We also raise awareness of the importance of housework through locally-based training initiatives in various countries and through our growing presence in the media.

Sustainable Living: Professional Approaches to Housework
Building a sustainable society depends on the leadership of well-rounded people with an awareness of sustainable practice. The question is, where will these people come from?

The Sustainable Living: Professional Approaches to Housework international conference, which will take place on the 17th and 18th of March, will consider the specific nature of housework and the role it plays in creating the ideal environment for human development. As an interdisciplinary event, experts from a wide range of fields, including Sociology, Law, Ecology and Business Management, will study the link between a well-run home and social sustainability.