The HEN gathering
The HEN annual Gathering is a summer festival/conference type weekend for homeschool kids and their families to gather together from all over the country to play and chat and catch up with other homeschool families and meet new ones also. It is open to HEN members at a discounted price and also open to non members and anyone interested in homeschooling to come along and attend some fun workshops and activities for kids and some talks for adults.
GATHERING 2025
WHEN : August 15th – 18th 2025 (Fri – mon)
where: Portlick Campsite, Athlone
See our newsletter for more information on the Gathering 2025.
Previous Gatherings
You can have a look at our previous Gathering events and see all the fun we have had.
We are really looking forward to the Gathering and hope it will be a great success!
Photo credits: @jagostudioireland, The Forager’s Basket, Deryck Tormey
Get Involved
It’s a massive undertaking to organise and we are volunteers with busy family lives so please bear with us as we release new information and of course if you have any skills to offer please do volunteer your time – it would be much appreciated!
If there are any members who have experience with health and safety and first aid, we would appreciate a volunteer to help with the gathering. All volunteers will receive discounts in some way as a thank you.
Just drop us a line at our emails@henireland.org!