
National Academy for Social Prescribing
Dedicated to the advancement of social prescribing through promotion, collaboration and innovation
WHAT IS THE ACADEMY?
The National Academy for Social Prescribing was launched by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, on the 23 October 2019.
The Academy creates partnerships, across the arts, health, sports, leisure, and the natural environment, alongside other aspects of our lives, to promote health and wellbeing at a national and local level. We will champion social prescribing and the work of local communities in connecting people for wellbeing.
Things fell apart and even everyday activities became overwhelming…social prescribing made all the difference to me and now I’m able to give back to my community.
Social prescribing…has changed the lives of my patients in ways that I don’t think any of us could ever have expected.
Art not only saved my life, it transformed it.
Social prescribing represents the most effective, wide reaching and life changing of all initiatives in my 30 years as a GP.
I thought I was just nothing … Now every morning I wake up with a smile. I think I’ve got a bright future as well.
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