July 2021
On the podcast: Daz Dooler
In the last episode of the current season of Podcast on Prescription, Dr Radha Modgil speaks to social prescribing link worker Darren (Daz) Dooler. Daz Dooler has worked for Live [...]
On the podcast: Justin Moorhouse
On our latest episode of Podcast on Prescription, Dr Radha Modgil speaks to comedian Justin Moorhouse. Describing himself as a 'comedian then dog walker then parent', Justin is a busy [...]
June 2021
Making Caring Visible and Valued (Carers Week 7-15 June 2021)
Carers’ Week is the opportunity to think about the millions of family members and friends looking – unpaid - after people who couldn’t manage without their support. Although their efforts [...]
Volunteers’ Week: The power of volunteering across local communities
My organisation, Burnley Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service (BPRCVS) formed in 1935 and has celebrated volunteer’s week for many years. Volunteers’ week in the UK was started in [...]
Podcast on Prescription with Kamal Hyman Ellis
On our latest episode of Podcast on Prescription, Dr Radha Modgil speaks to motivational speaker and spoken word artist, Kamal Ellis-Hyman. With a passion for raising young people’s aspirations regardless of their circumstances. He [...]
May 2021
On the podcast today: Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
On our latest episode of Podcast on Prescription, Dr Radha Modgil speaks to the incredibly inspiring Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. As well as a 5 x Gold medal winner, Paralympic Games competitor, world record [...]
Enriching the lives of people with dementia through music and the power of social prescribing
Grace Meadows is Director of the national campaign, Music for Dementia. Here, she discusses the valuable role that music can play in enhancing and enriching the lives of people with [...]
Podcast on Prescription with Kevin Duala
On our latest Podcast on Prescription, Dr Radha Modgil chats to TV presenter Kevin Duala. Kevin has been a footballer, a dancer and now as a TV presenter for the past 20 years, including [...]
April 2021
So where does social prescribing go from here?
Tim Anfilogoff is Head of Community Resilience at Herts Valleys CCG, and our Social Prescribing Regional Lead for the East of England. Here he looks at the crucial role of [...]
March 2021
Supporting Financial Wellbeing through ‘Thriving Communities’
To mark Social Prescribing Day, Sir Hector Sants, Chair of the Money and Pensions Service reflects on their work with partners to support financial wellbeing through social prescribing During the [...]
For More Information
Find out more about social prescribing with NHS England at www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing
Contact the National Academy for Social Prescribing at enquiries@socialprescribingacademy.org.uk
