What does the evidence say about social prescribing and mental health?
With the Government planning a new 10-year mental health strategy, we have published an evidence note on social prescribing and mental health. The evidence included suggests that: Social prescribing [...]
‘In the forces – you walk across the barracks and can immediately speak to a doctor. Civilian life is much more complicated’
Meet Ashlee, former member of the armed forces and social prescribing link worker, who is on a mission to help veterans get the support they need. Saturday – National Armed [...]
Student Champions spread the word about social prescribing
We are delighted to welcome a new committee of 23 students to the National Social Prescribing Student Champions Scheme. The Scheme was set up by medical students in 2016. Since [...]
How do you deliver a volunteering programme, with wellbeing at its centre?
The National Academy for Social Prescribing and the Royal Voluntary Service have published a guide to supportive volunteering for volunteer organisations . Yesterday, the National Academy for Social Prescribing [...]
Dementia, Music and Social Prescribing
National Lead for Older People at NASP - Emily Cousins - explains why NASP are starting a fund for grassroots music for dementia projects. This week in May (16th to [...]
The Role of Volunteering in the Social Prescribing Journey
Principles to help volunteer-involving organisations plan with confidence The opportunity available For organisations offering social prescribing pathways, volunteering can play a positive role as part of [...]
Cross-Government Green Social Prescribing Project- one year on
We are delighted to be supporting the cross-Governmental ‘Preventing and tackling mental ill health through green social prescribing’ project. Green social prescribing is the practice of [...]
New funding to be made available for dementia projects harnessing the ‘Power of Music’
The National Academy for Social Prescribing plans to launch a new investment partnership supporting grassroots music for dementia projects, kickstarted by a £1 million donation by the Utley Foundation. The [...]
Art by Post featured in Google Arts and Culture
NASP's partnership with The Southbank Centre has been featured by Google Arts and Culture on the Arts + Health & Wellbeing hub. Find out more Hear from inspiring individuals involved [...]
“Social prescribing can provide a global revolution in healthcare”
We look back at highlights from the first annual Social Prescribing Show. On 4th March, we were delighted to welcome people working across the health, arts and voluntary [...]
NHS reform vision focuses on personalised care
Sajid Javid, the Health and Social Care Secretary, has set out his vision for long-term NHS reform, including an expansion of personalised care. He announced an ambition that four million [...]
Social Prescribing Link Workers- we need you!
Calling all link workers – we want to hear your story! As part of our ongoing work promoting social prescribing, we are gathering case studies to help us illustrate the positive impact [...]