Thriving Communities Fund: supporting communities through challenging times
During a challenging couple of years, where many individuals and communities have been facing tough times, those working in social prescribing have really demonstrated their value and impact by changing [...]
Social Prescribing Link Workers- we need you!
The National Academy for Social Prescribing is looking to recruit link workers from across the country to help develop new resources. We want to deliver effective and easy to use [...]
NASP Chair Helen Stokes-Lampard made a Dame in New Year’s Honours
1st January 2022 We are delighted that our Chair of Trustees, Helen Stokes-Lampard, has been awarded a Damehood in the New Year’s Honours list. Helen is a GP Principal, Chair of [...]
Podcast on Prescription: Christmas Special: Loneliness
This week Dr. Radha Modgil will discuss loneliness with our guests on this Christmas special episode of Podcast on Prescription. Christmas can be a happy time for some surrounded by [...]
Podcast on Prescription: Suzannah Lipscomb, Desi Gradinarova & Katrina Gargett
This week, Dr. Radha Modgil will be discussing the healing power of heritage with three special guests. Suzannah Lipscomb has endured a varied career. She is a Emeritus Professor at [...]
Podcast on Prescription: Dean Asplin and Dr Mark Wheeler
This week, Dr. Radha will be talking with not one, but two special guests. Dean Asplin from the Angling Trust and Dr Mark Wheeler from iCARP will discuss how angling and [...]
Podcast on Prescription: Tom Watkins
Podcast on Prescription is back and to kick of season 2, Dr. Radha Modgil is joined by the inspirational Tom Watkins, the National Academy for Social Prescribing East of England [...]
NASP welcomes new NICE guidelines for people with depression
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new draft guidelines for how to identify, treat and manage depression. The guidance recognises the importance of having a [...]
What’s cooking? A visit to Thrive Haringey
On a cold November Friday what could be more nourishing than a chicken ramen? How about a chicken ramen cooked by children from an estate in Haringey, where it wasn’t [...]
National Academy for Social Prescribing opens new office at Southbank Centre
Thursday 11 November 2021 was a special day for the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Just over two years on from the organisation’s inception, we opened our new offices at the Southbank Centre. The [...]
COP-26, climate change and the value of green social prescribing
James Sanderson, our CEO, reflects during November's COP-26 on how important the nature and a healthy environment are for our health and wellbeing. As a global society we face the [...]
Crocodiles in the community – a day with The Health Tree
Joshua Ryan, Head of Thriving Communities visited The Health Tree, a Thriving Communities funded project, and was informed, inspired, and entertained. I’m sat in a hall with about sixty people, [...]