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 [...]
NASP responds to Elective Care Recovery Plan
The NHS and government have set out their Elective Care Recovery Plan to address backlogs built up during the COVID pandemic and tackle long waits for care. The Delivery plan for [...]
Podcast on Prescription: Physical Activity
This week Dr. Radha Modgil will find out about the connection between being physically active and improving our mental health and wellbeing. Our first guest is Keri-anne Payne. She [...]
‘We Are Undefeatable’ – overcoming barriers to physical activity
Overcoming barriers to physical activity and how social prescribing could be the solution I’m Michelle Roberts, and I work for a group of health and care charities (The Richmond [...]
Podcast on Prescription: Financial Wellbeing
This week Dr. Radha Modgil will discuss the extremely important topic of financial wellbeing. Often a taboo subject, discussing our finances can be awkward for a lot of us. [...]