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- How to hire a Social Prescribing Advice Worker
- What is the evidence for social prescribing?
- Social prescribing: new national academy set up
- Tackling loneliness and isolation with Listening Books
- Podcast on Prescription: Motivation with Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Innovations in social prescribing: the role of social housing
- Volunteering for Wellbeing Guide: how to link to social prescribing
- NASP responds to the death of Queen Elizabeth II
- What does the evidence say about social prescribing and mental health?
- Student champions spread the word about social prescribing
- 7 ways to make volunteering work with social prescribing
- Archaeology on Prescription brings together York residents to uncover the area’s history
- Somers Town Museum brings history back to life for the local community
- Art by Post helps connect people during Covid lockdown
- "A global revolution in healthcare" celebrated at the first Social Prescribing Show
- NASP responds to NHS reform that promises more personalised care
- NASPs responds to NHS Elective Care Recovery Plan
- Thriving Communities evaluation shows the life-changing impact of social prescribing
- NASP Chair Helen Stokes-Lampard made a Dame in New Year’s Honours
- Green social prescribing gets people back outdoors in Plymouth
- NASP responds to NICE draft guidelines for depression
- National Academy for Social Prescribing opens new office at Southbank Centre
- Cycle Happy is getting people back on their bikes
- NASP welcomes review on over-prescription of medication in primary care
- Social prescribing helps connect people to their communities
- “You have brought out a hidden part of me”: Art by Post exhibition launches
- National Academy for Social Prescribing publishes annual report 2020/21
- Social prescribing could help reverse global decline in physical activity
- New programme launches to fuel innovation in social prescribing
- Music will help more people with dementia thanks to new funding
- Podcast on Prescription: Tanya Franks
- Podcast on Prescription: David Lindo
- Podcast on Prescription: Ashton Attzs
- Podcast on Prescription: Julia Bradbury
- Podcast on Prescription: Professor Sir Muir Gray
- Podcast on Prescription: life coaching with Kevin Duala
- Podcast on Prescription: Self-expression with Kamal Ellis-Hyman
- Podcast on Prescription: From comedy to volunteering
- Podcast on Prescription: Social prescribing has been a lifeline
- Couch to financial fitness’ online support will help people grow their money muscles
- MPs to explore the benefits of nature on health and wellbeing
- New trustees will support NASP to expand their mission
- Podcast on Prescription: the power of stories
- Podcast on Prescription: the mental health benefits of fishing
- Funding for green social prescribing helps communities recover from COVID-19
- Podcast on Prescription: The healing power of heritage
- Podcast on Prescription: Finding financial wellbeing
- Thriving Communities programme launches to support local projects
- Podcast on Prescription: Children's mental health
- Orchestras contributed £1.6M to public health in the UK
- Podcast on Prescription: Global social prescribing
- Podcast on Prescription: How can interacting with nature support wellbeing?
- A new global alliance will champion social prescribing around the world
- A guide to using music as a social prescription with people with dementia
- Academic partnership will boost evidence for social prescribing
- 100,000 people to get free fitness sessions thanks to social prescribing
- Thriving Communities programme launches to connect people to community support
- National Academy for Social Prescribing is now a registered charity
- £5 million for social prescribing to tackle the impact of COVID-19
- Webinar: Developing referral pathways
- NASP responds to the death of George Floyd
- Webinar: Loneliness and social prescribing
- Webinar: Heritage and social prescribing
- Webinar: National partnership working
- Webinar: Understanding social prescribing
- Webinar: Financial wellbeing
- Webinar: Global social prescribing
- Webinar: Connection to nature
- Webinar: Babies, children and young people and social prescribing
- Webinar: Physical activity and social prescribing
- A social revolution: NASP launches its social prescribing strategy
- Webinar: Libraries and social prescribing
- Webinar: Addressing health inequalities
- Army of link workers to support family doctors
- The power of arts and social activities to improve the nation’s health
- Music brings joy to care home residents and school children
- The impact on our mental health of connecting with history
- Putting nature to the test – the impact of green social prescribing
- Why music is an amazing prescription for people living with dementia
- Webinar: Addiction and social prescribing
- Webinar: Working in co-production
- Webinar: Overcoming barriers to engagement
- Webinar: Funding voluntary organisations
- Webinar: Evaluating social prescribing
- Webinar: Volunteering for wellbeing
- Webinar: Yoga and social prescribing
- Webinar: Food and wellbeing
- Webinar: Sustainable models of social prescribing
- Webinar: Connecting communities online
- Webinar: What is an ICS, STP or PCN?
- Webinar: How to get services commissioned
- Webinar: Developing creative partnerships across sectors
- Podcast on Prescription: Link worker special
- Loneliness over the holidays – Podcast on Prescription
- Podcast on Prescription: the physical activity and wellbeing connection
- Tackling the underlying causes of health inequalities with Reaching People Together
- Making community connections online
- Art on prescription – Art Journaling
- 14 wellbeing tips from link workers for link workers
- “In the forces you can immediately speak to a doctor. Civilian life is more complicated”
- Social prescribing can reach people who would benefit most from getting active
- How social prescribing can support climate change action
- Crocodiles in the community – a day out with The Health Tree
- It starts with noticing – how to find a connection to nature
- Supporting young people to talk about sex and relationships
- Finding what works for me at a mood-boosting dance class
- Social prescribing offers another avenue of support for young people
- Social prescribing brings football home to communities
- Social prescribing can help support carers’ health and wellbeing
- The power of volunteering in your local community
- How to use music to make life better for people with dementia
- The essential role that link workers played during COVID-19
- Supporting financial wellbeing through Thriving Communities
- One year into the Social Revolution in Wellbeing
- Small steps: 3 ingredients for wellbeing and social prescribing
- An invitation to connect with your local heritage
- How rejuvenating heritage can be a social prescribing opportunity
- The evidence for the health benefits of heritage
- One good thing: 3 ingredients for wellbeing and social prescribing
- 2020 showed us the importance of connecting with others
- “Caring is the most important thing we can do for each other”
- Hitting the phones during Covid – an easy way to make someone’s day
- Books can help get us through tough times
- COVID-19 shows the need for social prescribing link workers
- How Advicenow can help link workers help others
- How music can help people with dementia during COVID-19
- How the NHS is supporting social prescribing during COVID-19
- Seeking connection while socially distancing
- Our social prescribing vision: unlocking strengths and building connections
- How social prescribing is helping to combat loneliness
- Connectivity: 3 ingredients for wellbeing and social prescribing
- A great start and big ambitions for NASP’s first year
- Podcast on Prescription Special: what is the evidence for social prescribing?
- Webinar: Churches and social prescribing
- Freedom to Be supports shielding patients with art activities
- Aerial silks, laughter yoga and trapeze on offer with Sunderland Culture
- Rainbow call companions connects older LGBT+ people
- Getting active and working out for charity with Jōbu
- Café meet-ups run by Friends for You are helping people reconnect
- How Croydon Voluntary Action are connecting link workers to the community
- Window Wanderland inspires neighbours to bring light and colour to their windows
- Treacle – a website for all your social prescribing needs
- ‘Get Fishing for Wellbeing’ resource hub launched
- From attendee to volunteer at Helix Arts: Better Connect
- Holiday Fun provides creative fun and a hot meal during school holidays
- Back on Track – social prescribing support for financial problems
- Paddleboarding and canoeing for wellbeing in Nottingham
- Argyle Community Trust uses physical activity to support mental health
- Slough CVS is supporting wellbeing through creativity
- S2R offers health and wellbeing workshops in Kirklees
- Victorious Women of Valiant workshops support survivors of domestic abuse
- Befriending Networks – Social Prescribing Stories from Thriving Communities
- Virtual Buddying – Social Prescribing Stories from Thriving Communities
- Ageing Better Camden finds ways to engage with older men
- Reopening an iconic Victorian building as a community hub
- Supporting women with cancer to navigate impact on their intimate lives
- Menstrual Cycle Support aims to make periods better
- Monuments Matter is protecting heritage and enriching lives in Cornwall (1)
- Carers UK and Rotary partnership connects carers to vital support
- Medley supports wellbeing through art, music and nature
- The Land Girls Project is reviving a historic legacy in the Midlands
- Sharing surplus food and conversation at FoodCycle
- Mental health is the top priority at Forgotten Veterans UK
- Parent Voice helps parent-carers reclaim their identity through art
- Heritage activities bring people and animals together at Heeley City Farm
- Wonder Women is raising women’s profile in Peterborough
- ‘A space for us’ in Somers Town is a living memory project
- What’s cooking? A visit to Thrive Haringey
- FMCP Club is combatting loneliness in people with neurological conditions
- Getting Veteran Friendly accredited shows GP practices are listening
- GamCare supports those affected by gambling-related harms
- gardening4health maps therapeutic gardens across the UK
- Tileyard Impact: connecting young people to creative careers
- Performing Medicine – creative training for healthcare professionals and students
- Spending time in nature to improve health and wellbeing
- The importance of healthy homes and saving NHS money
- Musical Memories – bringing older people in Yorkshire together through singing
- The power of singing in connecting older people
- Mental health treatments past and present – a heritage, theatre and wellbeing project
- NASP announces new CEO
- Webinar: financial wellbeing and social prescribing
- Nature on prescription with the RSPB
- The power of faith in connecting communities
- Evidence reviews reveal benefits of nature for physical and mental health
- Developing a new directory to connect people to local gardening projects
- Financial wellbeing in Cornwall
- Music is a conduit to unearthing emotions and making connections’: Justin Moorhouse visits String of Hearts
- Social prescribing programme can reduce pressure on primary care – new evidence
- Power of Music Fund - Dementia Choirs and Singing Groups
- A Green Happy Café helping to reduce isolation and getting people active
- Happiness on Prescription- Green Happy Café
- Heeley and Handlebards –creative, green and physical activities on offer in Sheffield
- Green social prescribing in Plymouth
- Supporting diverse communities in Trafford through social prescribing
- Living Healthier Lives in Croydon
- All’s Well is connecting people to heritage in Exeter
- Helix Arts is helping carers connect to art and culture (4)
- Creativity on prescription in Leeds
- Webinar: Co-Production and Social Prescribing
- Webinar: Evidence for social prescribing
- How to get started with co-production in social prescribing
- New evidence on social prescribing for older people
- Stories of connection, financial resilience and transformation from the Social Prescribing Show 2023
- Social Prescribing Show 2023
- Celebrating the Accelerating Innovation Programme
- Social Prescribing and the Cost of Living Crisis: helping people whose health is impacted by debt
- Art by Post: Poems for Our Planet
- Webinar: Social Prescribing Across the Life Course
- Social Prescribing & Me - Evrill's Story
- Social Prescribing & Me - Linda's Story
- What can you do if you're feeling lonely?
- Overcoming obstacles to trying something new
- Social Prescribing & Me - Shiv's Story
- New sites announced for older people pilot programme
- Podcast on Prescription Special: Social Prescribing Show 2023
- How Your Leisure Kent is supporting people with dementia
- A gateway to nature- Plymouth’s Central Park
- A boost in funding will help communities with their physical and mental health
- A whole community approach to social prescribing: building a successful social prescribing system
- Webinar: A whole-community approach to social prescribing, and what's new at NASP
- Fishing for better mental and physical health
- Smiling Sessions are bringing the joy of singing to care homes
- Improving mental health through running
- Transforming the NHS estate to support local communities
- Nature Buddies project brings green social prescribing to Dorset
- Supporting a loved one as a carer
- How libraries are supporting their community's health and wellbeing
- Dancing through lockdown
- Luton’s libraries get a funding boost
- A new programme will help people to thrive in Hove
- How getting involved in my community was life changing
- Creating an isolation blanket to bring the community together
- Connecting people with nature in Norfolk
- Supporting young people in Greenwich through social prescribing
- Providing affordable companionship and help for people who need extra support
- Dealing with bereavement after the death of a loved one
- How co-production helped us create the Mental Health and Money Toolkit
- Children and young people’s social prescribing: new evidence review
- “The change is incredible to see”: the role of social prescribing in combatting the UK’s Diabetes epidemic
- Beyond Pills campaign: one year on
- Can care navigation help us improve access to social prescribing?
- Our new approach to driving forward social prescribing across the regions
- “Resources like this make you feel like you still exist” – Art by Post: Poems for Our Planet
- Evaluation of the NHS Social Prescribing Champions Programme 2022-2023
- Nurturing innovation in social prescribing
- Webinar: Physical Activity 'The Miracle Cure' in Action
- New Major Conditions Strategy report includes focus on social prescribing
- Social Prescribing Self-Assessment Development Guide
- Webinar: Improving Access to Social Prescribing Through Care Navigation
- Webinar: NAVCA Social Prescribing Project
- Connecting to Heritage: 5 Ways to Wellbeing
- How can I get funding for social prescribing? Guidance for small projects and charities
- NASP webinar: A multi faith exploration into social prescribing
- Social Prescribing Link Worker Induction Guide
- Social prescribing, the voluntary sector and shared investment
- Celebrating the Thriving Communities programme
- NASP International Webinar: How Clinicians Can be Agents of Change
- Nature Buddies Resource Pack
- Music to play key role in helping people living with Dementia
- Launch of the Power of Music Fund and Music Can
- NASP Webinar: Men's Mental Health
- NASP Partners with Red January
- NASP webinar: The latest evidence for social prescribing
- The Future of Social Prescribing in England
- NASP webinar: RED January - Moving for Change
- Podcast on Prescription: Stories of community, connection and hope through social prescribing
- RED January has begun!
- Social Prescribing for young people: a guide to support Primary Care Networks
- Health and Social Care Select Committee calls for national social prescribing strategy
- Become a Social Prescribing Champion
- 5th International Social Prescribing Conference
- NASP webinar: Supporting Link Workers in their role and induction
- Supporting the LGBTQ+ community through social prescribing
- A guide to co-designing social prescribing initiatives with older people
- NASP webinar: Nature and Heritage Buddying
- Addressing health inequalities in Slough through social prescribing
- Green Social Prescribing Advocacy
- Green Social Prescribing Practice Report
- Waiting Well: perioperative social prescribing in North East and North Cumbria
- How voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) link workers are supporting hospital discharge in Warrington and Halton
- Creating the culture for social prescribing to thrive in Walsall
- Coproduced positive activities for people experiencing multiple disadvantage in Sheffield
- ICS guide: How to use social prescribing to support Population Health Management
- PCN guide: How to use social prescribing to support Population Health Management
- A guide to setting up and running a Heritage Buddies scheme
- NASP welcomes our new Deputy Director of Evidence and Impact
- New GP contract continues to prioritise social prescribing
- NASP webinar: How social prescribing can help young people waiting for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) support
- Sponsors announced for the 5th International Social Prescribing Conference
- Celebrating the remarkable journey of the Social Prescribing Student Champions Scheme
- Student Champions Scheme promotes social prescribing in curricula
- A guide to setting up a Connectors programme
- Power of Music funding awarded to Greater Manchester
- NASP webinar: Who are the Connectors in your community?
- Mental Health Awareness Week - Move more, feel better
- NASP’s Student Champions Team 2024 - 2025
- How do Social Prescribing Link Workers support the work of GPs and take pressure off the health system?
- Peer support and social prescribing for children and young people with diabetes in the Surrey Heartlands
- NASP webinar: RNIB and SignHealth talk sensory impairments and social prescribing
- Top five tips for supporting someone who is lonely
- Winners of the 2024 Social Prescribing Awards announced
- Social Prescribing Around the World
- Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard stands down as NASP Chair
- NASP webinar: Supporting people through NHS Volunteer Responders – how the service can be an effective social prescription
- New training to support Older People facing financial hardship
- My journey writing The Connection Cure - a book exploring the science, stories, and spread of social prescribing
- NASP Webinar Series: Moving from “What is the matter with you” to “what matters to you” - An introduction to Social Prescribing
- Creating community connection at Talkin' Tables
- Brenda and Janet’s story: Making connections through social prescribing
- Social prescribers as part of a multi-disciplinary team at Cheltenham Peripheral PCN
- Co-designed age and culturally appropriate social prescribing at Reaching People
- International Social Prescribing Conference 2024
- Social prescribing evaluation resources
- Announcing new trustees Dr Davina Deniszczyc, Amanda Ellingworth and Clova Fyfe
- Green social prescribing improves your mental health
- Bristol's Physical Activity Social Prescribing Project: A Post-Pandemic Lifeline
- Heritage for Wellbeing: Transforming lives through East Anglia's rich history
- Raw Sounds: Transforming lives through music and mental Health support
- Bristol's Open Minds Active: A ripple effect on mental health through wild swimming
- Edinburgh Community Link Workers win award for Best Local Social Prescribing Link Worker Team 2024
- Matt Day wins 'Social Prescriber of the Year' Award for his transformative community work in Somerset
- Our partnership with the Rayne Foundation for the Power of Music Fund, to support improved training for music in dementia care
- Medicine and Me Conference highlights power of social prescribing
- NASP response to the Darzi report
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