The volunteering journey and social prescribing webinar, 7th June
Watch the launch of our guide to ‘Volunteering for wellbeing, connecting to social prescribing’. In this webinar we talk about the wellbeing benefits associated with positive, well-managed volunteering through social prescribing, including:
- Improved life satisfaction
- Increased happiness and
- Decreases in symptoms of depression.
This webinar brings together expertise and experience from those who support volunteering that works for the individuals to maximise wellbeing benefits.
You will learn/hear?
The evidence on volunteering for health and wellbeing, and how it fits with social prescribing.
Our new Volunteering and Wellbeing guidance based on 7 good practice principles to inform volunteering design.
How community groups and charities are supporting wellbeing through volunteering.
Who is it for?
This webinar is aimed at organisations offering volunteering to support health and wellbeing, link workers who want to refer people to volunteering with confidence, and others who can support good volunteering in communities.
Speakers
Chair: Dr Allison Smith, Head of Research and Insight, Royal Voluntary Service
Ingrid Abreu Scherer, Head of Accelerating Innovation at the National Academy for Social Prescribing
Gethyn Williams, Volunteering Strategist, non profit specialist
Amanda Chambers, CVS, Nottingham, Green Social Prescribing Programme Manager
Megan Pettit, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Barnardos Cumbria
Ingrid Abreu Scherer, Head of Accelerating Innovation at the National Academy for Social Prescribing
Gethyn Williams, Volunteering Strategist, non profit specialist
Amanda Chambers, CVS, Nottingham, Green Social Prescribing Programme Manager
Megan Pettit, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Barnardos Cumbria
Download the slidepack here: NASP volunteering and social prescribing webinar 07.06.22 slides for sharing