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Re-engage- Rainbow call companions
Rainbow call companions was launched on 14th March 2022 and is still ongoing nationally. The project was set up in response to our research which has shown that: Older LGBT+ people are less likely to have [...]
Firstsite, Holiday Fun
Sue Hogan, Programme Manager, Learning and Education Firstsite is in Colchester and Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre in Tendring, both in Essex. The project began in 2017 and is now delivered every [...]
Befriending Networks
Befriending Networks are the national intermediary and network for Befriending organisations in the UK: the only UK organisation to offer specific befriending advice, information, and a recognised Quality in Befriending award, alongside [...]
Sense Virtual Buddying
The Issue We know isolation disproportionately affects disabled people, and this is the problem we’re trying to solve. Sense research prior to the pandemic shows that 53% of disabled adults and 77% [...]
Ageing Better Camden Connects with Older Men
Jo Stapleton, Ageing Better in Camden, Good Practice Mentor, Outreach Specialist (Age UK Camden). Jo Stapleton shares findings from a Social action research report, commissioned by Age UK Camden, Outreach Service, part [...]
422 Community Hub – reopening an iconic Victorian building
The Mechanics Institution Public Hall, Library and School was built in an age (1880) before state education. When cholera was endemic, and poverty was rife. Probably inspired by the writings on the [...]
Sex and Cancer
Sex and pleasure are the number one taboo issues for women and non-binary people living with cancer, and unfortunately the shame and stigma prevents people from getting help, putting them at risk [...]
Menstrual Cycle Support on Social Prescription
Kate Shepherd Cohen, Founder and CEO of Menstrual Cycle Support, tells us about the project. We launched our free online Menstrual Cycle Support foundational course in January 2021 through just one primary [...]
Monuments Matter to People in Cornwall
‘Monuments Matter to People’ is an innovative project run by the Cornwall Area Of Natural Beauty (AONB), piloting wellbeing and social prescribing interventions through engaging with the historic environment in that beautiful [...]
Carers UK’s partnership with Rotary Great Britain & Ireland
Celebrating Carers UK’s partnership with Rotary Great Britain & Ireland There are an estimated 6.5 million carers in the UK supporting friends, family members or neighbours who are older, disabled or seriously [...]
Medley – art, music and nature
When I started Medley in autumn 2020, my objectives were to explore how art, music and nature can all boost health and wellbeing in different ways, to share these with others, and [...]
The Land Girls Project
The Women’s Land Army legacy in the Midlands revived by Borderland Voices The Land Girls project is run by Borderland voices, a small charity based on the border of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and [...]
FoodCycle – bringing people together to share surplus food and conversation
The Accelerating Innovation in Social Prescribing community of practice brings together voluntary organisations with national reach who can support social prescribing provision, help address health inequalities, and aid COVID-19 recovery strategies. Part [...]
Forgotten Veterans
Forgotten Veterans UK (FVUK) is a Portsmouth based charity, supporting those currently serving in the armed forces, veterans and their families nationally throughout the UK, and within the PO1 to PO6 postcode areas. [...]
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 lives – in small ways [...]
Archaeology on Prescription
Archaeology on Prescription is a new, innovative social prescribing project that seeks to engage York’s residents in archaeology. It will improve people’s health and wellbeing, foster new social connections and improve confidence through the building of new skills [...]
Parent Voice – Better Connect in partnership with North Tyneside Carers Centre
Parent Voice is a key project in Better Connect, and North Tyneside Carers Centre (NTCC) are strategic partners in this social prescribing programme. Parent Voice focuses on using creative activities in new [...]
Heeley City Farm – community heritage
Heeley City Farm has been successfully delivering Community Heritage Work across Sheffield and beyond since 2008. This is a friendly farm and environmental visitor centre in Heeley, at the heart of South [...]
Wonder Women – raising women’s profile in Peterborough
Snieguole Maliavskaja, Project Coordinator of Wonder Women in Peterborough, tells us about how the project is supporting women in the area. Wonder Women aims to raise women’s profile in the city. The [...]
Somers Town Museum – “A space for us”
Diana Foster, director of the Somers Town History Club, founded ‘A space for us’, a living memory project - not only to celebrate the local heritage and history, but also to benefit [...]
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 just the flavours that mattered, [...]
FMCP Club – combatting loneliness in people with neurological conditions
Jacqui Barbet-Sheilds, founder and trustee of the FMCP Club, tells us about the work of group. The FMCP Club is a support group for people with conditions such as ME, multiple sclerosis, functional neurological disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Addison’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder and other neurological conditions. These conditions often cause loneliness and [...]
Getting veteran friendly accredited shows your veteran patients that you understand and care
Ashlee Manning is a social prescribing GP link worker for Herts Help. She is also an Armed Forces veteran. As a veteran, I found adjusting to civilian life difficult. I joined the army at 16. [...]
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, and we all have our [...]