Experiencing through Heritage - National Academy for Social Prescribing

As well as connecting you to the past, heritage is about experiencing places in the present and connecting to their natural, social and historic layers. Walking through historic landscapes, exploring ancient ruins or participating in outdoor heritage activities all combine being creative, physically active and connecting with nature and history. Fresh air, movement and autonomy in choosing how to engage with the environment around us all contribute to physical and mental wellbeing.

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Wellbeing at Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace partnered with the University of Oxford to design and deliver a series of social prescribing, joining land with the health service and finding natural health solutions through woodlands, green spaces and fresh air.

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Case Studies

Heritage for Health

Heritage 4 Health is a partnership between Healthy Living Centre Alliance and Northern Ireland Environment Link. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Heritage for Health is a social prescribing programme.

Bishop's Palace Community Garden

Starting in 2014, Grow Chichester took on the disused Bishop’s Palace Vegetable Plot to provide a space for the local community to come together and grow their own fruit and vegetables. Now, nearly a decade later, the community garden consists of raised beds, ornamental borders, a fruit cage, a polytunnel and a greenhouse.

Stanwick Lakes

Stanwick Lakes' heritage projects explore the area’s history and bring it to life in events and demonstrations. Rockingham Forest Trust has managed a number of Heritage Lottery funded projects over the years, all of which have developed the understanding and knowledge of Northamptonshire’s history.