Every month, we compile a list of resources for people working in social prescribing. See below for our November list!
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Resources
Health inequalities
Sign up to the NHS health inequalities newsletter to keep informed on everything that is happening in this space. If you have any questions, please email england.healthinequalities@nhs.net.
Good Thinking
Good Thinking have a range of resources to help health and wellbeing:
- Mental health support for faith and belief communities across London with wellbeing guides developed with faith leaders
- Create positive and supportive workspaces with the Employer Toolkit
- Resources to help manage stress
Pension credit
The Mayor is now extending the Pension Credit awareness campaign for a third year, with an estimated £10 million more in Pension Credit likely to be claimed, along with the Winter Fuel Payment, valued at up to £300 per household. Check eligibility for you or your clients here. You can also check eligibility for Cold Weather Payments here.
Civil Society Almanac
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ annual ‘Civil Society Almanac‘ gives us cutting-edge data, trends and insights from the 166,000 voluntary organisations in the UK. The 2024 almanac has just been released! Take a look to find the most up to date information about the sector.
Sustainable Healthcare
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has just launched their new bespoke learning platform to make it easier for voluntary sector organisations and healthcare professionals to engage with their content.
Physical health
‘Fun and Moving‘ is a digital rehab, health and wellness platform. The site has 1500+ ‘medically approved’ routines, and you can get a free 14 day trial. For more information, contact Pat@FunAndMoving.com.
Free kitchens
John Lewis has partnered with Rehome to offer their old display kitchen units for free! if your preferred listing is Priced or states ‘Accepting offers’ ignore this as it will not apply.
Warm spaces
Good Practice Mentors have created a special resource to provide organisations with top-tips around how to create a Warm Welcome and produce communications to reach the people you’re not currently meeting.
Digital support
The Good Things Foundation have free digital training available through Learn My Way. You can also apply for free devices and data if you are supporting people to get online.
Heart starters
The Heart Starters campaign from the London Ambulance Charity wants to get more defibrillators in high-priority communities. Find out more about the campaign here, and contact londamb.heartstarters@nhs.net if you can help.
Reports
The Race Equality Foundation
The Race Equality Foundation has released a new report, ‘Social Prescribing, Health Inequalities and Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities‘, calling for more consistent and rigorous ethnicity data collection in social prescribing, a non-medical intervention that aims to address health inequalities. Also see this summary from the National Academy for Social Prescribing.
Health service cost
This report from the National Academy for Social Prescribing looks at the impact of social prescribing on health service use and cost. It suggests connecting people to groups, services and activities in their communities can reduce pressure on NHS services.
Health Equity Network
Speakers and workshop facilitators have provided slides from the Health Equity Network conference 2024.
Inclusion health
The Local Government Association has produced a report with insight on how to work with inclusion health groups, highlighting case studies from around England.
Community assets
The National Churches Trust’s ‘The House of Good: Health‘ report demonstrates that the contribution of the church to community wellbeing would cost the NHS £8.4 billion a year to deliver. This is the equivalent to nearly 4% of all UK health spending and the same cost as employing 230,000 nurses.
Neighbourhood health
The NHS Confederation, in partnership with Local Trust and PPL, has just released a new report, ‘The case for neighbourhood health and care.‘ It underlines that ‘the support to change lives effectively exists in our neighbourhoods, but only if public sector resources and community assets can be brought together in the right way.
Health inequalities & community development
The London Health Inequalities & Community Development Network has sadly come to an end. It had a focus on combatting community development challenges at a local, place-based level, and on amplifying the significance of community development approaches within local, regional, and national policy discussions. The resources they have produced can be found here.
Greening programme
Here you can read about the impact of restorative and regenerative green spaces for vulnerable people.
Local environment
Read about how local environment is perceived in daily life, and the context of access inequality for ecosystem services in urban areas.
