Thriving Communities Programme

Thriving Communities Programme

We were London’s regional development partner for the National Academy of Social Prescribing (NASP) Thriving Communities Programme, which launched in October 2019 and ran until March 2023.

This was an exciting support programme for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups, supporting communities alongside social prescribing link workers to build upon their current activities.

We partnered with five Councils for Voluntary Services across London who were the regional development lead for their areas:

One Westminster (North West London),  Voluntary Action Camden (North Central London), Tower Hamlets CVS (North East London), Bexley CVS (South East London), Croydon Voluntary Action (South West London) to help make sure that the VCSE was supported to engage around social prescribing.

Thriving Communities Fund

The Thriving Communities Fund awarded the following organisations to bring together place-based partnerships to increase social prescribing community activities in their area. These projects finished in March 2022. They were:

• The Bridge Renewal Trust (Haringey)
• Her Centre & Tramshed (Greenwich)
• Organic Lea – Moving in Nature (Waltham Forest)
• St Margaret’s House – The Health Tree (Tower Hamlets)
• Studio 3 Arts Thames Ward (Barking and Dagenham)

For an overview of the impact of the Thriving Communities Fund please click here for the national report.