Social prescribing is a way of enabling people to make positive changes in their lives and within their communities by linking people to activities, voluntary and community groups and public services.
These activities can help them to:
feel more involved in their community
meet new people
make some changes to improve their health and wellbeing
Social prescribing enables local agencies to refer people, with their agreement, to a link worker. Link workers give people time and focus on what matters to the person as identified through shared decision- making or personalised care and support planning. They connect people to community groups and services for practical and emotional support. Link workers collaborate with local partners to support community groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new groups.
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