The Social Prescription

AUGUST 2026

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Updates

Launch of the Strategic Forum: Neighbourhood Health & Social Prescribing: Are you a strategic leader or commissioner working on neighbourhood health? If so, our new forum could support you with guidance and good practice on social prescribing. Find out more about becoming a member.

Read the Social Prescribing Champions Programme: Year in Review 2025-2026, celebrating the achievements and impact of Champions over the past year. Join the programme to help strengthen person-centred approaches to healthcare.

Faith and social prescribing: How can faith groups work in partnership with health professionals? Visit today for evidence, resources and practical guides on faith and social prescribing.

Training and development

[For link workers] Updated link worker resources hub: 

Our refreshed webpage brings together the monthly webinar programme, online training, toolkits and guidance to support you in your role.

[For link workers] NASP Webinar Recording: Embedding equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging and cultural safety in everyday practice: This month we held a fantastic webinar to support link workers and practitioners to strengthen inclusive, culturally safe practice.

[for healthcare professionals] Join our Social Prescribing Champions: Champions are healthcare professionals working across the health system who raise awareness and build understanding of social prescribing. Find out more and apply to join.

[for clinicians] Clinical Advisory Group: NASP is seeking clinicians, clinical leaders and senior health care professional representatives to provide expert guidance and strategic advice to NASP's work. To find out more, please email healthcare.integration@nasp.info

Upcoming webinars

[For link workers] 24th September, NASP Webinar: Thriving in a neighbourhood team - How link workers strengthen integrated care:  This webinar will focus on how link workers can strengthen collaboration, improve continuity of care and help connect people to the right support in their community.

Find out more about future webinars for link workers and express your interest in becoming a speaker. 

[For practitioners of Green Social Prescribing] 30th September - NASP Webinar - Green Social Prescribing Toolkit Launch: This webinar will launch the 2026 Revised Edition of the Green Social Prescribing Toolkit, which brings together lessons learned from the National Cross-Government Green Social Prescribing Programme to Tackle and Prevent Mental Ill-health. The toolkit and the webinar are particularly aimed at people working at a strategic, systems level, who are seeking to embed green social prescribing into health systems.

Register now for the first SP-EU Webinar, 9th October, 12:00-13:00 BST: Social Prescribing EU's first webinar of their series, Sharing experiences on Social Prescribing, provides an opportunity to learn from practical experiences of SP-EU consortium partners and discuss key challenges and lessons learned. The webinar is aimed at international practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and organisations working on or interested in social prescribing.