Illustration of diverse people engaging in outdoor activities around colorful trees, promoting Social Prescribing Day on 26th March 2026.

Person standing beside a Ruils banner promoting support for local disabled people to live independently.

Two people engaged in a conversation in a small office with dual computer monitors and office supplies on the desk.

It's #SocialPrescribingDay 🙌

Today we celebrate our fantastic #LinkWorkers who go above and beyond to support Richmond patients take charge of their health & wellbeing.

SP truly is a team effort & we're grateful for our NHS, Richmond Council, Richmond GP Alliance and voluntary sector partners!

A green and black illustration summarises discussion from a roundtable with Link Workers. The focus was "Delivering high quality social prescribing" and topics included Link Worker support, workloads, awareness and appropriateness of social prescribing, co-designing services, training, personalised care budgets, and outcome measures. The SPYN and Social Biobehavioural Research Group logos are in the corner.

New blog alert! 🔔

Read about our latest roundtable conversation, bringing together #LinkWorkers to discuss best practice for youth #SocialPrescribing 🏆

If you haven't already, join our free Social Prescribing Youth Network to be part of this movement ✅

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A flyer showing the University of Manchester logo, and an illustration of people dancing in a kitchen. The text reads as follows: Take part in a new research study! The Ada study, Access to Dance for Autistic adults is exploring how to support autistic adults to dance. We want to find out how to make dance more inclusive and get feedback on the resources we have developed to support people to dance. Who can take part? Dance teachers, studio managers, or staff from dance organisations, link workers (who do social prescribing). Aged 18+. What will in involve? Attending a workshop (2-3 hours), in person or online. Sharing your experiences and views. Helping shape resources to support autistic people to dance. Want to find out more or participate? contact: Claire.Planner@manchester.ac.uk This project has been reviewed and approved by the University of Manchester ethics committee. Ref.: 2025-22347-42791.

📣 Calling UK-based social prescribers/link workers! We’re running an online focus group to get your feedback on resources designed to increase access to dance for autistic adults. To find out more 📧 claire.planner@manchester.ac.uk
Reposts appreciated 🙏
#socialprescribing #autism #linkworkers

Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study | Primary Health Care Research & Development | Cambridge ... Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study - Volume 26

Latest paper from our study on social prescribing link worker recruitment and retention. Role ambiguity and job misalignment are some of the issues new recruits face #socialprescribing #linkworkers #healthservices #retention @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Can you reach out to your local pulmonary rehabilitation PR team

PR can help people with lung illness to do more things with less shortness of breath

#SocialPrescribingDay
#pulmonaryrehabilitation
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Today we celebrate our social prescribing team and all the organisations and partnerships we have in Brighton and Hove which allow us to reach so many people.

#SocialPrescribingDay #SocialHealth #LinkWorkers