Social Prescribing
What is Social Prescribing?
That are many things that affect our health and wellbeing. People may visit their GP because they may be feeling stressed about their work, money, or because they are lonely and isolated. But these problems cannot be fixed by medicine, or doctors, alone. That’s where social prescribing comes in.
Social prescribing connects people to practical and emotional community support and activities, through social prescribing link workers, who are based in GP practices and take referrals from all local agencies.
Who Can We Help?
It can especially help people who:
- have one or more long-term condition
- need support with their mental health
- are lonely or isolated
- have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.
How is ACL supporting Social Prescribing?
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funded community learning course per person
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The service user is entitled to a maximum of £150 per academic year towards the cost of a course or any resources required for learning.
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places available referred via providers
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years prior residency in the UK, EU or the EEA required
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How to apply
ACL Essex is committed to Social Prescribing and the benefits this has for residence of Essex.
Social Prescribing is for Service Users who would benefit from a learning experience to improve their health and wellbeing by addressing the potential barriers to accessing learning through a health referral. Social Prescribing is not an alternative to signposting for those individuals who are confident and able to access services when supplied with the relevant information. It is directed towards those service users that are impacted by social isolation to support their mental health & wellbeing, a healthy lifestyle, or the first step to wider lifelong learning.
As a referrer, you will need to complete all aspects of this form on behalf of the relevant service user (all information needs to be inputted in one go).
This data will be held in accordance with the Essex County Council GDPR policies.
The service user is entitled to a maximum of £150 per academic year towards the cost of a course or any resources required for learning.
By completing this form with the service user, they are giving their consent to be contacted by ACL Essex.
Organisations and agencies we work with
