National Academy for Social Prescribing
The National Academy for Social Prescribing is a registered UK charity promoting health and wellbeing. It was launched on 23 October 2019.[1]
The academy’s work includes:
• Connecting the social prescribing system, through training and consultancy, resources and a Champions scheme for clinicians and health workers.
• Creating innovative partnerships, from local to international.
• Boosting investment for frontline organisations delivering social prescribing, including through the Power of Music Fund and the Green Social Prescribing Programme.
• Building the evidence base, working with nearly 300 academics and experts around the world and publishing 15 thematic evidence reviews.
• Raising the profile of social prescribing through national campaigns.[2]
NHS England provided around £650,000 for the initial set-up costs and the Department of Health and Social Care provided a £5m grant to the academy in 2020 [3] and a further £3.6 million in 2022. [4]
Activities
[edit]In November 2020, the Academy, in collaboration with Arts Council England, announced the launch of a new £1.4 million Thriving Communities Fund, designed to develop local social prescribing activities across the country. The Academy contributed £1.15 million to the fund, with £250,000 provided by the Arts Council, which administered the fund.[5]
The Academy has also established the Power of Music Fund, in partnership with The Utley Foundation, Arts Council England, Music for All and others.[6] The fund supports local music and dementia projects, and also led to the establishment of the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia in 2024.[7]
It has also published more than 15 evidence reviews related to social prescribing and a wide range of toolkits and guidance for professionals.[8] It has published a report on social prescribing around the world, and works with more than 30 countries around the world through its international programme.[9]
Governance
[edit]Charlotte Osborn-Forde is the Chief Executive of the National Academy for Social Prescribing.[10]
Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard was the first Chair of Trustees for the National Academy for Social Prescribing.[11]. The current trustees include:
Brad Gudger
Jonathan Badyal
Dr Harry Brunjes
Dr. Davina Deniszczyc
Patty Dimond
Amanda Ellingworth
Clova Fyfe
Sarah Metcalfe
Gay Palmer
Phoebe Vela-Hitchcox [12]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/social-prescribing-new-national-academy-set-up
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/about-us/
- ^ "Outgoing RCGP chair to head up new National Academy for Social Prescribing | GPonline". www.gponline.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/36-million-social-prescribing-funding-to-bolster-mental-health-support-and-ease-pressure-on-gps
- ^ "Social prescribing in England boosted by new £1.4m Thriving Communities Fund". Museums + Heritage Advisor. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/the-power-of-music/the-power-of-music-fund/
- ^ https://manchestercamerata.co.uk/centre-of-excellence-for-music-and-dementia/
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/about-us/the-story-so-far/
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/social-prescribing-around-the-world/
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/nasp-announces-new-ceo/
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/professor-dame-helen-stokes-lampard-stands-down-as-nasp-chair/
- ^ https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/about-us/meet-the-board/