Welcome to
Midlands Learning Together Programme
Our mission:
The National Academy for Social Prescribing has a simple ambition: we want people to live the best life they can.
We want social prescribing to thrive – a vibrant, innovative and ambitious movement, mobilising hundreds of thousands of people and organisations with a shared commitment to transforming lives.
Read about our NASP plans here.
Thriving Communities
Championing, supporting and sharing the work of thriving community groups
Thriving Communities is a new national support programme for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups, supporting communities impacted by COVID19 in England, working alongside social prescribing link workers.
Thriving Communities will help you to share your learning, gain new ideas, access funding and develop partnerships across sectors.
Please click here to learn more about the midlands Thriving Communities programme, now open for cohort 2 of Learning Together applicants.
Still open for applications (closing date for the 'Closed Small Group' sessions - 6th October.)
If you are part of Cohort 1, don't worry there are still plenty of opportunities available to get stuck in to! Webinars; Calendar invites for reflect, learn, take action groups and much more. To watch the Welcome session please click here.
What's coming up next?
Webinar on Movement Matters by physical activity leads
What is happening across the East and West Midlands regarding Physical activity and why movement matters for our health and wellbeing. Hear from four guest speakers and get to speak with them in smaller break out rooms.
The webinar will cover:
- What support there is for you as community providers, to embed movement within your community health and wellbeing activities
- Hear good practice examples within the Midlands and what you can do to support people to move for staying well
- How to connect your physical activity with in Social Prescribing
Monday 24th January
12:00pm - 13:30pm
Register on Eventbrite here.
Networking Event
Come and network with voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups and other professionals interested in Social Prescribing. Network with regional lead from Heritage England, as well as those across the region. This event will use Airmeet a particularly useful tool for networking online, register here.
Monday 31st January
12:00 pm -1:30 pm
Social Prescribing
One in five GP appointments focus on wider social needs, rather than acute medical issues.
Social prescribing presents the NHS and local authorities with an opportunity to help people make use of existing community services, resources and facilities in order to meet their personal needs and free up GP time.
For an easy read on Social Prescribing click here.
Want to connect better with your NHS partners, even beyond Social Prescribing, about all things health and care?
Join the NHS Futures platform by emailing NHS: england.voluntarypartnerships@nhs.net
Wanting help getting on to the network?
Check out the Thriving Communities Network Video Guides.
Are you a non-profit organisation?
The Charities Excellence Framework enables you to not only survive, but also emerge from the crisis a stronger and more effective charity.
The Funding Finder database isn’t just another funder database, it also has links to 100s of other free funder databases and online funder lists, giving you click through to more funders than any other system.
For a video on how to use this FREE database click here.
T&Cs apply, data protection, not for commercial use.
For a link to subscribe to their newsletter see 'Other relevant newsletters' below.
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Relevant to all not for profit organisations.
Please subscribe to their newsletter for up-to-date information on funding.
Midlands Physical Activity Social Prescribing Coordinator Charlotte Leonhardsen
If you are a professional wanting to follow Social Prescribing, this could be a relevant newsletter for you to subscribe to. Follow Charlotte Leonhardsen's newsletters: To subscribe please click here.
Charlotte's archived newsletters are below.
ARCHIVED NEWSLETTERS
Regional Physical Activity Social Prescribing Coordinator Charlotte Leonhardsen's archived newsletters:
June - Charlotte Leonhardsen Updates
August - Charlotte Leonhardsen Updates
Contact us for more information or if you would like this information in a different format:
Email: midlands.thrivingcommunities@nasp.info
Phone: 01332 2277 08
