Social Prescribing Youth Network

A flurry of December @SPYN_UK updates ❄️ Our final #SocialPrescribing Youth Network newsletter of 2025 features: 🗓️ Jan Member Meetup 💡 Feb Symposium w/ @NASPTweets @southbankcentre 📝 Blog: link workers’ insights 🌐 Community news & resources 👉 mailchi.mp/ucl/spyn_dec25

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 Social Prescribing Youth Network to be part of this movement ✅ sbbresearch.org/delivering-hig…

How does #SocialPrescribing for children and young people work in practice? Check out @NASPTweets' new flipbook, showcasing numerous innovative examples including our very own projects Wellbeing While Waiting and INACT 💡 socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/chil…

Thanks so much to ASPIRE (Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education) for allowing me to share my keynote reflections around youth social prescribing: learning from the UK on practice and research @UCL_SBB @NASPTweets

How can we advance the evidence base for youth #SocialPrescribing? 🔎 We spoke to researchers & academics to answer this question – we’re delighted to share learning in our latest blog and accompanying illustration. Take a look 👇 sbbresearch.org/advancing-the-…

What do young people think about #SocialPrescribing as an approach to improving #MentalHealth? 💭 Take a look at the findings of a new qualitative study, from authors @olssonab, Emily Stapley, Alexander Russell and @danhayesphd 🔍 doi.org/10.1155/hsc/29…

More than a million people were referred to #SocialPrescribing services by their GP in 2023, far exceeding initial targets 📈 Check out our new study in @TheLancetPH & learn more at our upcoming webinar with @NASPTweets 👇 📰 sbbresearch.org/new-study-trac… 📅 socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/events/nasp-we…

Interested in #SocialPrescribing for children, young people and families? Join our next @SPYN_UK Member Meetup to: 🔎 Hear insights from our roundtables on embedding & sustaining youth social prescribing 🗣️ Share your views 🤝 Network Register below 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/spyn-member-…

How can we embed and sustain #SocialPrescribing so that it benefits more children, young people and families? Earlier this summer we asked policymakers and commissioners exactly this 🗨️ Check out our brand new policy brief and illustration to learn more: sbbresearch.org/how-to-embed-a…

New event! Join our upcoming webinar with @NASPTweets, where Professor Daisy Fancourt will be rounding up the major developments in #SocialPrescribing research from the past year 📊 🗓️ Tuesday 21st October, 12-1pm 💻 Online event 👇 Register for free socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/events/nasp-we…

We're #hiring! 📣 We're looking for an enthusiastic Social Prescriber/Research Assistant with #SocialPrescribing or youth work experience. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of research & practice! Find out more & apply 👇 tinyurl.com/bdy24c2u

ICYMI 📢 In our recent @SPYN_UK Member Meetup, we asked attendees to share their resource recommendations for #SocialPrescribing with young people 🔎 Check out the crowdsourced list on our blog 👇 sbbresearch.org/resource-recom…

Researchers working on #SocialPrescribing projects with children & young people (#CYP), we have an opportunity for you! Join us at the next @SPYN_UK roundtable 🗓️ 31 July 2025 🕛 12.00 – 1.30 pm BST 📍 Online Find out more about it & how to take part 👇 mailchi.mp/ucl/spyn-july-…

Work in #SocialPrescribing with young people? The July Update from @SPYN_UK is here & it might have something for you! It features: 📝 Resources from our Member Meetup 💡 Roundtable invite for researchers 📌 Community news Give it a read & subscribe 👇 mailchi.mp/ucl/spyn-july-…

Are you interested in #SocialPrescribing for children, young people and families? Join the #SPYN Member Meetup to connect with fellow Social Prescribing Youth Network members! 🗓️ 18 June 2025 🕐 12 - 1 PM BST 📍 Online Register via the link below 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/spyn-member-…

Interested in #SocialPrescribing for children, young people and families? Join our first @SPYN_UK event of 2025! 🗓️ Details about the event and other exciting updates just landed in our SPYN members' inboxes 📩 Take a look 👇 mailchi.mp/ucl/spyn-april…

Applications for our Youth Advisory Group are still open! 🔔 Know any young people aged 16-21 who are based in the UK 🇬🇧 and are interested in improving healthcare? We're looking for youth advisors to help shape the activities and outputs of @SPYN_UK! Find out more 👇

Do you know or work with young people? We have a PAID opportunity for 16-21-year-olds interested in improving healthcare! 📈 We are looking for 5 people to join the Youth Advisory Group for @SPYN_UK and shape the network’s activities Find out more 👇 sbbresearch.org/spyn-yag-recru…

From our members 🧩 Are you a link worker with experience in social prescribing for lonely young adults? Take part in an online interview! Find out more 👇

Can #socialprescribing be implemented in #schools for #pupils or who #lonely? We are testing this across 12 schools nationally, testing its feasibility, acceptability and suitability (and are looking for more schools for next stage) Protocol paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…