Green and blue social prescribing

Whether you are a green or blue activity provider, someone in the health care system looking for support and resources, or someone who is looking for some green or blue activity to support your health and wellbeing, there is something here for you!

Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust has been supporting organisations in the delivery of Green and Blue Social Prescribing activities as part of a national “Test and Learn” programme since 2021.

Find an activity near you!

Directory of currently funded green activity providers across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw

Link workers and social prescribers

Are you working in the community, or in a medical or patient support setting and want to know how you can bring nature connection into your work to support people?

Social prescribing case studies

Hear from those taking part in green activity as well project organisers, about the benefits to health and wellbeing

Training

Links to other sources of helpful information and signposting to find out more about green social prescribing

The Green Network

More about the Green Network – linking up providers of green and blue activity across South Yorkshire

Meetings of the Green Network

Upcoming meeting dates, plus recordings, notes and agendas from previous meetings of the Green Network

Launched in April 2021, this £5.77 million cross-government programme was supported by the Treasury Shared Outcomes Fund with additional funds from NHS England, Sport England and National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP). It was project managed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) with support of national partners Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), Natural England, Sport England and NASP. The test and learn site delivery was project managed by NHS England.

The project set out to test how to embed green social prescribing into communities in order to:

Improve mental health outcomes
Reduce health inequalities
Reduce demand on the health and social care system
Develop best practice in making green social activities more resilient and accessible

The Green Network is currently hosted by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust – find out more on the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System website SYB ICS website. There is more information on the national picture for Green and Blue Social Prescribing on the National Academy for Social Prescribing’s website too.