SHSP Network

St Helens Social Prescribing Network

Social Prescribers sharing resources, knowledge, and opportunities in St Helens.

Social Prescribing is…

“An approach that supports individuals to take greater control of their own health & wellbeing. It does this by connecting people to activities, groups, & services in their community. The goal is to meet their practical, social, and emotional needs based on what is most important to them.”

Example can include:

•Supporting someone to improve their wellbeing by getting involved in activity that is meaningful & helps to build confidence.

•Helping someone who feels lonely & isolated to join a group, class, community project or sports activity based on what works for them.

•Connecting someone struggling with financial stress to a service that helps with managing debt or claiming benefits.

•Supporting someone with dementia to join a dementia choir, enabling them to maintain a sense of social connection.

•Working with someone with physical health issues who wants to increase their activity levels.

•Being a listening ear to someone and supporting them to explore what matters to them and changes that they would like to make to improve their overall wellbeing.

Help form our community

Join us and help shape and develop a social prescribing network in St Helens

Who we are

We are a group of partners working in St Helens who are developing a social prescribing network where people whose job involves the task of social prescribing can join and share resources, knowledge, gain peer support and training/development opportunities through online and face to face sessions.