Finalist
HEAR Finalist for the Best Arts & Cluture Social Prescribing Project
Robin Hood Health shortlisted for award
The Robin Hood Health Foundation has been shortlisted for the Social Prescribing Awards 2024
Housing Support
Southdown housing Support & Additional support offer for people under mental health services
What is Social Prescribing?
Many things affect your health and wellbeing. A lot of people visit them feeling isolated or lonely. Or they might be stressed out by work, money and housing
problems. Sometimes it’s the stress of managing different long-term conditions.
How libraries are supporting their community’s health and wellbeing
Libraries play a vital role in the delivery of social prescribing at a hyperlocal level
Cost of Living Support
Information on cost of living support in Brighton & Hove
FREE weekly theatre workshops
FREE Spaces available @ Brighton People’s Theatre
V&A TALKS
Get to know the history of a variety of subjects from the comfort of your own home!
Social Prescribing Day – 18th March 2021
Social Prescribing Day (scheduled 18th of March 2021) is an event aiming to foster an attitudinal change, to shift the power to the people and local communities, to forge cross-sectoral collaboration, to promote co-design and co-creation, and to ensure social prescribing continues to grow as a grassroots movement.
Prescribe to thrive – embedding social prescribing in Hove for 100 residents and practitioners
West Hove is home to many innovative organisations doing great work in creativity and wellbeing. However, social prescribing is under used by GPs in the area. The Robin Hood Health Foundation and key community partners will use their £50k Thriving Communities funding to broaden social prescribing options through more varied range and content, as well as consolidate existing cross-sector programmes and amplify patient involvement.
Arts and Mental Health Case Study: The Hera Project (Healing, Expressive and Recovery Arts)
OVERVIEW The Hera Project is an artist-led workshop programme for patients in NHS Primary Care in Brighton & Hove. Participants have a wide range of mental health concerns, and many people also live with physical health problems. We offer creative activities that...Heidi’s Visual Art Workshop
Heidi Compton is one of our HERA Visual Artists. Heidi runs workshops for our BHWC patients and is currently running a weekly online workshop in March and April incorporating simple and fun creative projects that are great for calming the mind.