GP clinics in the UK can now become certified ‘Parkrun practices’ with doctors able to flag patients who may benefit most from physical exercise, and practice staff and doctors also encouraged to join in. Parkrun is a not-for-profit organisation which encourages people to do a 5 km run or walk at a pace of their choosing…
Sessions ranging from art therapy, sport and gardening will be provided to 20 men at the prison. Until now, prisons have opted for more traditional care services to meet the physical and mental needs of inmates. The first course will start this month, and could be followed be a larger project aimed at improving health…
icare Foundation, the charitable arm of NSW’s social insurer, is providing $1.4m to fund an 18-month social prescribing trial run by Primary and Community Care Services (PCCS), a not-for-profit health provider that works with GPs and healthcare providers across NSW “prescribing” non-medical interventions, like social activities. Read more…
Local Chill Art sessions have enabled participants from Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai and Ryde affected by a range of life set-backs, to focus on something positive and meaningful; to create beautiful artworks, and to begin reconnecting with their community and social networks. Over 100 of their mixed media artworks were shown at the first-ever This is Us…
