What is #SocialPrescribingDay? 

Social Prescribing Day is an annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen. Since 2019, thousands of local, national and international organisations, link workers, medical professionals, academics and students have taken part across the world.

Every year, we have joined together to hold events, share ideas and highlight the impact of social prescribing on people and communities. Together, we want to raise awareness of what social prescribing is, how it works, and how it changes lives.

Many things that affect our health cannot be treated by doctors or medicine alone, like loneliness, isolation or stress due to problems with debt or housing.

Social prescribing connects people to non-medical support to address these issues and other unmet needs. This could involve a Social Prescribing Link Worker or an equivalent role: Helping someone who is isolated to join a befriending group, an art class or a community gardening project, based on what matters to them.

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

Working with someone with high blood pressure to take up a form of exercise that they’re comfortable with.

Social prescribing involves understanding the complexities of people’s lives and the inequalities they may face. It can help change the circumstances that make people unwell, and empower people to manage existing health problems. It can help people to connect and to grow in confidence.

Social Prescribing Day 2026 – The National Academy for Social Prescribing | NASP