Report | The Social Prescribing Library, Campaspe Library Service: Echuca, Victoria, Australia
Published: 2021
Brief Summary:
Dye N (2023). The Social Prescribing Library, Campaspe Library Service: Echuca, Victoria, Australia
The aim of the Social Prescribing Library project is to develop an evidence-informed toolkit that supports public libraries to develop a sustainable social prescribing service that aligns to their community, health and organisation’s priorities by either contributing to an existing social prescription program or developing their own community-led service.
Insights and findings of this project have provided valuable knowledge into strengths, barriers, enablers and resources, and have identified three interrelated opportunities for
public libraries to move forward in the space of social prescribing.
Who is this for?
Libraries interested in providing social prescribing People and organizations interested in social prescribing
What is the aim?
The aim of the Social Prescribing Library project is to develop an evidence-informed toolkit that supports public libraries to develop a sustainable social prescribing service that aligns to their community, health and organisation’s priorities by either contributing to an existing social prescription program or developing their own community-led service.
Results/Outcomes:
Consultation insights and findings
Participant stories
Three opportunities for libraries