My Health Connector: for local health or lifestyle service in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow or Penrith areas. https://myhealthconnector.com.au/

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Social Prescribing Assessment Tool: West Wakefield Health & Wellbeing Ltd and South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust Review Sheet endorsed by UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Assessment Tools

Mohammad S, Ho C, Hann J, Cheetu S, Zhang J. Indicators and Tools for Social Prescribing Evaluation (2023) MacMaster University.

Assessment Tools

Social Prescribing Bendigo: was a pilot from the City of Greater Bendigo and Murray PHN for health professionals to refer patients who require low level support to connect with social activities in community.

Participants referred by a health professional can be connected with a Link Worker through City of Greater Bendigo that will assess interests and capacity in order to connect people with local activities. Capacity building for communities through support to develop groups or activ

Service Summary
Social Prescribing; Community Connection; Healthy communities; Community Connector

As part of the Community Empowerment and Development (CED) Program at North Richmond Community Health, the ‘5 steps to Connection’ is a social prescribing program

North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) is located in Richmond Victoria, 3km from the CBD. It is based on the Richmond Housing Estate (RHE), which is the
largest high rise public housing estate in Australia, with 5 towers and over 1000 2&3 bedroom apartments.

Following our large scale COVID respons

Service Summary
Codesign, isolation, loneliness, chronic disease, place based, community connector

Karg, A., De Cotta, T., Farmer, J., Aryani, A., Knox, J., Adler, V., & Kamstra, P. (2021). Infrastructure for Social Connection, Swinburne Social Innovation Research Institute.

Prepared for the Inner South-East Metropolitan Partnership Working Group. Researching the existing assets for creating social connectedness and identifying interventions

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social connection; social infrastructure; framework; asset mapping

Grimwood J. (2020) Social Prescription Understanding the Model for Local Development. Central Highlands Association of Neighbourhood Houses

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social prescription types; codesign; model components; outcomes

Heerde, J.A. (2019). “I can be me again”: Animal Assisted Interventions with young people experiencing homelessness. Report of program implementation and outcomes. Department of Paediatrics, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne. Parkville, Australia.

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Rees D, Levenberg A, Ansari Z. (2019) Improving Social Connections of Older People: Workshops in the Hawkesbury Report. Synergia, Nepean Blue Mountains PHN, Wentworth Healthcare.

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Living Our Best Life in the City of Knox a partnership between the Community Houses Association of the Outer-eastern Suburbs (CHAOS), Temple Society Australia and the five Neighbourhood Houses to provide the role of volunteers as community connectors (link workers) to support a formal referral system. The model has been inspired by the work of Mendip Health Connections and Bromley By Bow Centre in the UK.

The Knox project, Living our Best Life, includes trialling the role of volunteers

Service Summary
community connector, talking cafe, community mapping

A pilot program to enhance social connectedness and community participation among people aged 50+ who may be experiencing, or at risk of, social isolation and or loneliness.  This may include the provision of information, resources, education, skills development in activities of daily living, short term case management, referrals for additional supports to decrease barriers to social engagement, use of community connectors to facilitate access to community participation, social groups and/or

Service Summary
Facilitated Access, Social Prescribing, Living Well Ageing Well, loneliness, social isolation, older adults

The Improving Social Connections of Older Australians Project is involves health connectors, community connectors and community connector points.
In 2019, the Social Connectedness of Older People in the Hawkesbury pilot project held three Community Workshops in targeted areas of the region. Over one hundred professionals, volunteers and community members participated.
As a result of the workshop outcomes and committee guidance, three strategies were developed:
1. Training of

Service Summary
Loneliness, Social Isolation, Social Connection, Social Prescribing, General Practice, Health Connectors, Community Connectors, Mental Health

The Hervey BNC Connecting Communities is a three-year pilot program has been funded by the Queensland Government Communities Innovation Fund to help address social isolation and loneliness in the Fraser Coast Community.

Hervey BNC’s Connecting Communities Social Prescription program aims to support and empower every person to connect, participate, contribute and thrive in the Fraser Coast
community.

Based on models developed in the UK, social prescribing is proven to imp

Service Summary
social isolation, loneliness, regional Queensland, social prescribing, neighborhood center, social engagement

Our Outreach services aim to reduce barriers to participation by ensuring community members have access to resources, opportunities and capabilities to engage, contribute, use local services and connect with their/our communities.

Referrals are received from all health service partners including Complex Care, Social Workers, Advanced Care, Hospital to Home, Transitional Care, and community health workers. Families and community members are also able to refer family members, friends and

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Access Health and Community Volunteer Community Connectors (VCC) program aims to assist socially isolated people to identify and access suitable community activities.

Community linkages are based upon a person’s interests. VCCs can help to identify activities, make enquiries and warm introductions according to client preferences and need. VCCs can also assist with travel planning and accompany people to their first session if necessary (transport is not provided). Volunteer inter

Service Summary
social prescription, connection, social inclusion, loneliness, ending loneliness, community connector, community connection, council

Khan H, Giurca BC, et al (2023). Social Prescribing Around the World: A World Map of Global Developments in Social Prescribing Across Different Health System Contexts.

This report has a global focus, exploring social prescribing developments in 24 countries.
There is no single best model or practice of social prescribing. Different health system contexts call for adaptability.
The 24 case studies of social prescribing presented in this report show differences and commonalit

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case studies; social prescribing model

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 o

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social prescribing service; evaluation; library

ADMA (2023). Victorian Social Prescribing Survey Report. Dec 2022-Feb 2023.

∙To understand more about the social prescribing landscape in Victoria, a Victorian Social Prescribing Survey was developed and distributed to sectors active in social prescribing.
∙The survey sought to survey those involved in social prescribing (including but not limited to the Victorian Department of Health, Victorian Primary Health Networks, Local Government Areas (council services), Neighbourhood

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social prescribing service; survey

Friends for Good (2021). More than Medicine: Exploring Social Prescribing in Australia.

This report explores the perspectives and attitudes of people from across Australia about social prescribing and how they think it would impact their lives, following a survey.

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survey; social prescribing feedback; formats

Zurynski Y, Vedovi A, Smith K (2020). Social Prescribing: A Rapid Literature Review to Inform Primary Care Policy in Australia. NHMRC Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University

A rapid literature review to inform primary care policy in Australia on social prescribing

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literature review; social prescribing