We hope you are well and enjoying the longer evenings and brighter mornings as we welcome the beginning of Spring! Here's a round-up of what Elemental got up to in March and what's coming up in April.

Evidencing the Growing Demand for Social Support During the Pandemic

Data from Elemental’s core social prescribing platform is demonstrating an increase in the amount of people accessing and engaging in social prescribing programmes across the following sectors; health, housing, VCSE, local government, education, employability and prison care since the pandemic began last March.

Over all, we’ve seen a 115% increase in the amount of people now enrolled in social prescribing programmes since last year.

Adoption and scaling of social prescribing across North Wales continues as Flintshire Voluntary Council (FLVC) goes live with Elemental

Flintshire Voluntary Council (FLVC)  is the umbrella and support organisation for over 1200 voluntary and community groups based in Flintshire. It also hosts the social prescribing service in the county. Find out why they've gone live with Elemental.

How Social Prescribing can help Housing Associations deliver on the Government's Charter for Social Housing Residents

The UK Government's Social Housing White Paper, ‘The Charter for Social Housing Residents’, outlines the measures the government aims to put in place to support residents or tenants in social housing.

We looked at how social prescribing can be used to help achieve the objectives set out in the Charter and gave our response here. 

March was Social Prescribing Month!

We exhibited at the The 3rd International Social Prescribing Conference 

The month started with the 3rd International Social Prescribing Conference on the 4th and 5th of March and it was the first year that the conference was hosted online. The conference was as always, a well organised and thought provoking event that brilliantly showcased the impacts of social prescribing through a range of talks and sessions.

If you missed the conference, never fear, here are our Top Ten Takeaways.

Our favourite day of the year, International Social Prescribing Day!

Social Prescribing Day took place on 18th of March 2021. The international event aims 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.

We took part by engaging with the international community of social prescribing online using the official hashtag #SocialPrescribingDay. 

We were able to share resources and make announcements with the global community and celebrate the growth of social prescribing.

This Week in Social Prescribing - Elemental's weekly podcast

The Week in Social Prescribing, Elemental's weekly podcast series, has aired its first four episodes. During March we heard from:

Jennifer Neff - Elemental

Joanna Seymour - Warm Wales

Deirdre Ruane -  South Dublin County Partnership

Glynne Roberts, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

The podcast is designed to keep you informed and up to date with what’s happening in the world of social prescribing. You can catch all the episodes here on our website if you missed any.

Upcoming Events

Elemental Open Lounge

Our next Elemental Open Lounge takes place Wednesday 14th April, 12pm - 1pm.

Book here to secure your place and find out more about Elemental.

We'll be giving you an exclusive look at the functionality of our award-winning digital social prescribing platform, including:

Express referral 

Triaging of patients

Day to day task management for Link Workers

Case management

Our monitoring and reporting suite

Our in-built Directory of Services

How Elemental supports reporting on DES PCN funding for social prescribing

Organisations currently leading the way in digital social prescribing

How Elemental can customise our platform based on your local needs e.g hub set up and data flow

How the platform supports social prescribing projects to produce reports for Commissioners

Book your place here.