London Social Prescribing map
Background
As part of our constituent membership of Regional Voices’, LVSC has been mapping social prescribing initiatives in London since January 2015. LVSC
developed a Smart Survey for new and emerging social prescribers to complete to complete. Survey feedback has informed each social prescriber’s unique
page on the map.
Aims
The aim of the map is to gauge different prescribing models, how they operate, work in partnership and monitor & evaluate the impact of their initiatives. We
also want the map to serve as a resource / tool for:
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Commissioners and policy makers to expand their knowledge about the range of services available, its added value and identify any potential gaps
with the view to roll out and commission social prescribing across London.
GPs in order to raise awareness of the range of services available, its added value and enable them to signpost patients and service users to non
clinical services.
Voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) to share information, expertise and good practice as well as enable
organisations to explore developing social prescribing projects in their areas.
Academia to find out about if and how prescribers are evaluated and how they may be able to support them in order to demonstrate their impact.
We have updated a number of other pages which can be read by clicking on the red dots on the map or on the pages below. Please note that the
red dots don’t reflect the actual geographical locations of the prescribers in each borough.
Unfortunately 2 projects have closed down due to lack of continued funding: HAGA (Haringey) and Prescribe Workshops (Southwark).
More projects have been added to the map including those in Merton, Westminster, Barnet, Camden, Greenwich, Islington and Kingston. We have
also included Green Gyms run by The Conservation Volunteers and volunteers.
We continue to work closely with the Healthy London Partnership to share and learn from good practice as well as roll out social prescribing across London.
The map
The map below shows the different prescribers in the boroughs they operate. Please note that some prescribers serve more than one borough. Others are
London-wide but at the present time serve a range of boroughs only (e.g. Prince’s Trust). All prescribers are indicated by a red dot. The name of the initiative
can be identified by moving the mouse over each dot. When you press Ctrl-left mouse, hover the finger over the red dot
until you see the hand appear and click – this will take you to the prescriber’s unique page. The whole document is
marked as final / read-only because we want to discourage users from editing as this may affect the dots and
hyperlinks on the map.
The last 3 pages also list all the projects with hyperlinks and the boroughs in which each social prescriber provides their
service(s).
For more information, please contact: Sandra van der Feen, Health Policy Officer, LVSC [email protected]. (My
working days are Tuesdays and alternate Tuesdays & Wednesdays till the end of March). After March, please contact
Lisa Redding: [email protected]
Abbrv
Bar
Brn
Bxl
Brt
Brm
Cmd
Cty
Borough
Barking & Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Bromley
Bromley
Elg
Enf
Grn
Hck
Growing Lives, Sydenham Gardens, Sow & Grow
Bromley Green Gym
Sydenham Gardens
Established by The Conservation Volunteers now
run by volunteers *
Established by The Conservation Volunteers now
run by volunteers
Kentish Town City Farm
Mind in Camden
Camden
Camden
North London Farm Therapy
Team around the Practice
Camden
Camden
Camden
Kentish Town Improvement Fund
VAC Inequalities Hub
Camden – Belzise and Adelaide Green Gym
Camden
Camden
Camden Green Gym
Camden – Oasis Green Gym
Camden
Camden
Camden
Camden – West Hampstead Green Gym
Healthy Minds Social Prescribing
Project being set up for Somers Town and St
Pancras
City & Hackney Social Prescribing Service
Croydon
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hackney
Hackney
Hackney
Hms
Community Barnet
Mind in Bexley
Bromley – Penge Green Gym
City
Hammersmith & Fulham
Provider / host organisation
Barnet Wellbeing Hub
Social Prescribing in Bexley
Bromley
City
Crd
Social prescriber name /link
Kentish Town Improvement Fund
Voluntary Action Camden (VAC)
Established by The Conservation Volunteers now
run by volunteers
The Conservation Volunteers
Established by The Conservation Volunteers now
run by volunteers
The Conservation Volunteers
Mind in Camden
Francis Crick Institute
Family Action
Macmillan (part of Bromley by Bow Centre Social
Prescribing)
Service the Hub
Multiple Trust programmes
Bromley by Bow Centre
Enfield – Pymmes Park Green Gym
Greenwich Prevention System
The Conservation Volunteers
Public Health & Wellbeing RB Greenwich and
Greenwich CCG
Family Action
Prince’s Trust
Bromley by Bow Centre
City & Hackney Social Prescribing Service
Multiple Trust programmes
Macmillan (part of Bromley by Bow Centre Social
Prescribing)
Middlesex Filter Beds and Millfields Park Green
Gym
Social Prescribing Project
Mind in Croydon
Prince’s Trust
The Conservation Volunteers
Mind (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Hrw
Hammersmith & Fulham
Haringey
Haringey
Harrow
Hvg
Havering
Hdn
Hns
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Hounslow
Islington
Islington
Islington
Islington
Islington
Kensington & Chelsea
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Lambeth
Lewisham
Lewisham
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Newham
Hgy
Isl
Kns
Kng
Lam
Lsh
Mrt
Nwm
Newham
Rdb
Swr
Stn
Tow
Newham
Redbridge
Southwark
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets
Parkview Social Prescribing Service
Multiple Trust programmes
Spice Time Credits
LA (Public Health) exploring a social prescribing
initiative with range of partners
Looking to set up a 1 year pilot
Uxbridge Green Gym
Pevensey Road Green Gym
Hounslow Green Gym
North London Farm Therapy
Social Prescribing Project
Locality Navigator Service
Dementia Navigators
Sunnyside Green Gym
Social Care Pilot
Go Cycle for Better Health
Another pilot is currently under development
Multiple Trust programmes
A SP project is under consideration
Growing Lives, Sydenham Gardens, Sow & Grow
Multiple Trust programmes
Lewisham SAIL Connections
Merton Social Prescribing Project
Multiple Trust programmes
Macmillan (part of Bromley by Bow Centre Social
Prescribing)
Newham Green Gym
Greenway Orchard Green Gym
Redbridge First Response Service
Social Prescribing Service being considered
Multiple Trust programmes
Southwark Safe & Independent Living (SAIL)
Mile End East & Bromley by Bow; Macmillan Social
Prescribing & Healthy Cities (St Paul’s Way and
Medical Centre
Wellbeing Linkworker
White City Enterprise
Prince’s Trust
Spice Innovations
London Borough of Harrow
London Borough of Havering / Joint
Commissioning Unit
The Conservation Volunteers
The Conservation Volunteers
The Conservation Volunteers
Freightliners City Farm
Claremont Project
Age UK Islington
Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
The Conservation Volunteers
Kensington & Chelsea Social Council
London Borough of Kingston
Kingston Voluntary Action and Macmillan
Prince’s Trust
Grantham Practice
Sydenham Gardens
Prince’s Trust
Age UK Lewisham & Southwark
Merton CVS, Public Health (LB Merton) and CCG
Prince’s Trust
Bromley by Bow Centre
Established by The Conservation Volunteers now
run by volunteers
The Conservation Volunteers
London Borough of Redbridge
Redbridge CVS
Prince’s Trust
Age UK Lewisham & Southwark
Bromley by Bow Centre
Mission Practice and all surgeries in Network1
plus four other pilots as part of a borough-wide
roll out (representing 4 dots on the map above)
Wth
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest
Multiple Trust programmes
Multiple Trust programmes
Macmillan (part of Bromley by Bow Centre Social
Prescribing)
Waltham Forest Social Prescribing Service
Chingford Green Gym
Lloyd Park Green Gym
Multiple Trust programmes
Care Co-ordination Service
Wns
Wandsworth
Wst
Westminster
New initiatives listed since last update
Up and coming initiatives / pilots
Initiative operating in several boroughs:
Multiple Trust Programmes
Macmillan, Mile End East – all part of BBBC
City & Hackney Social Prescribing Service
SAIL
North London Farm Therapy
Green Gyms (current marked in yellow as new on map)
Prince’s Trust
Prince’s Trust
Bromley by Bow Centre
LB Waltham Forest
The Conservation Volunteers
Prince’s Trust
One Westminster
*Please note that the Green Gym initiatives share one template. Individual project contacts can be found in the link in the “further information”
section of the template or here.
Additional gyms:
 Further information and contacts for Lloyd Park Green Gym (Waltham Forest) can be found here
 Uxbridge Green Gym (Hillingdon) can currently be contacted via the Green Gym main page (own page will be launched in the next few weeks)
Updated March 2017
Produced by Sandra van der Feen, Health Policy Officer, LVSC