Many things that affect our health can’t be treated by doctors or medicine alone. 

Like loneliness, debt, or stress due to financial pressures or poor 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 join a befriending group, an art class or a community gardening project, based on what works for them. 
• Connecting someone struggling with financial stress to a service that helps with managing debt or claiming benefits.
• Supporting someone with dementia to join a dementia choir, enabling them to maintain a sense of social connection.
• Working with someone with high blood pressure to take up a form of exercise that they’re comfortable with.

Social prescribing can help change the circumstances that can make people unwell. It can empower people to manage existing health problems, to get the right benefits or get back into employment. It can help people to connect and to grow in confidence.

Spring is a community-driven support network, here to help people in Northamptonshire manage their health and wellbeing. The programme is supported by the NHS and Public Health Northamptonshire.

For further information and to Self-Refer Following the link: https://www.springnorthamptonshire.org/home

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West Northamptonshire Postpartum Support

Restore Northampton

Resources for our brave veterans

UK Government Veterans Support

Support for caregivers

Northamptonshire Carers

CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)

• Crisis Team Mobile: 07801890732
• Consultation Line: 08001707055 (Option 1, then Option 1)
• Single Point Access: 0300 111 1004
• CAMHS live: for over 13 year-olds

Support for Self-Harming Behavior

• OPAL Project: Service Six OPAL Project

Consultation Services

• Professionals Contact Line: 0800 170 7055 (Option 1, then Option 2)
• Wellbeing Cafés: Espresso Yourself Cafés for 11 to 18 year olds and click on Espresso Yourself Wellbeing Cafés
• Young People Support: Ask Normen