Survey: Experiences of social prescribing and music groups

Tell us about your experiences with social prescribing in a leisure-time music group setting by 5 December

There are social prescribing models now in place around the UK, intended to connect people in need with activities that will support their health and wellbeing. 

Earlier this year the Singing for Health Network and Making Music published free guidance resources for social prescribers (also known as link workers) for singing and instrumental groups, to help ensure that social prescribing to singing and instrumental music groups could increase in scale and effectiveness. We currently have little sense of how it’s going, so would love to hear from anyone whose group has connected, or attempted to connect, with social prescribing. Is it working for you? If so, we’d love to hear about your experiences, and if not, we’d value your insights to help improve it.

You don’t have to have used our resources to take part in the survey, and you can be based anywhere in the UK, or anywhere outside the UK which has a social prescribing equivalent. 

Survey has now closed.

Social prescribing is a way for GPs and local agencies to refer people to a ‘link worker’. Link workers give people time, focusing on ‘what matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing. They connect people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

You can access the free guidance resources produced by Singing for Health and Making Music through the Singing for Health website

Instrumental and vocal member groups of Making Music can also access free resources and extra templates in our resources section