As part of our new project YES (Youth sector Enabling Social Prescribing) we are working to address the growing mental health emergency among young people.
Researchers within our team are partnering with NCS Trust, StreetGames and the Social Prescribing Youth Network (SPYN) to build evidence on the impact of youth sector provision on young people’s mental health. The partnership will deliver an evidence review which will inform the scope and design of a new social prescribing pilot testing the role of youth provision and enrichment activities in supporting mental health among young people.
Youth sector provision, including non-formal learning and enrichment, has an important role to play in improving young people’s mental health and wellbeing in a non-clinical environment. However, the role of the youth sector is often under-recognised in youth mental health support services and policy.
Part of this project is therefore to identify areas of good practice in Youth Social Prescribing in order to highlight the opportunities and barriers when developing this type of approach and to raise awareness of the great work that is already being undertaken.
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