The Social Prescribing Youth Network (SPYN) is a free network for anyone interested in social prescribing for children, young people and families. In the new year, we are organising two exciting events!
SPYN Member Meetup: Winter 2026
In our next Member Meetup we’ll be spotlighting several Network members who will each give a brief 10 minute presentation on their youth social prescribing work, sharing example projects, learning and top tips. Come along to the event to hear from peers working across the country and get inspiration for your own work! This is an opportunity for Network members to share and learn from examples of youth social prescribing across the country.
This online event is free to attend and open to all – Link Workers, social prescribing coordinators, voluntary and community workers, policymakers, commissioners, funders, health professionals, researchers all welcome. Whether you’ve been with SPYN from the start in 2018 or just found us recently, we want to see you there.
Interested in speaking? Don’t be shy – we want provide space for a range of people and experiences. Presentations will be followed by time for discussion and forming connections with fellow network members. Please email us on spyn@ucl.ac.uk if you’d like to put forward yourself or your team forward to speak.
The event will take place online on Friday, 23rd January, 12 – 1pm GMT.
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Youth Social Prescribing Symposium
Join us to learn about emerging best practice for child and youth social prescribing.
This event will bring together the last year of work undertaken by the Social Prescribing Youth Network (SPYN), with partners the Southbank Centre and the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP).
We’ll be sharing findings from our recent series of roundtables consulting policymakers, commissioners, researchers, Link Workers, third sector organisations and young people. We’ll also launch best practice guidelines and new training for those working in this field. Further details, including speakers and an agenda, will be announced shortly.
To join us online* on Tuesday 3rd February 2026, 2–4pm GMT, get your ticket below! The event is free to attend and open to everyone – Link Workers, social prescribing coordinators, voluntary and community workers, policymakers, commissioners, funders, health professionals and researchers all welcome.
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* We also have a limited number of places for people to attend in-person at the Southbank Centre in London. If you are a leader in youth social prescribing policy or practice and are interested in joining us, please email us at spyn@ucl.ac.uk with some information about yourself.
With special thanks to our advisory board, youth advisory group and our partners, the National Academy for Social Prescribing, the Southbank Centre and The Prudence Trust.
