The local voluntary and community sector provides a wide range of services to support the health and wellbeing of residents in Kensington & Chelsea, Queens Park and Paddington. It also works closely alongside colleagues from the Council and local NHS services to help inform the local health agenda. Currently, Social Prescribing is on the National agenda but what is it?
What is Social Prescribing? What is Self-Care?
KCSC currently manage three Social Prescribing schemes and a Directory: Social prescribing works alongside and supports traditional medical interventions by linking people up to voluntary and community groups and other non-clinical services. Social prescribing is a way to help people make positive changes in their lives by giving them the knowledge, skills and the confidence to do so. Self-Care is the action that people take to maintain and improve their own health and wellbeing.