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Social Prescribing Day 2026

Social Prescribing Day is an annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen. 

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. 

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.

What Social Prescribing means to us!

We asked members of our Oldham Social Prescribing team what the vital service they provide means to them. 

Check out our video to find out what they said!

To find out more about the members of our Oldham Social Prescribing team, click the button below.

Meet the team

The Impact of Social Prescribing in Oldham

Supporting Joanne to regain her confidence

volunteering

  • Click HERE to read more

    Joanne was referred to the Oldham Social Prescribing team by her GP surgery for support in finding groups and activities that aligned with her interests and could help bring structure to her daily life.

    Click the link above to find out how the Social Prescribing team were able to support Joanne.

Helping Stuart find support for his father

volunteering

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    Stuart needed support to help his father move into supported accommodation, as he was struggling to complete the necessary processes due to his dyslexia.

    Click the link above to find out how the Social Prescribing team were able to support Stuart.

Our year in numbers

Social Prescribing plays a vital role in the lives of many clients and partners in Oldham, here are our figures from April 2025 - March 2026:

Oldham Social Prescribing 2026 figures

Get in touch

To find out more about the Oldham Social Prescribing service, click the link below

Find out more

Help the Homeless Grant Scheme

Aims/priorities: Help the Homeless is a small grant maker with limited funds available for giving.

It provides funding for charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to rebuild their lives.

Funding is targeted at projects to find practical ways to help disadvantaged individuals return to the community through training or residential facility provision, rather than merely providing short term shelter.

Manchester Active grants for children and young people’s cycling

Aims/priorities: Delivery must take place within the Manchester City Council boundary area and be for the benefit of residents living there.

Successful applicants agree to sign up to Manchester Active’s Provider Portal, where they will upload their documentation to demonstrate they meet Manchester Active’s delivery standards (public liability insurance of £10m,plus safeguarding evidence). Support will be given for this. https://providers.mcractive.com/

Film and TV Charity - Reel Impact

Aims/priorities: The programme provides grants to Black and Global Majority individuals, organisations and partnerships to support skills development, leadership growth and networking, with the aim of building a more inclusive, equitable and anti‑racist industry that properly recognises and values their expertise and contributions.

Who can apply? Applications are invited from:

British Gas - Energy for Tomorrow (with Crowdfunding)

Aims/priorities: The fund aims to help grassroots sports clubs and community organisations in England, Scotland or Wales reduce energy costs, lower carbon emissions and become more sustainable. It does this by offering matched funding, energy advice and crowdfunding support to projects that make energy‑saving improvements to club facilities or premises.

Rayne Foundation - Better Careers for Better Care Grants

Aims/priorities: The foundation has launched this second open call with an increased focus on the cultures of trust, respect and collaboration that enable and embed career development opportunities for care workers.

Six grants will be awarded to partnership proposals focused on enabling and embedding cultures of trust, respect and collaboration in adult social care in order to create sustainable professional development opportunities for care workers.

Youth Music Trailblazer Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support young people who want to change their lives through music but cannot because of who they are, where they are from or what they are going through.

The grants are for organisations who want to trial work or test a new way of working, sustain a grassroots programme or disrupt the status quo (or all three).

Who can apply? bConstituted UK based organisations may apply.

To be eligible, applicants must:

Alec Dickson Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding is aimed at individuals and groups of young people who are able to demonstrate that through volunteering or community service they can enhance the lives of others, particularly those most marginalised by society.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from UK based volunteering or community service projects, organised and run by young people (under 30 years).

Grant amount: Up to £500 are available

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