Hear how international social prescribing student champions engage with cultural organisations to inspire people to preserve brain health

In association with the Age Irrelevance Campaign and the National Academy for Social Prescribing

Greengross A4D Global Arts for Brain Health Changemakers – Social Prescribing Champions – Conversation

Thursday 14 March 2024, online,17.00-18.30 pm GMT

To celebrate Social Prescribing Day, the International Social Prescribing Alliance launches their champion scheme report Seven Years On! at the Greengross A4D International Arts for Brain Health Changemakers SOCIAL PRESCRIBING CHAMPIONS Conversation.

Co-chairs Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca Clinical Lead and Global Director of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP), and Hamaad Khan, Global Development Officer of NASP, share insights with International Social Prescribing Champions from Australia, Canada, Sngapore, the UK and United States of America.

Medical students represent an untapped asset that can build the foundation of a brighter future. The Social Prescribing Champion scheme enables medical students – the generation of today, and the future doctors of tomorrow – to become involved arts prescription programmes, to promote social prescribing within their region and to interact with people wishing to preserve their wellbeing and brain health through cultural and creative activity – to understand their needs and existing skills first hand and how best to access these.

Who for?

If you are a medical, neuroscience or social care student, or you teach, research, study or work in the arts for health sector, or are keen for deeper involvement in social prescribing, international pathways that enable people to access inspirational cultural and creative opportunities to preserve their brain health, to acquire early understanding as medical, neuroscience and social care students, learn how social prescribing to arts from the onset of dementia symptoms can enable people to live their best lives for longer together in communities around the world.

A G E N D A

5 pm H O S T : Veronica Franklin Gould, President, Arts 4 Dementia.

C H A I R : Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca, Clinical Lead and Global Director of the National Academy for Social Prescribing(NASP) launches “Seven Years On” report.

CO-CHAIR: Hamaad Khan, Global Development Officer of NASP, ‘The Social Prescribing Student Champion Scheme.

UK PANEL (Chair: Hamaad)

• Kirstie Goodchild, SP Student Champion Evidence Lead
• Naabil Khan, SP Student Champion Global Lead
• Alexandra Tan, Student Champion Social Media Lead

GLOBAL PANEL (Chair: Hamaad)

• USA Rachel Chen and Esha Ahmad, Harvard Undergraduate Initiative for Social Prescribing.
• CANADA Caitlin Muhl and Le-tien Duong, Co-Leads, Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective.
• AUSTRALIA Social Prescribing Student Champion
• SINGAPORE Social Prescribing Student Champion

Q&A (Chairs: Bogdan and Hamaad)

6.30 pm Close