Measuring and communicating results with impact – the specific needs of evaluation within social prescribing. 

About this event

All our webinars have closed captions and live BSL interpretation as standard.

In this webinar we will look at: 

• Why evaluation is critical to understanding the difference you’re making
• How it can help you plan services and projects by refining your aims and objectives
• How it can help you learn and adapt your future activities
• Its importance to the wider system as it helps build the evidence base for social prescribing
• How it can also help you make the case beneficiaries, partners and funders

We will look specifically at what evaluation means within social prescribing and what outcomes can be usefully measured to take into account the impacts on people, systems and communities. We will talk about some of the approaches and tools which are available for you in your evaluations.

We will discuss the particular challenges of evaluating social prescribing interventions, whilst outlining some of the key outcomes that can help build the evidence base and grow the movement.

We will hear from Ingrid Abreu Scherer from NASP and Marie Polley from the Social Prescribing Network, as well as a delivery organisation who have embedded evaluation in their practice.

Who is it for?

Anyone involved with social prescribing who is interested in finding out more about evaluation in the sector.

You might be from the voluntary and community sector delivering social prescribing, a university or other academic organisation, the health sector, a statutory body or other organisation involved with social prescribing or evaluation.

Speakers will include

Chair: Ingrid Abreu Scherer, Head of Accelerating Innovation Programme, National Academy for Social Prescribing

Marie Polley, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Social Prescribing Network