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Creating a Single Gateway to Community Health & Wellbeing Services North Somerset’s model is precisely what Integrated Care Systems have been asked to build: a community-rooted, data-enabled gateway that connects residents to preventative support before they reach statutory services. It’s local innovation in service of national ambition. The Challenge North Somerset Council like many local…
Simply Connect have been commissioned by the Mayor of London to be the new Home for Team London https://simplyvolunteerlondon.uk Not just another Volunteering Platform Our and GLA’s vision to build on and strengthen what already exists locally rather than introduce yet another stand-alone Volunteering website. Over the past 12 months we have worked with Greater…
Partnership Announcement Simply Connect have partnered with Content Guru – a leader in cloud communications solutions, part of the Redwood Technologies Group. Together we have been awarded a place on the 2021 NHS England Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) for digital social prescribing. The partnership will see the two companies working…
We’re excited to be involved once again in the Social Prescribing Network Awards – a leading event to celebrate innovative social prescribing throughout the UK, and internationally. This year we’re thrilled to sponsor the important category of Best Social Prescribing Link Worker of the Year – recognising the brilliant work of Link Workers…
We’ve launched a new monthly meeting for our VCSE customers to come together & learn from one another. ‘Simply Chat’ is an informal meeting designed to support our network of VCSE customers all around the country, by bringing people together to share information, resources and experiences. Each month there is a slightly different focus,…
Over the past six months we’ve been working with our customer network to make some improvements to our volunteering platform. The past 12 months has seen lots of changes for volunteering, and we wanted our volunteer recruitment and matching platform to reflect these. After speaking with our customers we identified a series of changes,…
Small Charity Week celebrates the thousands of small charities that make a difference everyday. The week includes a series of events and campaigns to raise awareness of the work of small charities to support vulnerable communities across the UK, and the rest of the world. Small Charity Week Schedule How we support small…
Volunteers Week is an opportunity to celebrate the work of volunteers across the country. This year it’s especially important to take a moment to recognise and thank the millions of volunteers who have played an essential role in supporting people during the pandemic. We want to say a huge THANK YOU to the…
On International Social Prescribing Day, we are proud to launch this new resource, commissioned by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, to promote the vital work of charities and community groups in delivering non-clinical health and wellbeing support to Londoners. At a time when NHS resources are stretched like never before, voluntary, community and…
Setting up a social prescribing service during the COVID-19 pandemic By Colin Baldwin Localities Manager – Suffolk County Council We’re part of Connected Communities – a European project operating in some areas of England and Northern France, focused upon using social prescribing to tackle rural isolation and loneliness amongst older people. …