Our Bilingual Community Navigation (Social Prescribing casework) service is now about to enter its 8th year. We help Service Users with their social, practical and emotional needs. Here is a recent case study which typifies the extremely valuable support our Bilingual Community Navigators provide. Service User M was referred to us by a Children’s Social…
Our Social Prescribing service has developed gradually over the last 10 years with the number of Service Users we have been able to support in Brighton & Hove growing each year. Within our Social Prescribing service we currently have two roles. Our Volunteer Social Prescribers play an integral role in the running of our Social…
Last Tuesday we had a Volunteer celebration tea party at Community Base to mark national Volunteers Week and give a big thank you to all our volunteers – Volunteer Social Prescribers, Telephone Befrienders and our Trustees. Our Volunteer Social Prescribers play an integral role in the running of our Social Prescribing service, talking to people…
Our team of Bilingual Community Navigators have been offering Social Prescribing casework support to residents of Brighton & Hove since 2018. Here is a recent example of the brilliant support offered by this service. Service User D self-referred to SIS. He had been suffering with a severe problem with his spine and his knee ligaments;…
Our Volunteer Social Prescribers play an absolutely integral role in the success of our Social Prescribing provision in Brighton & Hove. Here is a recent story from the service which really highlights the importance of their role with SIS and the difference they make in the lives of our Service Users. We received a message…
Here is a recent story from our Social Prescribing + service which supports people with language support needs to access specialist advice and information in Brighton and Hove. Service User R self-referred to our service, having used it previously and been very pleased with the help provided. She said that she still had a lot…
Service User K was referred to us by his Brighton & Hove Wellbeing service therapist. He had previously received SIS Social Prescribing support which had ended 6 months ago. Although he was now receiving Universal Credit (UC) after the Social Prescriber had helped him with a UC application, he was not feeling fully supported by…
Our funded advocacy service helps people with issues relating to access to healthcare and access to Adult Social Care. Here is a recent story from the service. Service User L had asked for advocacy support with access to secondary healthcare for three different issues. She felt that the delay in accessing the appropriate services…
Here is a recent story from our Bilingual Advocacy service. Service User L was referred to SIS by an interpreter. L had been asking her GP for nearly a year to refer her to a specialist service for investigation of a sensitive personal issue. She had no confidence in the GP at all, she complained…
We are now in the 5th year of delivering our Social Prescribing Plus service to residents of Brighton and Hove. This service provides timely, valuable support to those who need it most. Here is a recent example of the support the service provides. Service User P is a single mum with 3 children. She had…
