Stories
Coming Together and Going Home : An Early Help Story
Costs linked to school are a real day-to-day pressure for many parents from low-income households, Like John*, a 50-year-old father, who never expected that buying a school uniform would firmly tip...
When services become seamless: a Social Prescribing story
We wanted to share a story from one of our Social Prescribing Link Workers, Deborah. She passed us this patient story as a great example of what happens when services work together to provide...
Getting the full picture to offer full support
Across Birmingham, the city's Early Help system is still giving thousands of families and children vital help and support. Below, you can read the story of just one of those families. What is Early...
Social Prescribing case study: changing circumstances
Every so often, we highlight case studies from our Social Prescribing Link Workers. Our Link Workers work with GPs across Birmingham and Solihull to provide social and non-medical support for...
Social Prescribing case study: Kurdish connections
Throughout the pandemic, our Social Prescribing Link Workers have continued to support people - usually patients referred by their GP - with social or other non-medical issues. This is the latest in...
Services working hand in hand
The job of Social Prescribing Link Workers is to listen to what people want and need, and then to direct them to local groups and services that can help them achieve their goals. Sometimes, those...
Social Prescribing case study: Confidence, boundaries and a place to call home
This is the fourth blog post in a series highlighting the inspiring work of our Social Prescribing Link Workers. Previously, Wayne, Becky and Glenn highlighted some of the ways our Link Workers...
Social Prescribing case study: “Head in the sand”
This is the third blog post in a series highlighting some of the real life cases our Social Prescribing Link Workers have worked on this year. The first two stories we published were from Birmingham...
Social Prescribing case study: “I just want to know my son is OK”
This is the second blog post in a series highlighting some of the real life cases our Social Prescribing Link Workers have worked on since they started in February. You can read the first one, about...