Social Prescribing

A social prescriber can help you establish what matters to you and provide you with direct support to reach your health and wellbeing goals.

2023 Enhanced Social Prescribing Report

Download a copy of our latest Social Prescribing report for full details of our service delivery.

Delivered through a combination of talking therapy and signposting to support services, a Social Prescription can:

give you the tools and techniques to prioritise your health and wellbeing

give you the knowledge and confidence to take control of your long term health

Motivate you to prioritise yourself more and need interventional care less

Our Social Prescribers can help with:

Physical Activity

Debt & Benefits advice

Diet & Nutrition

Housing Support

Mental Health

Employability Support

Social Support

Volunteering Support

Substance Abuse

Gambling Addiction

Contact your GP for a referral today.

Alternatively you can self-refer to our service by emailing us direct. Please note that you must be registered with a Wrexham GP to self refer to our Social Prescribing service.

Mind @ Midday

The Rainbow Foundation’s Mind @ Midday campaign is designed to encourage you to pause for two minutes at midday every day during November and use that time to prioritse your wellbeing.

Client testimonial

My life has been made 100% better. I feel well supported by everyone and receive good food and good company. The transport to and from the centre is brilliant and I enjoy the sights on the way. The Community Agents are very helpful and go above and beyond. My birthday here was excellent. Staff are great listeners. I wished I had known the Rainbow Centre was here before because when you live on your own you start to neglect yourself. Coming to the centre has changed my life totally as I have made new friends.

Your input to this lady has been invaluable

I can’t tell you how helpful you have been, I feel so much better now, happier and more in control after your help

The Rainbow’s bus picks me up and then drops me home. Being there means so much to me, I’ve people to talk to and things to do. I’ve made friends here, it’s a very caring and welcoming place. After my fall I had a nervous breakdown. I’d always suffered with my nerves but this time I got very depressed; I was so lonely in the house. I don’t know what would have happened if not for Rainbows. Living on your own is quite isolating. Night times are lonely, I can’t go out and the silence is so hard.

My husband died seven years ago, and I’ve been coming here ever since. I had a few mini strokes eight years ago and had to stop driving so without Rainbows, I’d be stuck indoors. I don’t know what I’d do without Rainbow, I can’t cook anymore so I’d miss the meals and I’d really miss all my lovely friends. I’d be a very lonely person without this place, it’s my social life.

18-24 months

Evidence suggests that after 18-24 months real changes can be identified such as: Improved quality od life; Increased patient satisfaction; Fewer primary care consultations; Reduction in number of hospital admissions, visits to A&E and outpatient attendances.

59% of GPS

say that social prescribers help to reduce their workload.

28%

Reduction in demand for GP services following a referral.

24%

Fall in A&E attendance

Reduction

Evidence suggests that social prescribing is broadly supportive of its potential to reduce demand for primary and secondary care.

Social prescribing

The social prescribing narrative is compelling and much of the qualitative evidence shows that these services are very well liked by patients and GPs alike (Smith and Skivington, 2016)

70%

of health budget made up by chronic illnesses consumer but as there is no care for them social prescribing is used to help improve the health and wellbeing of these patients

28%

Reduction in demand for GP services following a referral.