• Did you know 14th of March is National Social Prescribing Day? 
• Links to  excellent resources from recent  KVA health conference.
• New training dates for March.
• Referrals - are they working for you?

Soft Launch of Connected Kingston Online Referral Tool and National Social Prescribing Day - 14th March 

It’s finally here – the soft launch of Connected Kingston this Thursday which is also National Social Prescribing Day. If you are on social media – share what you are doing to celebrate the day with us. You are a member of one of the fastest growing social movements in the UK. 

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Last Week Kingston Voluntary Action held its annual health conference  

Covering Connected Kingston and Food Poverty, the themes of the event were welcomed with many attendees pledging to undertake further actions following on from the enthusiasm and interest sparked by the event.  For Connected Kingston, this meant promoting the site, signing up to Champion training or ensuring that their organisation’s details were included on the digital platform. 

This is a  link to all the conference slides – particularly recommend looking at the Director of Public Health's presentation and Tulloch Kempe presentation on  Staywell and  how the Community Connector services works in practice.  

There are two training session this month. Do you know anyone who would like to join us for a whirlwind tour of social prescribing;  how to start a healthy conversation; a demonstration of how to use Connected Kingston; and how to refer someone to what could be a life changing activity. 

Date: 28th March  Morning session 10.30 -1pm  Afternoon session 2 – 4.30pm  Venue: John Lewis Community Hub.

Please share the link 

Ayup Digital - the team that is developing the online tool is currently preparing to start work on the final design phase. If you have used CK in the last few weeks, you will noticed there have been big changes to the way the search engine works. 

This change is as a result of feedback from CK champions and other stakeholders.  But we don't have any feedback about using the referral feature on the site - because only a few champions have made a referral.  

What is stopping you making a referral? 

Is there something we could do to make the process easier?   PLEASE feedback your thoughts and ideas, so we can include them in this next stage of development on the site.   Follow this link to share your ideas.