Nature based social prescribing: Translating evidence into impact
Hosted by the Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Fri 10 October 2025
- Location
- Watershed, UWE Bristol, Further info
- Contact
- Professor Mat Jones matthew.jones@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking required
About the event
This World Mental Health Day, UWE Bristol’s Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing is hosting “Nature based social prescribing: Translating evidence into impact” at the Watershed Bristol.
On 10 October, several cities in Europe, South America and Australia are joining forces to explore how nature can be part of the solution to alleviating loneliness and overcoming mental health challenges. The Watershed event will feature work from RECETAS as well as the WHO Europe, Exeter University, Edge Hill University and leading regional and local delivery agencies.
The event is part of work that Professor Mat Jones (Professor of Public Health and Community Development, UWE Bristol) and Dr Amy Beardmore (Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer in Public Health, UWE Bristol) are doing through RECETAS (Re-imagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces), a globally ambitious green research programme to reduce loneliness.
Jon Fieldhouse (Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy) based in UWE Bristol's Centre for Clinical and Health Research (CHCR) will be presenting his research on the Healthier with Nature programme in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Programme
The event programme includes interactive table top discussions on topics such as:
- How do we ensure equity of access to NBSP for minoritised or marginalised groups?
- How can we demonstrate the value of NBSP to funders?
- What place - if any - do digital tools have in shaping the future of NBSP?
Speakers and contributors:
- Professor Jill Litt, RECETAS Consortium
- Mat Jones, UWE Bristol, RECETAS programme team
- Amy Beardmore, UWE Bristol, RECETAS programme team
- Professor Michelle Howarth, Edge Hill University
- Professor Ben Wheeler, University of Exeter
- Hannah Beck, National Academy of Social Prescribing, Lead for the Green Social Prescribing Network
- Michael Earle, Nilaari Agency, Bristol
- Helen Wood, West of England Nature Partnership
- Jon Fieldhouse, UWE Bristol
Registration
All are welcome to this free event, please register your attendance for refreshments.
- Cost: Free
- Attendance: Booking required
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