Social prescribing: linking Australian social, health and community sectors

This project aims to co-design, implement and evaluate a novel evidence-based social prescribing model for Australia—a crucial referral pathway spanning the social, health and community sectors to tackle growing unmet social needs of those experiencing vulnerability. The team, including six Partners across the three sectors, will use an innovative living-lab approach to tackle Australia’s highly fragmented services and funding models. Expected outcomes are a new social prescribing model and referral tools fit for the Australian context, to enable more efficient, effective and connected social, health and community services. Key benefits are enhanced support and wellbeing for the significant numbers of Australians experiencing disadvantage.