This session will discuss delivering social prescribing services for children and young people, with insight from Barnardo’s LINK Cumbria social prescribing service. Drawing from the ‘Missing Link’ report released in 2023, it will explore some of the challenges and opportunities of delivering social prescribing to this age group.

• •What is social prescribing and how does social prescribing for adults and children differ?
• •What are the benefits of a tailored approach to delivering social prescribing for children and young people?
• •What are the challenges for children and young people’s social prescribing?
• •What are the solutions to these challenges?