Social Prescribing Newsletter – Issue 2

Our second Social Prescribing Newsletter is here. Each month, we will be sharing our latest findings and insights on the ground in Social Prescribing and the work we do to make it happen. Thank you to everyone that contributed to this issue. SP newsletter September 2022

COVID-19 Vaccination Volunteers: The story of five volunteers

Article written by Maryam Nassor, a student volunteer at Voluntary Action South West Surrey. Over 800 volunteers went out into the community, rain or shine, to facilitate the vaccine roll-out. Among them was Warren Tebbit, who worked a remarkable 87 shifts as a volunteer for Pro Care during Covid-19 (and he still plans to do …

Voluntary Action South West Surrey’s own heroes recognised in Mayor of Guildford’s awards

There was a significant rise in the number of people receiving the Mayor of Guildford’s awards for their service in their communities this year. Among some of the recipients were Voluntary Action’s own volunteers and our former chief officer. Carol Dunnett has recently retired as Chief Officer of Voluntary Action South West Surrey. She received …