What is Green Social Prescribing and why is it in vogue?
Green social prescibing is all the rage in public health circles and has been for a few years. Green social prescribing is the practice of supporting people to engage in nature-based interventions and activities to improve their mental and physical health, particularly in communities affected by health inequalities. Walkers from Roundabout sketching during a recent green social prescibing walk delivered by Open Gates Outdoors In April 2023 George Yates set up Open Gates Outdoors as a social enterprise/community interest company with the specific and sole purpose of widening participation in the outdoors in and around Sheffield to communities that are isolated or vulnerable, ie suffer health inequalities. As a life long fell walker and fell runner it has always grated with me the very narrow post code range of those who regularly enjoy being active outdoors and access the health benefits of being so. When I retired from teaching in February 2023 I decided to try to widen the social ba