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Social Prescribing
Local Support
Community Connections Lewisham
Community Connections Lewisham (CCL) is a 'Social Prescribing' service, supporting 18+ Lewisham residents to find out about local groups and servicesand help them access these services more easily. We support adults of all ages to make the changes they want to see in their lives. For more information and self referring, please follow the link below.
Self refer to social prescribing
The term ‘social prescribing’ is used to describe a service which supports people to access a range of non-medical services and activities in their local area.
Social prescribing can help people with different social, emotional or practical needs to find the right support and improve their health and wellbeing.
The service can help you:
- Get support to improve your physical health
- Find employment or volunteering opportunities or learn a new skill
- Tackle money, housing, work or benefits issues
- Cope with a particular condition or difficulty
Access ways of improving your emotional wellbeing such as befriending schemes, peer support or arts and leisure activities.
