Project Description
The Erasmus+ Project “ACTIVATE-ASPALE” (Activate Social Prescribing for Community Learners) with Project Number 2020-1-UK01-KA204-078954 has as its main goal to be a dynamic adult education project with many educational resources, with the sole purpose of raising awareness, commitment to it and the greatest possible absorption of Social Prescribing throughout Europe. The program is aimed at organizations that support the provision of adult education with a focus on socially disadvantaged groups as well as health and wellness professionals who prescribe or counsel people with poor mental health. Finally, there is a link with other stakeholders at regional, national, and local level. This project is built by a consortium of EU countries, involving the following organizations:
- New Lodge and Duncairn Community Health Partnership, UK (www.communityhealthpartnership.co.uk)
- Roscommon LEADER Partnership, Ireland (rosleaderpartnership.ie)
- IASIS NGO, Greece (iasismed.eu)
- MOMENTUM MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED, Ireland (momentumconsulting.ie)
- European E-learning Institute, Denmark (euei.dk)
- FUNDACION AGEING SOCIAL LAB, Spain (http://www.ageinglab.com)
- le LABA, France (lelaba.eu)
- PÔLE CULTURE ET SANTÉ EN NOUVELLE AQUITAINE, France (https://culture-sante-aquitaine.com)
The main outputs of the project are:
- Adult Health Empowerment Guide: Helps adults make reasonable decisions to improve their Individual Independence in everyday life
- Compendium of Social Prescribing Community Care Projects: A guide to best practices and innovations in social prescribing
- Applied Social Prescribing OER Pack for Health and Care Practice: An Open Education Resource Pack that can provide Health and Care professionals with expertise to integrate social prescribing in their work with our disabled adult targeted audience
- A course intended to teach Social, Cultural, and Community Service educators about Social Prescribing as well as how to build innovative adult training that produce socially prescribed health and wellness advantages.
For more information, you can visit the Project’s official Website on the following link: