Prescribe Culture is the University of Edinburgh Museums award-winning, heritage-based, non-clinical health, social care and wellbeing support initiative. Programme 6 (Edinburgh) Programme 6 is an early intervention referral ‘social prescription’ for people living in Edinburgh presenting with mental health difficulties. Prescribe Culture Tastival The University of Edinburgh’s Social PrescribED Week will kick off on University Mental Health Day (13th March 2025) and wrap up on Social Prescribing Day (19th March 2025). Prescribe Culture Gatherings A socially supported way to get out, about, enjoying the wellbeing benefits of the diversity of Edinburgh’s free heritage and culture, in the company of others. Settling in with the Past A short (five-week) discover and connect programme in partnership with Museums Galleries Edinburgh for people who are new to Edinburgh or those who are long-term residents and may enjoy exploring an eclectic mix of heritage and stories about characters from, and characteristics of, Auld Reekie. Please contact us via PrescribeCulture@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions about our programmes and how to get involved, either as a member or as a referral or cultural partner. This article was published on 2024-08-21
