The Health and Wellbeing programme brings together a collaboration of partners from the outdoor and health sectors to increase physical activity levels, improve mental and physical health and provide links with local community clubs and groups enabling people to lead independent long term active lifestyles
This project is building on the growing field of research prescribing people activities for their health rather than medication and is known as social prescribing
Our Health and Wellbeing programme was initially developed in north Wales in 2019 with funding from the Welsh Government’s Healthy and Active Fund.
The Opening Doors to the Outdoors project was a collaboration between The Outdoor Partnership, the Community Mental Health Teams across North Wales, local outdoor activity providers in the area and third sector organisations.
Using the social value model a independent evaluation showed that for every £1 invested in the project a total of £5.36 was generated for participants based on their answers.
In addition, interviews with clients indicated improved mental wellbeing (69%), better social trust (57%), health improvement (54%) and overall health (44%) from participating in the project (Bangor University, 2022).
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
