Wellbeing and Heritage Resources

• Heritage Link Worker – Heritage for Wellbeing film

  Video on National Academy for Social prescribing YouTube channel

• Banbury Heritage Project Film

  The project aimed to explore and overcome barriers to engagement with heritage for older people living with sight loss and mobility challenges.

• Wessex Archaeology Project Rejuvenate

  Rejuvenate development stage: testing the model.

• Wessex Archaeology Project Rejuvenate: 12 weeks connecting young people with archaeology and nature.

  Rejuvenate - working with archaeology to improve children's wellbeing.

• What is Heritage for Social Prescribing Film

  Introductory video on National Academy of Social Prescribing website.

• Kirkham Futures Heritage Health and Wellbeing Film

  Improving wellbeing in Kirkham: the creative heritage of a northern town.

• Council for British Archaeology: Wellbeing and Heritage 2024 Conference

  YouTube recordings of presentations.

• Historic England: Wellbeing and Heritage, an introduction

  Historic Environment Management Webinar Recording 2024

• National Academy for Social Prescribing Webinar 2025: Prescribe Heritage

  Find out how connection with heritage and our historic environment can be used for social prescribing.

• National Academy for Social Prescribing Webinar: Nature and Heritage Buddying , 2024

  This session explores how buddying roles can facilitate people to access to services that improve people’s health and wellbeing.

• National Academy for Social Prescribing Webinar: Heritage and Social Prescribing, 2021

  Webinar recording via YouTube.

• National Academy for Social Prescribing: Heritage and Social Prescribing Advice Hub

  Guidance on using heritage for social prescribing, more than 30 case studies from across the sector, films, evidence reports, articles and toolkits.

• Social Prescribing Link Workers: How to connect to heritage

  Guide for for social prescribers.

• Heritage Professionals: How to connect with social prescribing

  Guide for heritage practioners.

• Heritage Connectors

  A guide to setting up and running Connector Programmes 2024.

• Wellbeing in Volunteers on Heritage at Risk Projects Storyboard

  Storyboard in PDF format.

• Wellbeing in Volunteers on Heritage at Risk Projects Handbook

  Handbook in PDF format

• Missing Pieces Project Toolkit

  How to increase community engagement & wellbeing using The National Heritage List for England.

• AMPHORA: Authentic and Meaningful Participation in Heritage or Related Activities

  Guidelines for involving people with mental health challenges in heritage projects.

• Greening the High Street Toolkit

  A national toolkit for creating community growing on historic high streets.

• The Banbury Heritage Project

  The Banbury Heritage Project explored how marginalised communities might lead on enhancing wellbeing where they live through engaging with heritage.

Heritage and Wellbeing e-learning course

• Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance

  The Alliance provides collaborative advocacy, support and resources, supporting health and wellbeing for all through creative and cultural practice.

• The National Academy for Social Prescribing

  A national charity that champions social prescribing.

• National Academy for Social Prescribing Heritage and Social Prescribing Course Module

  A development course for linkworkers, neighbourhood health teams and those connecting people to heritage for health.

• Community Advice Hub

  Information for groups and communities to find out more about your historic place and look after heritage.

• Inclusive Heritage Advice

  Guidance for organisations wishing to ensure that their work is as diverse and inclusive as possible.

• Historic England Local Heritage Hub

  Explore over 400 locations packed with stunning historic images, timelines, aerial photos, videos, and important stories.

• Heritage and Wellbeing e-learning course (requires creating a free account)

  E-learning programme on how to embed wellbeing into heritage work, including a module on heritage and social prescribing