Practice
Guidance index
Everything the Institute has published for practitioners. 219documents, most recent first.
2022
When to Kill a Workplace Connection Programme
A practical set of decision rules for deciding whether a peer group, buddy scheme, or social club at work has stopped earning its budget line — before someone else decides for you.
How to Measure Reach in Social Prescribing, Not Just Outcomes
A step-by-step approach to tracking who a social prescribing service actually reaches, and why an outcomes-only report can look like success while missing most of the population it was meant to serve.
The Week Four Problem in Social Prescribing
Attendance in most social connection programmes does not decline gradually. It falls off a cliff at a specific point. This note is about designing for that point rather than being surprised by it.