Today, March 20, 2025, is Social Prescribing Day. But what is Social Prescribing?

Social Prescribing is a method consisting of connecting people to non-medical support to address issues like loneliness, stress or isolation, topics that we target a lot with RECETAS.

Some countries like the United Kingdom have specific professionals to do this, Social Prescribing Link Workers, but it is really about helping people in need of help to access connection. For example, you can help an isolated loved one by making them join a community gardening group! Which is actually something that we can do with RECETAS : it is good for your health, check it out –> The scientific reasons you should resolve to start gardening.

RECETAS is a Horizon 2020 funded project that aims to connect people together within a setting of nature to help alleviate their loneliness. We are working with 6 different pilot cities, Barcelona, Helsinki, Prague, Cuenca, Marseille and Melbourne, to show how beneficial nature-based social prescribing can be.

As we are embarking on our fifth year of work, we would love to keep you updated on this fascinating journey!

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Social Prescribing Day is organized by the National Academy for Social Prescribing, check out their website!

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What if we adopted the 3-30-300 rule imagined by Dutch urbanist Cecil Konijnendijk? Every citizen should be able to see at least three trees from their home, live in an area with at least 30% of green surface, and be less than 300 meters away from a green space.

This recent article from French newspaper Le Monde revisits evidence that nature benefits one’s physical and mental health. In 2018, a british study evaluated the links between the prevalence of depression symptoms and access to green spaces. The study followed 94 879 adults from age 37 to 79. The result was that adults living in the greener area had a risk of suffering from depression reduced by 13% compared to those living in a less green area.

According to Mathilde Pascal, from Santé Publique France (Public Health France), if cities implemented in every neighbourhood as much green spaces that there are in their greenest areas, mortality would drop by 3 to 7%.

RECETAS is highlighted in this article, especially our Marseille-based research team, and their work focusing on economically vulnerable adults, often subjected to stigmatization. With RECETAS, they participate every week to group activities in nature : walks in the Calanques, plant gathering, visits of the Frioul island, gardening, etc. « We can already see a reduction of stress and anxiety among participants. »

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In light of #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek , RECETAS has been featured in an article by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency!

Find out more about addressing loneliness through nature-based solutions with details about our pilot sites, fundings, our methodology, etc.

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