Youth Social Prescribing Program Leads - Schools & Community Sites

So grateful to share this two-part series on youth social prescribing, the work I’ve been reporting on for the past year as a 2025-2026 The Carter Center Mental Health Journalism! Part one, in MindSite News: Go Fish! The Rise of Youth Social Prescribing Part two, in MindSite with The Hechinger Reportt: ‘This is the first time I’ve touched grass’: Inside the U.S. colleges pioneering social prescriptions A huge thank you to everyone who trusted me with their stories and their expertise for these two stories: David Lyons and Tackling Minds, Dawn Foster (previously Mitchell) and StreetGames UK, Daniel Hayes at UCL, Lyndsay Davies and The Music Works (Gloucestershire), Vanessa Lanham-Day and GreenHub, Dr. sue bennett and Caitlin Muhl, MPH, PhD, Diane MacDonald Emma Elder Black Dog Institute Art Gallery NSW Park Rx America, SocialRx, Mass Cultural Council, Don Rakow and Dorothy C. Ibes of the Campus Nature Rx Network (CNRx), Dr. Jonathan Keffer, Dr. Kent Bullis and Emily Dunuwila at Cornell Health, Sofia Mattson and Arianna Sprenger, Deborah Cullinan at Stanford University, University of Arizona, Dr. Lindsey Mortenson at University of Michigan, Lisa Abia-Smith at University of Oregon, and David Hollander and Ani Minic at New York University To my editors at MindSite News: Rob Waters and Diana Hembree, M.S. and at The Hechinger Report, Rebecca Koenig: thank you for shaping these pieces with so much care. And to The Carter Center and the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism: thank you for backing this reporting and for carrying forward Mrs. Carter’s belief that how we tell mental health stories matters. If you’re building social prescribing programs for young people, in a school, a clinic, a park, or a gym, I’d love to hear from you! I'm working on another story now #SocialPrescribing #YouthMentalHealth #MentalHealthJournalism https://lnkd.in/gvc-C3vH https://lnkd.in/gxhp3eXf