Health & Wellbeing Team (Community Builders)
Community builders are part of the social prescribing cycle. The team's role is to find, support and create social and activity groups for people to attend and improve their wellbeing so they can be happy and well.
Building the community
As part of community development and social prescribing, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Health and Wellbeing Team's role is to find, support and create social and activity groups for people to attend to improve their health and wellbeing.
If you ever need any support for your group or would like to find out what's going on in your area, please contact one of our local team members.
Who are the community builders?
In the East Riding of Yorkshire, the community builders are from the sports, play and arts team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council. For general enquiries please contact healthandwellbeing@eastriding.gov.uk or call (01482) 395320.
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What is social prescribing?
Social prescribing is about linking residents with local community groups and services that offer support and advice to help them, improving self-care and tackling the social causes of ill health and wellbeing. Find out about the whole service on the social prescribing page.