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Latest news from the SP-EU consortium

Stay tuned! This section keeps you in the loop on any major developments throughout the journey of the SP-EU project. To receive our newsletter, please subscribe here.

• February 2026

  Motivating 2nd GA Meeting near Göttingen

  From 18–20 February 2026, the SP-EU consortium gathered for a retreat-style General Assembly at the snowed-in Akademie Waldschlösschen near Göttingen, Germany. We focused on preparing the launch of the Randomised Clinical Trial (RCT) across all European hubs, advancing the Qualitative Study, and increasing the project's impact via events and activities...

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• January 2026

  Keynote lecture by Farhad Rezvani on Wed, 28 January 2026

  "Can social prescribing reach patients in vulnerable situations? - Insights from a feasibility trial and co-creation process" was the title of Farhad Rezvani's (Charité) keynote lecture on 28 January 2026 during a joint live webinar on the topic "Access to care and social prescribing for persons in vulnerable situations" by...

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• January 2026

  Interview with Wolfram Herrmann (Podcast in DE)

  07 January 2026 - In this 13-minute episode of the radio station "WDR 5", Professor Wolfram Herrmann speaks (in German) with host Elif Şenel about why social and medical problems must be addressed collaboratively. He explains how issues such as loneliness, financial stress, and housing insecurity affect health, introduces the...

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• December 2025

  Happy Holidays & See you at the 2nd GA Meeting

  15 December 2025 - As 2025 comes to an end, the SP-EU Consortium extends warm Holiday Season greetings to all our partners and everyone who contributes to or benefits from our work. We look forward to our 2nd General Assembly (GA) from 18-20 February 2026 near Göttingen! This year marked major...

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• December 2025

  Read our 1st Newsletter – Edition: December 2025

  09 December 2025 - The SP-EU December newsletter celebrates an impactful first year of collaboration, co-creation, and progress toward transforming how social prescribing can support vulnerable groups across Europe. It highlights the intensive work to adapt social prescribing to the needs of LGBTIQ+ individuals, refugees, and first-generation immigrants, and older adults...

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• November 2025

  Interview with Sónia Dias at EHFG 2025: New Blog Post

  27 November 2025 - At the margins of the European Health Forum Gastein 2025, following the successful Social Prescribing-EU project’s session on social, green, and art prescriptions for health, we caught up with Prof  Sónia Dias, Professor and Dean of the NOVA National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon,...

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• October 2025

  EuroHealthNet and Universidade Nova de Lisboa at EHFG 2025

  01 October 2025 - At the currently ongoing European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG 2025), yesterday's session on social, green, and arts prescriptions focused on how community-based approaches such as creative workshops, green spaces, and social activities can strengthen health systems and promote equity. Alison Maassen (EuroHealthNet) moderated the discussion,...

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• September 2025

  When health care goes creative, community-based, and green

  24 September 2025 - In the latest Eurohealth Gastein Special Issue, Alison Maassen (EuroHealthNet) and Ülla-Karin Nurm explore how social, green, and arts prescriptions can strengthen our health systems. They can do more than treat illness. These innovative approaches can tackle the wider determinants of health, foster stronger social cohesion,...

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• July 2025

  Watch on YouTube now: Introductory SP-EU Video

  On 16 June 2025, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Herrmann gave an introductory overview of the project, including the clinical study, during the International Social Prescribing Showcase, a dynamic 3-hour-long online event organised by NASP. The online webinar highlighted how Social Prescribing (SP) is transforming health and wellbeing across the globe.

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• March 2025

  Successful Kick-off Meeting at the Charité in Berlin

  From 19-21 March 2025, the SP-EU project successfully kicked off in form of a face-to-face General Assembly (GA) Meeting at the Charité in Berlin. Consortium members outlined the work ahead, elected the Executive Board (IB), made first decisions, participated in fun team building activities, and incorporated valuable feedback from the...

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• January 2025

  SP-EU starts: Our 5-year-long journey begins!

  On 01 January 2025, the 5-year-long, pan-European research project begins. We are excited to roll up our sleeves and get to work. A total of 19 work packages (WPs) are tailored towards bridging the gap between primary health care and non-clinical supports and services within the community. Funded by the...

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