‘Patchworks’ customers are local community-based organizations, consumers are their users:
• Profitable = Corporate workplaces, private schools, nurseries & care homes
• Charitable/subsidized = Others listed above prioritizing underserved community groups, low socio-economic status and the lonely/isolated
• Perception: Patchworks should be positioned as non-clinical, holistic & accessible to all
Secondary Research:
I have begun compiling reports evidencing the impact of social prescribing, how it was halted by the pandemic and evidence supporting the argument to revisit now due to a renewed understanding of its benefits.
– UK Parliament, House of Commons: Social Prescribing Reports (2020)
– National Academy for Social Prescribing: The Economic Impact of Social Prescribing)
– NHS England: Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care (2023)
Furthermore, the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance: Creative Health Quality Framework (2023) was recently published providing a tool for best practise for arts and cultural projects focused on health and wellbeing.
Planned Primary Research:
– Consultation survey for users of community centers measuring interest and demand (quantitative and qualitative)
– Zoom calls with arts therapists – preliminary questions around their practice
Entrepreneurial Value Proposition Statements (EVPS)
Using Kolbs Learning Cycle (1984), Anna Ilishkina and I helped each other to develop these via Zoom. Upon organising, reflecting and preparing (including watching a YouTube video explaining Kolbs’ learning cycle), I discovered I have a ‘converging’ learning style.
Questions, challenges, and reflections:
-Multiple USP’s
-What’s the main USP?
-What’s the single most important factor?
-Difficult to make EVPS concise!
Reference List:
Culture, H.&.W.A. (2023) Creative Health
Quality Framework. Available at: https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/sites/default/files/Creative%20Health%20Quality%20Framework.pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2023).
Eaton, M. (2020) Briefing Paper: Social Prescribing . House of Commons Library, UK Parliament. Available at: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8997/CBP-8997.pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2023).
Expert Program Management (2020) Kolb’s Learning Cycle Explained with Example. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rycjUldMl3k (Accessed: 25 September 2023).
National Academy for Social Prescribing (2022) The Economic Impact of Social Prescribing. Available at: https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/media/carfrp2e/evidence-review-economic-impact.pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2023).
NHS England (2023) Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PRN00720_ii-Delivery-plan-for-recovering-access-to-primary-care-updated-summary-of-support-offer-for-practices.pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2023).
The British Red Cross Society and Co-operative Group Limited (2019) Fulfilling the Promise: How Social Prescribing Can Best Treat Loneliness. Available at: https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/research-publications/health-and-social-care/fulfilling-the-promise-social-prescribing-and-loneliness.pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2023).