Smartline's Energy Innovation Series: 'Warmth on Prescription'
Social Prescribing is becoming increasingly accepted as an effective approach to improving people's lives compared to conventional medication. It can even be used to help people be warmer and healthier at home. Join this workshop to understand more about it and how it could apply to your organisation, including trials for “Warmth on Prescription”.
Run by the Smartline Project, University of Exeter, Cornwall and hosted by Julie Pollard, Social Prescribing Co-Ordinator at Volunteer Cornwall and Edmund Hunt, Design Lead at the Energy Systems Catapult, this event is a fantastic opportunity to discuss and learn about Social Prescribing and how it can apply to Heat as a Service.
Julie Pollard is the Cornwall Social Prescribing Co-Ordinator for the Voluntary Sector. Since 2018, Julie has successfully co-ordinated Volunteer Cornwall's 7 strong charity delivery partnerships for Social Prescribing in Cornwall. The delivery development has expanded beyond the Department of Health & Public Health’s original pilot, to being available in almost every surgery in the County since the NHS roll out across England. Currently, their partnership is trialling a Social Prescribing Community Development Worker role, meaning that the link workers are placed in their 6 communities, working closely with primary care networks. This now global movement with a personalised care approach is supporting the primary and secondary care system and the NHS Long Term Plan.
Edmund Hunt is the Design Lead at the Energy Systems Catapult within Consumer Insight. His team of user experience and user research specialists help research and develop new energy propositions for our low carbon energy transition. He designed the Energy System’s Catapult Heat as a Service concept (Heat Plans) and established design capability within the team to create great energy experiences that people love. Before the Catapult, Edmund worked at E.ON for 10 years in product management and strategy across its consumer and local authority divisions.
During the event, Julie will explain Social Prescribing and the role it plays for Volunteer Cornwall, and Edmund will talk about how the Catapult has applied Social Prescribing to Heat as a Service, including findings from their Warmth on Prescription trials, as well as a chance for you to understand what Heat as a Service proposition might help your organisation.
There will also be an opportunity to network in small groups with other attendees from across all sectors interested in Warmth on Prescription both before and after the talk.
The event will run on Zoom and is interactive – please ensure you have a working camera and microphone to take part. If you have any questions please get in touch.
Please feel free to share with friends or colleagues who think may be interested. This event is suitable for all levels of staff.
Enterprise support eligibility
As an open event, any enterprise or person is welcome to attend, however for those that are eligible, Smartline will claim an enterprise supported by the ERDF Smartline Project. Smartline will contact you directly by email to discuss this.