Making Birmingham an inclusive city

Social prescribing... moving from medicalising the human experience and solutions to it, to
socialising issues like loneliness and exclusion through befriending, peer solutions, user groups
and so forth.
Time banks... giving to get back, enhancing employability through volunteering and giving;
providing additional support for those putting in through whatever assets they have.
Be Active... improving access to a range of leisure and sport activities for some of
Birmingham’s most disadvantaged communities. The city’s Be Active scheme has been hugely
successful in engaging with thousands of people across the city.
Assets employed for benefit
Wellbeing is underpinned by a combination of personal, family and community assets –
including physical and financial resources, skills and capabilities, formal and informal
community infrastructures. Some communities are more resilient and effective at supporting and
promoting health and wellbeing for individuals within it than others.
There needs to be an understanding and reframing of potential community assets to ensure that
they are unlocked and used to their full potential. These may include physical assets (e.g.
disused land) and social assets (eg, people’s time and skills).
For more information see the Wellbeing KLOE report July 2012 – Wellbeing report
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