A Social Prescription Story - Newquay Orchards
Background To The Video
You walk into the doctors and start to tell them you’ve been feeling a little anxious recently, you mention how work has been getting on top of you and that you’re finding it difficult to sleep. After a quick conversation, your GP leans in and says “It sounds like you have a lot on your plate, but boy do I have a pill for you… it’s early days but all of the studies have come back showing really positive things. I mean really, the pill lowers stress, helps with sleep, increases your general health and wellbeing, it gets you friends and reduces blood pressure, that’s just the beginning… do you fancy it?”. You stare at the doctor for a second before nodding in disbelief. Now, what if I told you that pill was in fact not a pill at all but a new movement known as social prescription? Instead of a pill, you’re prescribed an activity that gets you out and about, in the company of others, doing something that engages your minds, helps you open up, and brings you into contact with nature. Most likely you’d feel a little cheated in comparison to the first offer, who doesn’t want a magic pill, but trust me… this is very real, and it’s taking the world by storm.
Behind The Video
Newquay Orchards got in contact in the build-up to a live event for the Cornwall Social Prescription Hub. The Cornwall Prescription Hub is a key player in deciding what programs are running well and which should receive potential funding in the future. Our brief was super simple “show just how special this place is”. We spent three days with the team just a stone’s throw away from the Atlantic and the above film is all that we created. We were really pleased with the end result and so too were all the members of the orchard team.
