Webinar: Community-Based Cancer Rehab & Social Prescribing
Community-Based Cancer Rehabilitation: Social Prescribing in Primary Care
WONCA invites you to a global webinar exploring how social prescribing is transforming cancer recovery through community-based rehabilitation and the leadership of primary care.
📅 Tuesday, 22 July 2025
🕚 11:00 AM UTC
🔗 Register here
Social Prescribing in Primary Care
Social prescribing is “a structured and supported way for health and care professionals to connect people to community-based sources of support to improve health and wellbeing.” In primary care, it offers a holistic complement to clinical treatment—allowing patients to engage in meaningful activities like volunteering, gardening, and social groups that support long-term recovery and mental health.
This is especially valuable for cancer patients in recovery, who often need more than medical care. Community-based rehabilitation fosters physical strength, emotional resilience, and social connection.
WONCA and the SPACE Project
WONCA is a proud partner in the SPACE Project (Social Prescribing for Active Civic Engagement), an EU-funded initiative exploring how volunteering and civic engagement can support rehabilitation in primary care. As part of this work, WONCA—through its Special Interest Groups and regional collaboration with WONCA Europe—is helping ensure that the voice of family doctors and the strength of primary care systems are central to this innovative effort.
The project was developed with the aim of building capacities in the health and voluntary sectors to offer social prescribing in urban gardens. Based on research and our own observation, social prescribing can be a useful tool in a holisitic approach to rehabilitation, particularly in the context of recovery from cancer.
About the Webinar
This session will showcase research and practical insight from the SPACE Project and offer guidance for primary care teams globally who are interested in adapting social prescribing in their own contexts.
Speakers:
Professor Joyce Kenkre (UK) — Chair, WONCA Europe SIG on Social Prescribing and Community Orientation
Dr Ferdinando Petrazzuoli (Italy) — Executive Board Member, WONCA Europe
Dr Juan M. Mendive (Spain) — President, European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology
“Social prescribing works best when it is co-produced—when patients, practitioners, and community organisations work together to create solutions rooted in local needs.” – SPACE Project
Don’t miss this chance to explore how primary care and community collaboration can shape the future of cancer rehabilitation.
📅 Tuesday, 22 July 2025
🕘 7:00 AM São Paulo / Buenos Aires
🕗 6:00 AM New York / Toronto
🕔 5:00 AM Mexico City / Chicago
🕓 4:00 AM Denver
🕒 3:00 AM Los Angeles / Vancouver
🕗 12:00 PM West Africa (Lagos)
🕐 1:00 PM Central Europe (Brussels, Madrid)
🕒 3:30 PM India (Delhi)
🕓 5:00 PM Thailand (Bangkok)
🕔 6:00 PM Hong Kong / Manila
🕘 8:00 PM Sydney
This webinar is part of the SPACE Project (Social Prescribing for Active Civic Engagement), co-funded by the European Union.
