NHS mental health services will offer the activities, which also include sport clubs, music classes and youth clubs, to 600 11 to 18-year-olds in 10 parts of England who are in the queue for care.
Social prescribing became an official health service policy in October 2019 when the UK National Academy of Social Prescribing was opened by the then health secretary, Matt Hancock.
You could find some surprising treatments on offer when you next visit your GP surgery. Instead of a prescription for pills, you might be given one to join a walking group, or an arts society.
A BBC Panorama investigation has shone a light into the unbelievable workings at Britain s biggest chain of GP practices. Operose Health runs 70 NHS surgeries across England.