Social Prescribing

The WCC program is a powerful social prescription.

“More than 80% of a person’s health depends on social determinants like adequate food, housing, income, and relationships with others…social prescribing bridges the gap between medical health and social care.” – Social Prescribing in Canada Report

How it works

Social prescribing is the innovative practice by which clinicians prescribe non-clinical social programs or activities to their patients, bridging the gap between health care and community supports.

Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) workshops are a proven social prescription delivered through many partner organizations and volunteer facilitators throughout Canada.

Why it works

Our community writing workshop program is proven to create deep connection, increase resilience, and strengthen self-advocacy among community members.

Since 2012, the WCC program has proven itself to be a dependable, powerful tool for helping individuals feel more deeply connected to themselves and their communities. Independent evaluations demonstrate that with every workshop, WCC writers improve their resiliency, sense of purpose, self-esteem, and overall well-being.

We work in close collaboration with partner organizations and funders to bring this powerful social program to the many diverse, often underheard populations that we serve.

WCC trains and supports hundreds of volunteer facilitators around Canada to deliver its program. The majority of our organizational capacity is oriented around training, activating, and supporting volunteer facilitators—individuals who come from and reflect the communities where WCC workshops are delivered.