Menu Home / About us / Our Social Impact / Health and wellbeing Supporting better health and wellbeing. Through grants and Community Investment we are delivering a wide range of activities to support health and wellbeing. Our National Befriending Service provides telephone support to over 230 customers who receive weekly support on issues ranging from mental health issues to loneliness. Customers are also signposted to support services ranging from local charities to local authority specialist teams. One of the ways we support healthy living is through our leisure centres which deliver social prescriptions and teach over 80,000 children to swim a week.The Group is helping to respond to these challenges through our leisure centres which deliver social prescriptions and teach over 80,000 children to swim a week. Shape Lancashire Befriending Service – SHAPE LINC LINE Tiny Tablets - Nationwide East End United Sports Club (EEUSC) Embracing the use of VR to support residents living with dementia Social impact news Previous Next SOCIAL IMPACT £1m of funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels 17 November, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Places for People supports Charity Bank to help charities and social enterprises access vital funding 11 October, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Helping women into work 15 June, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT #SocialSpace initiative launched! 17 May, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Investing for Impact 30 April, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Supporting the Fair by Design Fund to tackle the poverty premium 05 March, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Connecting local communities 21 January, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Volunteering across Places for People 03 June, 2020 Places work when they work for everyone. Back to top ↑ Find a home About us Investors & business Get involved News Help & support Contact us Careers Accessibility Sitemap Employee log in Privacy Terms Cookies Modern Slavery © 2021 Places for People Cookies We use cookies to analyse and personalise your experience on our website and to help improve its performance. By clicking ‘Accept all’ you agree to our use of cookies, or click 'Manage cookies' to personalise them. To learn more about how we use cookies, please see in our cookie policy. Accept all Manage cookies