# Social Prescribing, Assets and Relationships in Communities (SPARC): Co-producing a Social Model of Wellbeing **URL:** \ **Category:** Research\ **Tags:** health-inequalities, social-prescribing, collaboration, evaluation, asset-based-working, action-research, community-power, systems-change\ **Created:** [4 September 2026 11:44 UTC](https://community.cherp.org.uk/t/social-prescribing-assets-and-relationships-in-communities-sparc-co-producing-a-social-model-of-wellbeing/299 "2026-09-04T11:44:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Koen](https://community.cherp.org.uk/u/Koen)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 11:44 UTC](https://community.cherp.org.uk/t/social-prescribing-assets-and-relationships-in-communities-sparc-co-producing-a-social-model-of-wellbeing/299/1 "2026-09-04T11:44:33Z")
This position paper sets out the core aims, principles and insights of the Social Prescribing, Assets and Relationships in Communities (SPARC) Network. We argue that asset-based approaches to social prescribing can enable local communities to coproduce better health and wellbeing outcomes and systems change by creating a shared practice of partnership working and joint inquiry and learning driven by community assets and needs. We present our asset-based action research approach to creating conditions for SP stakeholders to build relationships, shared ownership, and pathways for systems change towards a social model of wellbeing. The paper was presented at the Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) Symposium on “Partnering for Resilience and Transformation”, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 22-24 June 2022. [SPARC Position Paper June 2022.pdf](https://community.cherp.org.uk/uploads/short-url/sNeRoe3kFZ2FfHrRRE2y65iilzm.pdf) (263.5 KB) > **Tags** > > social prescribing, health inequalities, asset based working, action research, community power, collaboration, evaluation, systems change