SPEAR is a partnership of community anchor organisations in Bristol working together to address the health inequalities in our city.

As established community anchors we develop connections and build trust with local residents from different communities and backgrounds.

The organisations work to the place-based model of health and wellbeing, using social prescribing link workers based in GP surgeries situated in Bristol’s areas of highest need.

We use a holistic social prescribing approach, working alongside people to address the wider issues that are negatively impacting on them, and then together find the spark inside.

Underpinned by the approach known as Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), we support local residents to develop their own groups and activities, and to see themselves as someone with something to offer.