Strategies for Social Connection

Explore promising strategies for advancing social connection, drawn from our SOCIAL Framework Reports and Action Guide for Building Socially Connected Communities. Each strategy includes the evidence behind it, along with examples from communities putting it into practice.

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- Built Environment
- Food & Nutrition
Design for opportunities to connect through food in the built environment
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Carve out funding for arts, culture, and leisure in annual budgets, effectively leveraging resources to maximize and sustain impact
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Adopt social prescribing in healthcare and community-based settings
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Facilitate intergenerational exchange through arts, culture, and leisure engagement
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Co-create arts, culture, and leisure initiatives with communities and support grassroots leadership
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Invite local arts, culture, and leisure programs and initiatives to be “at the table” in local policy and strategy groups
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Create enabling environments for low-barrier, recurring community participation in arts, culture, and leisure
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Recognize arts, culture, and leisure as core components of social infrastructure in policy, planning, and funding decisions
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- Arts, Culture, & Leisure
Include arts, culture, and leisure in placemaking efforts to prioritize recurring interaction and inclusive gatherings
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Design for opportunities to connect through food in the built environment

Carve out funding for arts, culture, and leisure in annual budgets, effectively leveraging resources to maximize and sustain impact

Adopt social prescribing in healthcare and community-based settings

Facilitate intergenerational exchange through arts, culture, and leisure engagement

Co-create arts, culture, and leisure initiatives with communities and support grassroots leadership

Invite local arts, culture, and leisure programs and initiatives to be “at the table” in local policy and strategy groups

Create enabling environments for low-barrier, recurring community participation in arts, culture, and leisure

Recognize arts, culture, and leisure as core components of social infrastructure in policy, planning, and funding decisions

Include arts, culture, and leisure in placemaking efforts to prioritize recurring interaction and inclusive gatherings

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