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Do you need help to plan your care & support?


Click on the buttons below to find the care and support that is right for you

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Direct Payment Support button Direct Payment Support

Click on this button to find Direct Payment Support. You will also find Support Planning and Brokerage Services here.

Learning Disablilities button Learning Disabilities & Autism

Click on this button to find groups & services and useful information for people with learning disabilities and people with Autism. You will also find details of Direct Payment Support for people with learning disabilities.

Mental Health button Mental Health

Click on this button to find groups & services and useful information for people with mental health issues. You will also find details of Direct Payment Support for people with mental health issues.

Older People button Older People & Dementia

Click on this button to find groups & services and useful information for older people and people with Dementia. You will also find details of Direct Payment Support for older people.

Physical & Sensory Impairment button Physical & Sensory Impairment

Click on this button to find groups & services and useful information for people with a physical or sensory impairment. You will also find details of Direct Payment Support for people with physical or sensory impairments.

Carers button Carers

Click on this button to find groups & services and useful information for carers

Please note that including the name of an individual or an organisation on this website does not mean that we can make promises about the quality of their services. It also does not mean that we are saying that this individual or organisation is better than any other.  Where to get your support is entirely your choice. However, we strongly recommend that you take up references from people or organisations. Where relevant you may also wish to check qualifications and Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks before you make your final decision.

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Help Yourself is an online directory of community groups, support groups, health and social care organisations in Sheffield. Here you will find leisure activities such as dancing, drama, reading and writing groups, art, music and youth clubs. You will find sports activities such as martial arts, yoga and pilates, rambling, swimming, keep fit, cycling, cricket, boxing. You will find groups for older people, people with mental health issues, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, homeless people, asylum seekers, refugees. You will find self help and support groups for drugs and alcohol, domestic violence, carers, gay lesbian and bisexual people, people with alzheimers, dementia and other health conditions. You can also plan your care and support and find home care/home support, residential care, respite care, lunch clubs and support if you receive an individual budget or direct payment. You can also find details of places of worship whatever your faith, recycling facilities and conservation groups, community centres, Taras, venues for hire, private tutors, literacy and numeracy and so much more.


Sheffield Community Information Service, Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ,
Tel: 273 4763

The Help Yourself Database is provided on the Internet as part of a joint project between Sheffield Libraries & Information Services, Information School at The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Any comments or questions regarding the database should be sent to Heather Baxendale at scis@sheffield.gov.uk

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