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Support Planning and Brokerage
Support plans - A Support Plan identifies a persons individual needs and how a personal budget will be used to ensure the needs are met in a person centred way.
Brokerage - This is the term used to describe help in finding support and care services.
Click on the button below for details of Support Planning and Brokerage providers.
Direct Payment Support
There are many organisations which will help Direct Payment holders. They can provide help with managing your budget, recruiting a Personal Assistant, employing a Personal Assistant and can give advice on and support with choosing your care and support. Click on the button below for details of these organisations.
Advice and Information
Click on the button below for details of organisations which provide advice and information services.
Click on the button below to go to Signpost Sheffield which is an information website about the Joint Learning Disabilities Service in Sheffield.
Advice Centres
Use the dropdown box below to find a Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) or an independent advice service in your postal district area.
Advocacy
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which will assist you to contact or help you deal with organisations, especially large statutory organisations.
Assistive Technology
Click on the button below for details of organisations which give support with Assistive Technology.
Autism
Click on the button below for groups and services for people with Autism.
Befriending
Click on the button below for befriending groups and services.
Care Alarms
Click on the button below to find out about the City Wide Care Alarms Service which provides the security of a care alarm in your home.
Carers Support
Children and Young People
Day Care/Day Opportunities
Click on the buttons below to find details of day centres which provide day care/day opportunities and Organisations which provide Day Opportunities to Direct Payment Holders.
Education
Click on the button below to find details of educational activities and courses, education providers and educational support.
Employment, Volunteering & Training
Click on the buttons below to find details of organisations which provide employment support, training and volunteering.
Equipment and Adaptations
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which sell, loan or provide funding for all kinds of equipment including, wheelchairs, scooters, commodes, bath seats, radios etc.
National Websites:
Disabled Living Foundation - Disabled Living Foundation have a website which gives clear practical advice on equipment which can help make daily living easier.
Events
Click on the button below to see our calendar of weekly one-off events. This calendar is new and events will start to appear on it soon.
Funding
The Reception, Reference and Information Section in the Central Library hold information on Funding. They hold the Directory of Grant Making Trusts and the Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need. For more information contact them on 0114 273 4712 or call into the library on Surrey Street.
Gardening
Click on the button below to find details of gardening services and gardening groups.
GP Surgeries
Click on the button below to be taken to the NHS Choices website. Here you can type in your postcode to find a GP in your postal district area.
Handyperson Services
Click on the button below to find details of handyperson services.
Health Conditions
Click on the button below for support groups for people with specific health conditions.
Healthy Living/Wellbeing
Click on the button below for details of healthy living/wellbeing activities. Activities include health walks and other sporting activities, help with healthy eating.
Holidays and Breaks
Click on the hyperlink below to find details of organisations on Help Yourself which provide holidays, funding for holidays and support when on holiday.
National Websites:
Home Care/Home Support Providers
Click on the button below for details of organisations which can provide support or care in the home, from help with personal care, to help with shopping, cleaning, making a meal etc.
Find Home Support in your area and by services provided
Click on the button below for details of individual Personal Assistants (PA) who can provide support or care in the home.
Click on the button below for details of organisations which will help you to recruit a Personal Assistant (PA).
Click on the button below for details of organisations which will help you to employ a Personal Assistant (PA).
Home Safety
Click on the buttons below for details of South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Safety Schemes.
Housing
Click on the button below for care homes, respite care, supported living projects and tenancy support.
Click on the button below for a list of Housing Associations, Housing Co-Operatives and Housing Trusts.
Click on the button below for organisations which provide tenancy support.
Leisure and Sport
Click on the button below for leisure activities for people with learning disabilities. Activities include craft, dance, cooking, music, IT, theatre, swimming and other sporting activities, fitness groups, walking groups, outings and holidays, club nights.
There are hundreds of groups on Help Yourself for everyone. Click on the buttons below for a selection of leisure activities on Help Yourself. To see all the leisure activities on this website click on the search box beneath these buttons to see all that is on offer.
If you just want leisure groups for people with learning disabilities click on the leisure & sport button above or click on the Self Directed Support button at the top of the page for organisations which provide an exciting range of leisure and day opportunities for people with learning disabilities.
If you want to search for a leisure activity near you scroll down to the bottom of the page and use the keyword & postal district search there.
Libraries
Meal Deliveries
Click on the button below for details of companies which deliver frozen and hot meals to your home.
Relationships and Sexuality
Click on the button below for details of organisations which provide information and support with relationships and sexuality.
Respite Care
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which provide respite care.
Statutory Services
Click on the button below for details of statutory services for people with a learning disability.
Support Services
Click on the button below for details of bereavement support organisations.
Click on the button below for details of citywide resources and support services. Services include respite care, day centres and day services, holiday relief, advocacy & information services, painting, decorating & gardening services. You will also find details of Radar Keys and Changing Places Toilets.
Click on the button below to find details of groups which provide support in their local community. Help includes sitting services, befriending, dog walking, decorating and gardening.
Click on the button below to find details of social and support groups for black and minority ethnic people.
Toilet Facilities
Click on the button below for members of the Community Toilet Scheme. Members of the public can use the Toilet Facilities in the premises during the normal opening hours. No purchase of goods or services is required.
Click on the button below for Public Toilets in Sheffield.
Click on the button below for details of Radar Keys, which allow you to access disabled toilets nationwide.
Click on the button below to find details of Changing Places Toilets. Standard disabled toilets do not meet the needs of all people with a disability, or their carers. Changing Places Toilet facilities include a height adjustable, adult-sized, changing bench, a tracking hoist system or mobile hoist, adequate space in the changing area for a disabled person and two carers, an accessible toilet, non-slip floor and waste disposal facilities.
Transport and Travel
Click on the button below for details of community transport providers. These organisations can provide transport to visit friends, go on holiday, go shopping, go to the doctors or hospital.
Click on the button below to find details of disabled person's parking.
Click on the button below to find services which provide support when travelling eg support travelling on the train. Here you will also find details of the Blue Badge Scheme, Mobility permits and Disabled Person's Railcards.
Click on the button below for details of Radar Keys, which allow you to access disabled toilets nationwide.
Click on the button below for details of travel information services eg rail and coach, bus and tram. This information also includes all the travel information shops in Sheffield.
Click on the button below for details of Sheffield City Council's Travel Solutions Team who will help you find solutions to your travel problems.
Click on the button below for details of the Travel Solutions Team's Travel Guide and Referral Form.
Local Wheelchair Accessbile Taxi Websites:
Useful Information
Click on the button below for other useful information and useful hyperlinks.
Other Searches
Local Services
Find out what else is available in your neighbourhood (some of these clubs, groups and services are free)
Keyword Searches
Search for groups or services using a keyword or refine your search by combining a keyword with a postal district or 2 keywords
(some of these clubs, groups and services are free)
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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
Support Planning and Brokerage