Mental Health
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Mental health problems affect 1 in 4 people in the UK every year. If you are concerned about your own mental wellbeing or that of someone you know then the first step is to contact your GP for help and information (they can also refer you to relevant services). If you are already in touch with an organisation or professional you may wish to contact them for help (this may be a support worker, social worker, a community mental health nurse or a care programme co-ordinator). This online directory can be used by anyone wanting to plan their care & support and can be used if you are in receipt of a personal/individual budget under Self Directed Support for your mental health needs. This directory can help you find organisations that provide activities and services which you can purchase through your budget. This directory also holds details of hundreds of free or low cost activities and groups which you can take part in and join. |
Some of the text on this page has kindly been supplied by Sheffield Mind
Please scroll down the page to see all the groups and services available to you or use the JUMP TO links below to go straight to a specific section of the page.
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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 Individual Budget holders/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.
Personal Assistants/Support Assistants/Care Workers can help you with activities such as shopping, preparing a meal, attending appointments, going to the cinema, travelling on public transport, taking part in activities.
Click on the button below for details of these organisations.
Advice Centres
Click on the button below for details of Sheffield Mental Health CAB which provides specialist advice for adult mental health service users and their carers.
Use the dropdown box below to find a generalist Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) or an independent advice service in your postal district area.
Advocacy/helping you to speak up for yourself
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.
The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) was introduced to ensure that the NHS listens to patients, their relatives, carers and friends, and answers their questions and resolves their concerns as quickly as possible. Click on the button below to find your local Patient Advice and Liaison Services.
Befriending
Befriending offers supportive, reliable relationships to people who would otherwise be socially isolated. 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
Caring for someone with mental health difficulties can be a very important way of helping them. However, it can be very demanding and carers may need support themselves to keep well. Click on the buttons below to find details of organisations which can offer you support.
National Websites:
The Carers Federation supports carers and the people for whom they care. The organisation provides a wide range of services and useful information, and is managed by a board of carers, former carers and people who use services.
Counselling
Click on the buttons below to find details of organisations which provide counselling services.
Click on the button below for details of IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). IAPT is part of the NHS and provides psychological treatments for people who are stressed. Help includes access to Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors.
Click on the button below for details for Sheffield Mind, which provides counselling services.
Day Care/Day Centres & Day Opportunities
Depression and Anxiety Support
Click on the button below for details of support groups for people suffering from depression.
Click on the button below for details of support groups for people suffering from anxiety.
National Websites:
The depression alliance work to relieve and prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services.
Anxiety UK works to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders by providing information, support and understanding via an extensive range of services, including 1:1 therapy.
Divorce and Separation
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which can support you through separation or divorce
Eating Disorders
Click on the button below for details of support groups for people with an eating disorder.
National Websites:
Beat is the leading UK wide charity providing information, help and support for people affected by eating disorders - anorexia, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Education, Training and Employment Support
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which can help you find full or part-time employment, provide employment support, and provide voluntary work experience. Some organisations provide structured activities such as arts, crafts, drama and numeracy & literacy.
Emotional Support
Click on the buttons below to find details of organisations which provide emotional support.
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. There are support groups for people with cancer, heart conditions, skin conditions, osteoporosis, diabetes etc.
Healthy Living/Wellbeing
Click on the button below for details of healthy living/wellbeing activities. Activities include health walks & other sporting activities and help with healthy eating.
Holidays
Click on the button below for details of organisations which can provide help with holidays. This is a list for people with any disability so some of the organisations on it may not be suitable for you.
National Websites:
The national Mind website provides details of organisations and charities that may be able to offer holiday breaks or provide financial help towards the cost of a holiday or short break.
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 details of short-term, medium-term and long-term accommodation. Here you will find details of organisations which provide supported accommodation and support in your own home.
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.
IAPT
Click on the button below for details of IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). IAPT is part of the NHS and provides psychological treatments for people who are stressed. Help includes access to Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors.
Legal Rights
If you or someone you know is detained under the Mental Health Act and would like more information on your legal rights please click on the button or hyperlink below.
The Sheffield Mental Health Citizens Advice Bureau is a specialist advice service for adult mental health service users and their carers. It also offers an independent advice service for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
National Websites:
National Mind's Legal Advice Service provides legal information and general advice on mental health related law covering mental health, mental capacity, community care, human rights and discrimination/equality related to mental health issues.
Leisure and Sport
Click on the button below to find details of leisure and sport groups specifically for people with mental health issues. Activities include football, gardening, drama and trips out.
There are hundreds of sport and leisure activities on Help Yourself for everyone. Click on the buttons below for a selection of groups on offer.
To see all the sport and leisure activities on offer on Help Yourself use the keyword search box below.
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
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Click on the button below to find support services for people with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Phobias
A phobia is a constant, extreme or irrational fear of an animal, object, place or situation that would not normally worry the majority of people. For more information see http://www.sheffieldmentalhealth.org.uk/phobias/overview. Click on the button below to find support services for people with phobias.
National Websites:
Anxiety UK works to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders by providing information, support and understanding via an extensive range of services, including 1:1 therapy.
Post Natal Depression
Click on the button below to find details of organisations that support women suffering from post natal depression.
Respite Care
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which provide respite care.
Relaxation
Click on the hyperlinks below to find details of activites which may help you to relax.
Retreats
National Websites:
The national Mind website provides details of Retreats.
People visit retreat centres for a variety reasons. Some feel a deep need for relaxation and refreshment, or are looking for a different perspective on life. For others, a retreat is a regular part of their spiritual practice. Retreats offer opportunities for reflection, silence, prayer, relaxation and/or creative activities. Some retreats may have a Christian or Buddhist perspective, whereas others are secular. The retreats listed on Mind’s website have indicated that they are willing to accept individuals who have experienced mental health problems and are seeking a recuperative break. Counselling or other support services are not necessarily provided.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health condition that causes a range of different psychological symptoms. These include hallucination and delusions. For more information see http://www.sheffieldmentalhealth.org.uk/schizophrenia/overview. Click on the button below for details of organisations which offer support to people suffering from Schizophrenia.
Self Harm
Self-injury or self-harm is when somebody damages or injures their body on purpose, for more information see http://www.sheffieldmentalhealth.org.uk/self-injury/overview. Click on the button below for details of organisations which offer support to people who self harm.
National Websites:
National Self Harm Network, a survivor-led organisation.
Social Groups
Click on the button below to find details of social and friendship clubs.
Click on the button below to find details of social and support groups for black and minority ethnic people.
Stress
Click on the button below for details of organisations which offer support to people who suffer from stress.
National Websites:
A registered charity which exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention and reduction of human stress.
Support Groups and Services
Click on the hyperlink below to find details of welfare and support organisations for armed service and ex-service personnel.
Click on the button below for details of bereavement support organisations.
Click on the button below for details of citywide support groups and services. Here you will find support groups for gamblers, drop-in centres providing recreational activities and networking opportunities. You will also find self-help and support groups for people who suffer from depression, stress, panic attacks, tranquillisor problems, eating disorders, OCD etc.
Click on the button below for details of statutory services which can support you.
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 for details of organisations which will support you if you are alcohol dependent.
Click on the button below for details of organisations which will support you if you have a drug problem.
Click on the button below for details of support services for people with tranquilliser dependency.
Click on the button below for details of organisations which will support you if you have a gambling problem.
Click on the button below for details of organisations which will support you if you are a victim of violence or sexual abuse.
Sure Start Children's Centres
Click on the button below for details of Sure Start Children's Centres which are a way of supporting families with children under 5. They offer integrated childcare and education, health and family support, help with finding jobs and training, drop-in sessions and groups.
Therapy Services
Click on the button below for details of therapy services, including art therapy.
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 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.
Women's Health
Click on the button below to find details of women's health groups and services. Groups include healthy eating and health activites. Services include menopause clinics.
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which provide advice about and support with pregnancy and child birth. Services include NCT classes, breastfeeding support, antenatal classes, termination advice and counselling, post natal depression support.
Young People
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which support young people with mental health issues or young carers.
Useful Information
Click on the button below for other useful information and useful hyperlinks.
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