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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.
Accommodation
There are many different types of accommodation for older people to choose from. Click on the buttons below to find details of housing for older people in Sheffield.
Search accommodation by Area
Click on the button below for details of organisations which provide aids, adaptations, free insulation, handyperson services etc to help you remain 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.
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.
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which sell, loan or provide funding for all kinds of equipment/assistive technology including, wheelchairs, scooters, commodes, bath seats, radios etc.
Befriending
Click on the button below for befriending groups and services.
Care Alarms and Home Calls
Click on the buttons below to find out about the City Wide Care Alarms Service and the Home Calls service.
Carers Support
Computers
Click on the hyperlink below for details of access to computers and basic computer courses. You will find free access to computers in all Sheffield Libraries. To find your local library scroll to the libraries section on this page.
Day Care/Day Centres & Day Opportunities
Dementia/Alzheimers
Click on the button below for details of support groups and services for people living with Dementia/Alzheimers.
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.
Click on the hyperlink below for details of grant making trusts which provide funding for older people in Sheffield.
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, Alzheimers, 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 and Breaks
Click on the button 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 Maintenance & Adaptations
Click on the button below for details of organisations which provide aids, adaptations, free insulation, handyperson services etc to help you remain in your own home.
Home Nursing
Click on the button below for details of organisations which provide home nursing.
Home Safety
Click on the buttons below for details of South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Safety Schemes.
Housebound Services
There are a variety of organisations that provide services to housebound people. Services include, dental, chiropody, libraries, befriending.
Leisure and Sport
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
Lunch Clubs
Click on the button below to find a lunch club in your postal district area.
Meal Deliveries
Click on the button below for details of companies which deliver frozen and hot meals to your home.
Mobility
Click on the button below for details of services which can assist you with mobility problems eg, Shopmobility, Blue Badge Scheme, Bus Passes, wheelchair loan services etc
National Websites:
Adapted Vehicle Hire specialises in the hire of adapted cars and wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) for disabled passengers, drivers or their Carers. With a network of strategically placed locations across the country.
Resources and Support Services
Click on the button 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 statutory services for older people.
Click on the button below for details of voluntary and community citywide resources and support services for older people. Services include gardening, home safety checks and works, befriending, health and fitness activities, educational opportunities.
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.
National Websites:
The National Careline is a not for profit company offering information about care and support for older people, their carers and their families. It aims to fill the information and advice gap for older people and their relatives who are seeking to find their way through the care maze.
The National Careline also provides a wealth of extra information that users may find beneficial in their support and care of the older person. The service is free and users can access the service via the internet at www.thenationalcareline.org or via the free helpline 08000699784
Respite Care & Intermediate Care
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which provide Respite Care.
Click on the button below to find details of organisations which provide Intermediate Care. Intermediate Care is provided by a health or social care service. The service can promote faster recovery from illness, avoid unnecessary admission to hospital, support timely discharge from hospital and avoid premature long-term admission to a care home.
Social Clubs for Older People
Click on the button below for details of a social club in your postal district area.
Click on the button below to find details of social and support groups for black and minority ethnic people.
Some social clubs can also be found under "voluntary and community resources and support services". There are also many leisure and sporting activities for everyone on Help Yourself. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and use the keyword search to find activities such as dancing, yoga, gardening, crafts, swimming to mention a few.
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.
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 Persons 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:
National Websites:
Adapted Vehicle Hire specialises in the hire of adapted cars and wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) for disabled passengers, drivers or their Carers. With a network of strategically placed locations across the country.
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.
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). There are lots of leisure and sports activities for older people on Help Yourself. Use the keyword search or keyword & postal district search below to find fitness clubs, dance classes, yoga groups, craft groups, rambling groups and many other activities for older people.
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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
