Physical & Sensory Impairment
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Advice & Information:
Advice Centres:
Advice Sheffield Assessment Line
Use the dropdown box below to find a Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) or an independent advice service in your postal district area.
Advocacy:
Assistive Technology:
Local Factsheets:
Information Technology - This factsheet is provided by The Sheffield Centre for Independent Living (SCIL)
Befriending:
Brain Injury:
Care Alarms:
Carers Support:
Carers of People with any Disability
Carer Support Groups for Ethnic Minorities
Children and Young People:
Computers:
Click on the link 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.
Local Factsheets:
Information Technology - This factsheet is provided by The Sheffield Centre for Independent Living (SCIL)
Day Care/Day Centres & Day Opportunities:
Direct Payment Support:
Support Planning and Brokerage
Support Planning for Work Choice
Employing a Personal Assistant (PA)
Help in the Home, Getting out & about and Employment Support
Employment:
Equipment and Adaptations:
National Websites:
Disabled Living Foundation - Gives clear practical advice on equipment which can help make daily living easier.
Events:
Click on the link 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 link below for details of grant making trusts on Help Yourself which provide funding for people with physical impairments in Sheffield.
Gardening:
GP Surgeries:
Handyperson Services:
Health Conditions:
Click on the link below for support groups for people with specific health conditions. There are support groups for people with cancer, heart conditions, Alzheimers, osteoporosis, diabetes etc. You will also find other health information on this page.
Support Groups for People with a Health Condition
Healthy Living/Wellbeing:
Holidays & Breaks:
Click on the link below to find details of organisations on Help Yourself which provide holidays, funding for holidays and support when on holiday.
National Websites:
The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain - Provides information on accessible venues and destinations across Britain with reviews, family days out and special offers. It also includes information on leasing a car from Motability.
Bond Holidays - Provides a range of holidays for people with disabilities and special needs, including coach holidays. Also provides holidays with care.
Calvert Trust - Specialist residential outdoor activity courses for people with physical, learning or sensory impairments. With the ethos "it's what you can do that counts", they offer sailing, horse riding, abseiling, climbing etc for people with the most severe or complex disabilities.
Direct.gov Travel Holidays and Breaks - Has information for disabled people on travel and holidays in the UK and planning trips over seas.
Dptac Door to Door - Going on Holiday - Provides information, advice and checklists for disabled people when planning and going on holiday
Livability Holidays - Specialist accommodation for disabled people including self-catering and hotel style accommodation in the UK
Tourism for All - A registered charity which provides information to people with disabilities and older people in relation to accessible accommodation and other tourism services
Home Care/Home Support Providers & PAs:
Find a Home Support Provider by Service Provided
Help to Employ a Personal Assistant (PA)
Home Nursing:
Home Safety:
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Safety Schemes
South Yorkshire Police Crime Reduction
Housebound Services:
Housing:
Housing Associations, Co-operatives and Trusts
Local Factsheets:
Accessible Housing - This factsheet is provided by The Sheffield Centre for Independent Living (SCIL)
Leisure and Sport:
Click on the link below for leisure and sport activities for people with physical or sensory impairments. Activities include football, mobile library service, gardening, crafts, outings and wheelchair sports.
There are hundreds of sport and leisure activities on Help Yourself for everyone. Click on the links 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.
Libraries:
Meal Deliveries:
Mobility and Motability:
National Websites:
Motability Scheme - Enables disabled people to exchange either their Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance or their War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement to obtain a new car, powered wheelchair or scooter.
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:
Armed Forced Support Organisations
City Wide Resources & Support Services - Includes respite care, day centres, holiday relief, advocacy & information services, painting, decorating & gardening services, Radar Keys and Changing Places Toilets.
Support in Local Communities- Includes sitting services, befriending, dog walking, decorating and gardening.
Organisations for Blind or Visually Impaired People
Organisations for Deaf or Hearing Impaired People
Social & Support Groups for Ethnic Minorities
Respite Care:
Sensory Impairment:
Click on the links below to find organisations specifically for people with sensory impairments. Please note, there are many other groups and services on this page for people with a sensory impairment, please scroll through the page to find out what else is on offer.
Sexual Health & Relationships:
Local Factsheets:
Sexual Health and Relationships - This factsheet is provided by The Sheffield Centre for Independent Living (SCIL)
Sign Language:
Sure Start Children's Centres:
Therapy Services:
Toilet Facilities:
Transport and Travel:
Travel Information Services and Shops
Local Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Websites:
Local Factsheets:
Blue Badge Scheme - This factsheet is provided by The Sheffield Centre for Independent Living (SCIL)
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:
Useful Information:
Local Factsheets:
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