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    Armed Services and Ex-Service Personnel:

    Befriending:

    Benefits:
 

    Bereavement:

    Bullying:

    Care Alarms:
 

    Carers - Support Groups for Carers:

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    Cleaning Services:

    Clothing:

    Computers:
 

    Councillors (Sheffield City Council):

    Counselling:

    Credit Unions:
 

    Crime:

    Courts:

    Debt:

    Disabilities:

    There are different sections on this page for people with physical impairments and/or sensory impairments and Learning disabilities (see below). Please also see the "Health" Quick Link on the homepage to find organisations which cater for people with specific conditions eg cerebral palsy, downs syndrome, spina bifida.
 

    Divorce and Separation:
 

    Domestic Abuse:

    For sexual abuse, child abuse, bullying please scroll down to the Violence and Sexual Abuse section.
 

    Employment:
 

    Equipment and Adaptations:
 

    Food:

    Free Legal Information:

    Funding:

    Furniture:

    Gardening:
 

    Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender:

    Handyperson Services:

    Holidays:
 

    Home Support/Home Care:

    Home Safety:
 

    Homeless & Rootless:
 

    Housing:
 

    Learning Disabilities:

    Loneliness:

    Lunch Clubs:
 

    Mental Health:

    Neighbourhood Support:

    Nursing Care:

    OccupationalHealth:
 

    Offenders & Ex-offenders:
 

    Older People:

    Pets:
 

    Physical Impairment:
 

    Refugees & Asylum Seekers:

    Residential Care:

    Respite:

    Self Help:
 

    Sensory Impairment:
 

    Sexual Health & Sexual Exploitation:
 

    Single Parents:

    Sitting Services:

    Social Services (Adult Social Care):

    Support Groups:

    Tenancy Support:

    Translators & Interpreters:
 

    Transport & Travel:
 

    Victims of Crime:
 

    Violence & Sexual Abuse:

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    Wheelchairs:

    Winter Warmth:
 

    Women:

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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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