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  • Sensory impairment support

    plan to meet your needs. They can also give you advice about local community organisations and groups you can join to meet similarly impaired people and learn new ways of doing familiar tasks. Sheffield City Council: Sensory impairment support . Deaf and hearing impairment If you need advice… and groups you can join to meet similarly impaired people and learn new ways of doing familiar tasks. Sheffield City Council: Sensory impairment support . Deafblind support For information about support for deafblindness (sometimes called dual sensory impairment), including diagnosis and living… needs and agree a support plan to meet your needs. They can also give you advice about local community organisations and groups you can join to meet similarly impaired people and learn new ways of doing familiar tasks. Sheffield City Council: Sensory impairment support .…

  • Learning disability

    communicate with the staff and make your views known. Find out more. Northern General Hospital: inpatient guide . Royal Hallamshire Hospital: inpatient guide . Contact the Patient Accessibility Team. Call 0114 271 2167 . Email sth.pals@nhs.net . Sheffield City Council Adult Care… disability support . Ways you can get involved in how learning disability services in Sheffield work. Sheffield City Council: Learning Disability Partnership Board . Get involved and help us make positive changes. We want to hear from people with lived experiences of learning disabilities… Support Service provides intensive support to people who are very unwell, and who may have behaviours that are high risk and difficult to manage. Sheffield Health and Social Care: Community Intensive Support Service . The Community Enhancing Recovery Team provide intensive support in people’s…

  • Practical support for people with Dementia

    Sheffield City Council Adult Care and Wellbeing If you require formal care and support please contact the Adult Care and Wellbeing First Contact Team. There’s always someone there to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sheffield City Council: Get a care and support assessment . Call… There is a local group that meets regularly to share ideas, views and opinions about Dementia services and developments. The group is called the Sheffield Dementia Involvement Group (SHINDIG). They have created top tips for living with Dementia. Find out more: SHINDIG: Top tips for living… of podcasts you can listen to you called Dementia and Me. Hosted by BBC Radio Sheffield and Enrichment for the Elderly, the podcast gives an excellent insight into living with and caring for someone living with Dementia, along with hints and tips on how to live well with Dementia. BBC Sounds…

  • Activities and things to do for people with Dementia

    for someone with Dementia or want to find out more. The scheme is endorsed by health professionals and supported by public libraries. If you're not already a member of Sheffield Libraries you can join for free to borrow physical books and e-books from the Dementia reading list. Sheffield City Council: Sheffield libraries and archives . Sheffield City Council: Join the library . Reading Well: Books on prescription for Dementia . Online activities BBC Reminiscence Archive A selection of content from the BBC Archives, designed to support reminiscence therapy. Choose from photos, videos… Step Out Sheffield Step Out Sheffield is a volunteer-run organisation providing a choice of walks at over 20 different locations across the city each week, primarily using parks and greenspaces. All the walks are completely free, fun and sociable, and are led by trained Volunteer Walk Leaders…

  • Dementia Day Activities

    . There are Dementia Day Activities sessions in locations across the city, depending on the stage of your Dementia journey. All the details of the different age-appropriate sessions are available in these leaflets. Dementia Day Activities for under 65s (PDF, 937KB). An overview for people affected by Young Onset Dementia in Sheffield. Dementia Day Activities for over 65s (PDF, 1.07 MB). An overview for older people affected by Dementia in Sheffield. There's a wide range of different type of day services in Sheffield on the directory, including independent providers you can consider if you are paying for your own day care or if this is part of your Direct Payment from the Council. Dementia day care . Next: Activities and things to do for people with Dementia . …

  • Keeping well in your local community

    in their Community' 'People Keeping Well' is sometimes known as Social Prescribing. It's all about connecting you to a range of local services to improve general health and wellbeing. In Sheffield, Social Prescribing is delivered through our 'People Keeping Well' network of community organisations which are funded through Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group. Each partnership is led by a local voluntary sector organisation which works with a wide range of people who live or work in that community. Each partnership is different, depending on local needs, but might include… Practices) Darnall Wellbeing 9 Sharrow Sharrow, Broomhall, City Centre ShipShape 10 Manor Manor, Castle, Wybourn, Woodthorpe, Park Hill, Granville Manor & Castle Development Trust 11 Sheaf Highfield, Heeley…

  • Social Prescribing

    . There are community organisations around the city that provide social prescribing. Some of these lead organisations work in partnership with Sheffield City Council and provide "People Keeping Well" community support and activities. People Keeping Well There are also Community Support Workers based in GP surgeries around the city. They can help with things like: finding out about and supporting you to join local social activities sourcing help in and around the home temporary help if someone is unwell finding support for carers planning for times of bad weather advice on transport options information on housing, health and social care encouragement to live an active life support to check benefit entitlements. Sheffield City Council: Community Support Workers . Call: 0114 205 7120 . view directory services View all services on the directory…

  • Introduction

    : Sheffield City Council: Helping you stay independent . Sheffield City Council: Cost of care . There's a lot of useful advice and videos about the assessment process on the SCIE website. SCIE is the Social Care Institute for Excellence - sharing knowledge, improving lives. Youtube: Social Care Institute for Excellence video on assessment and eligibility . For more information about adult social care and how Sheffield City Council Adult Care and Wellbeing works visit our web page. Adult Care and Wellbeing: how we work . The NHS Health and Social Care Directory provides details… health and social care costs . If you think you need help to pay for your care and support you should contact the Council. There's more advice about how the Council works out how much you can afford to pay on their website. Sheffield City Council: Cost of care . view directory services…

  • Adult education

    for you to join. Citywide adult education providers There are several citywide adult education providers in Sheffield, including: Sheffield College . Sheffield City Council, Lifelong Learning: FACES (Family, Adult and Community Education Service) . Sheffield City Council, Lifelong Learning: Vocational training and apprenticeships . Sheffield University: Department for Lifelong Learning . Sheffield U3A (University of the Third Age). The WEA (The Worker's Educational Association). Sheffield Museums: Adult Learning . Community adult education providers There are also many… organisations in all areas of Sheffield. English as a Second Language classes There are classes for English as a Second Language (ESOL). SAVTE (Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English) supports people develop the necessary English language skills to help them gain…

  • Small business

    and Intellectual Property Centre in the Central Library. Sheffield City Council: Business and Intellectual Property Centre . Call: 0114 273 4712 . Find about what support is available for small business on the Government's website GOV.UK . This includes advice and funding. GOV.UK: What support is available for my small business? Find out what support is available for young people starting a small business from the Prince's Trust . Princes Trust: Support for Starting a Business . Business Sheffield provide support to start and grow small business. Sheffield City Council - Business Sheffield: Support with Challenges in your business . Sheffield City Council - Business Sheffield: Business Productivity and Digitisation Grant Scheme . Call: 0114 224 5000 . Sheffield Chamber of Commerce provides training to develop a skilled workforce to help your business grow and provides…