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  • Carers

    to listen, to give you expert information and advice that’s tailored to your situation, to champion your rights and support you in finding new ways to manage at home, at work, or wherever you are. Sheffield Carers Centre Sheffield Carers Centre is your first stop for local information about support for carers. Visit their website or call the Centre for a welcome pack full of information and advice – and to get a regular copy of their quarterly newsletter. Sheffield Carers Centre . Call: 0114 272 8362 . The Carers Centre also offers the following services: Carer advice line. Carer card offering discounts on services, goods and activities. Also to record emergency numbers. Carer activities and workshops. Legal advice clinic. Carer cafe and support groups. Community connect. A telephone support service from volunteers to combat loneliness. Emergency planning…

  • Physical activity choices

    support. Mental Health . There's a whole host of mental health support in the city ranging from talking therapies to support groups, help to keep fit and leisure and social groups. BetterPoints Sheffield For extra motivation to move more, download the free BetterPoints app to earn rewards… for people living with Dementia. Dementia support . And if you have a health condition or disability and want to be more active get professional advice from Move Well (formerly called Sheffield Physical Activity Referral Scheme, or SPARS for short). Qualified, experienced and supportive staff…

  • Bereavement Support

    Bereavement and grieving The Bereavement Advice Centre supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death. Bereavement Advice Centre: Practical help when someone dies . Helpline: 0800 634 9494 . Cruse Bereavement Care promotes the well-being of bereaved people and helps them to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Cruse: Bereavement support . Helpline: 0808 808 1677 . Cruse has a Sheffield Branch that offers one-to-one and group support. Cruse: Sheffield branch . Call: 0114 408 1408 . Cruse also has a special website for children and young people which includes a message board to share experiences and receive replies from trained young supporters. Cruse: Hope Again . view directory services View all services on the directory that provide bereavement support . …

  • Physical disability

    Disability support There are many services that support people with a physical disability or sensory impairment in Sheffield, and services that support their parents and carers. Support groups and services for: people with a physical or sensory impairment . people with a mental health problem including Sheffield’s online Mental Health Guide . people with autism including a really helpful adult autism advice page with lots of good advice and details of support available. …

  • Support for family and carers of people with Dementia

    and explain what helped them. Sheffield Carers Centre . Carer Advice Line: 0114 272 8362 . Sheffield Dementia Carers Training Service A programme of 6 x 2 hour workshops, delivered by the Alzheimer’s Society in Sheffield, which will: Equip you with knowledge, skills and the emotional resilience to support you as a dementia carer. Provide an opportunity to meet other dementia carers. Workshops are delivered at local community venues, or online via Zoom/Teams. For more information please read the Sheffield Dementia Carers Training Service poster. Contact Alzheimer’s Society Sheffield Dementia Carers Training Service to book your place: Call: 0114 276 8414 . Email: sheffield@alzheimers.org.uk . People Keeping Well (PKW) community dementia carer support Many of the local People Keeping Well organisations run information and support groups for dementia carers. Many…

  • Dementia support for ethnic minority communities

    speak a variety of languages. Some areas offer culturally appropriate groups for men or for women only. Contact Dementia Advice Sheffield to find your nearest dementia group, or use the map and table above. Dementia Advice Sheffield . Call: 0114 250 2875 . Email: dementiaadvice@ageuksheffield.org.uk . Or find out your local service from the main Dementia Support in Sheffield page. Sheffield Memory Hub Person-centred culturally appropriate dementia care, guidance and support, particularly for those of African and African Caribbean descent. Sheffield Memory Hub: Activities – Support… with Dementia?’, ‘How can I help someone in my family with Dementia?’ and ‘Am I a Dementia carer?’. Youtube: Urdu Sheffield Dementia videos Youtube: Arabic Sheffield Dementia videos Dementia videos in different languages The Dementia Wellbeing Service in Bristol has produced a series of useful films…

  • Support for people with Young Onset Dementia

    Downloads If you’re under 65 and living with, or supporting someone living with, Young Onset Dementia, there’s plenty of help for you in Sheffield. You can get more information about Young Onset Dementia from the Alzheimer's Society. Alzheimer's Society: Young-onset dementia . Young Onset Dementia Hub If you are aged 65 or under and living with, or affected by, Young Onset Dementia or memory problems contact the Sheffield’s Young Onset Dementia Hub. This group is shaped by the experts (you!) and provides Young Onset Dementia specific information, advice, training, activities and groups. Age UK Sheffield: Young Onset Hub . Call: 0114 250 2850 . Email: enquiries@ageuksheffield.org.uk. Dementia day activities for under 65s in Sheffield Dementia day activities are a dementia-friendly place to spend the whole day on a regular basis. They have a range of engaging…

  • Local and national Dementia support

    Age UK Sheffield Dementia support services available from Age UK Sheffield including Dementia Advice Sheffield. Age UK Sheffield: Dementia services . Alzheimer’s Society Telephone and online advice from Dementia Connect. Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Connect . Call: 0333 150 3456… with a question or concern about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia UK: Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline . Call: 0800 888 6678 . National Health Service (NHS) The NHS Dementia Guide explains about Dementia, symptoms and diagnosis, living well with dementia, and care and support. NHS: Dementia Guide . Next: Dementia Friendly Sheffield . …

  • Support for rare types of Dementia

    Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) Heeley City Farm in Sheffield runs a group for people caring for someone with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). Heeley City Farm: Dementia Projects . Rare Dementias The national charity Rare Dementia Support has a range of advice and support suggestions for people with a rare dementia, their family and carers. Rare Dementia Support: Social, emotional and practical support . …

  • What is SEND Support?

    putting support in place. This can always be changed following a diagnosis and/or advice from professionals. If your child has recently had an assessment or a diagnosis from an NHS service (e.g. the Neurodisability Service), it is important that you share this information with the SENCO. Parents sometimes think that the school will be notified automatically – this is not always the case. Plan The school will use the Sheffield Support Grid (SSGe). This helps them make decisions about your child’s package of support. They should tell you at which level(s) your child has been placed on the grid… support plan should be in place. This follows the graduated response. The Extended Support Plan is a document that is replacing the My Plan in Sheffield schools. The aims of the Extended Support Plan are the same as the My Plan. As a document it allows us to: build a much broader view…