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Things to do during lockdown

Whether we’re officially in lockdown or not, we’re all having to adjust to life without being able to access our favourite things to do.

Thinking about your mental health as the years go by

Everyone ages, and inevitably we all change as the years go by. But common mental health disorders are not an inevitable part of ageing. A new guide from Age UK about mental health and ageing rightly says: “Being worried, low, out of sorts, or just struggling to work up the energy to do things you … Continued

The lowdown on our lockdown zooms

We’re back in lockdown. As we process all the feelings those words bring up*, let’s make sure we have plenty of fun, interesting and social things to keep us busy. We have free online sessions every weekday during lockdown which you can access digitally or through your phone. To get the link to join our … Continued

Black Mental Health Live: Post Event Report

Back in July, alongside partners Adira and SHSC, we held a live, virtual event called Black Mental Health Live. We are thrilled to launch the post-event report that includes a number of key themes that came up during the live stream. We were also thrilled by the audience response and had so many questions sent … Continued

We’re recruiting: Information Co-ordinator

The deadline for applications was the 25th October 2020. Please note we cannot accept any more applications now the deadline has passed. This stage of the recruitment process is now closed. About us We are a mental health charity rooted in the community, supporting people to use their skills, ideas and talents to build the … Continued

Viewpoints: art and mental health

It’s the 11 year anniversary of our CAST art group‘s Annual Exhibition! CAST is a creative arts group run for and by people living with mental health difficulties and distress. We’re really proud to run an exhibition each year featuring work by our group, as well as the wider Sheffield community. This year, we’re partnering … Continued

Cultivating Madcow: new ways of talking about mental health

This year we welcomed Flippin’ Mental Theatre into the fold as one of our community enterprises. The enterprise is led by local writer Kathryn Littlewood, who penned the uniquely funny mental health memoir Cultivating Madcow (along with bringing us the incredibly moving Suicide Monologues this month). Kathryn’s book, Cultivating Madcow, was recently researched by local … Continued

Suicide Monologues

This year we welcomed Flippin’ Mental Theatre into the fold as one of our community enterprises. The enterprise is led by local writer Kathryn Littlewood, writer of the uniquely funny mental health memoir Cultivating Madcow. We’re delighted to announce Kathryn’s latest collaboration – Suicide Monologues – will be livestreamed this Saturday at 7pm as part … Continued

Joining our sessions

This week we welcomed a small group of our community back into our building after a long, long lockdown. It was so wonderful to see old faces in real life! But we know there are many new faces, of new people, who are struggling with their mental health and want to access our groups. We’re … Continued

Connected Worlds reflection

By Jonathan Monk-Cunliffe Jonathan is a junior doctor interested in mental health and in educating other healthcare professionals. He heard about Connected Worlds and was interested to join the group and learn more about what it does. He attended the group as a participant and then helped to make a video about the group (below), to … Continued

Leaving lockdown: our second Covid impact survey

In May this year we ran a survey asking people about the impact of Covid-19 on their mental health, and we published the results in June. A lot has changed since then, so we ran a second survey. We found that: Over 85% of people reported their mental health had got worse, up by over … Continued