Viewpoints: our annual art exhibition!
Our creative arts enterprise, CAST, have been running an annual exhibition for 10 years. This year, we will be teaming up with Sheffield Health and Social Care to run an exhibition themed around ‘viewpoints’. The exhibition will be online, and (we hope) in the Winter Gardens in Sheffield City Centre. We are now looking for … Continued
How to use our newest website: My Toolkit
A lot of us right now are tweaking and refining how we look after our mental health. These are difficult times, plus we have far fewer options (the things we might usually go to to support our mental health are either closed or online: the gym, art classes, work, etc etc). One of the most … Continued
Windrush Day 22nd June 2020
Today is Windrush Day. 72 years ago the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury docks. Approximately 500 people from the Caribbean disembarked and made the UK their home. In the decades that followed nearly half a million people from former British colonies in the Caribbean arrived to live and work in the UK. Today we honour … Continued
Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health and Wellbeing: Survey Results
In May 2020, Sheffield Flourish conducted an anonymous survey asking how people were coping in lockdown and whether the Covid-19 pandemic had been having a negative or difficult impact on their mental health and wellbeing. We received 66 responses, all anonymous and completed online. From those who responded there are four main points that stick … Continued
Black Lives Matter
A response from Sheffield Flourish In solidarity, grief and rage with our Black siblings in the UK and USA we have collated a list of resources from Sheffield and beyond aimed at supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraging white folk to educate themselves in anti-racism work. Here at Sheffield Flourish, we are a … Continued
Will Hobson’s Experience of Brunsmeer Awareness FC
I first got involved with Brunsmeer back in September of 2018, after a friend sent me a link to some footage of the team in action on their Instagram page. “Have you seen this” she remarked. “There’s a mental health football team that runs in Sheffield, kinda similar to the one back in Stockport but … Continued
New project, new course: Managing Your Mental Health
Sheffield Flourish have been working with Sheffield Health and Social Care and SUN:RISE to create a new project: The Learning Space. We are thrilled to announce The Learning Space has teamed up with psycho-educator Chrissy Bonham to deliver an online course focusing on managing your mental health. Here Chrissy tells us a little about herself … Continued
How Lisa is coping during Covid-19
We are all adjusting to a new way of living, during this time. Lisa who works for Sheffield Flourish, shares how she has had to adjust to a minimum of 12 weeks isolation.
Art packs for the community
Working with the lovely CAST, we’ve made some art packs which we’re really excited to share with the community. Download an art pack We really hope you enjoy working with these, and please send us some photos of what you make! UPDATE! A huge thank you for the community support for these art packs, including … Continued
What’s on at Sheffield Flourish
Our enterprise activities are moving online, and we wanted to share what our new schedule is. There’s more information about getting involved under each of the headings.
Support Services During This Time
Here at Sheffield Flourish we are slowly adjusting to a new way of working and living. It can feel overwhelming at points and we understand the fears, anxieties and frustrations that we are all experiencing. It is no surprise that service provision has changed right across the city, and indeed the country, as well as … Continued
Coping during covid: Wellbeing ideas from Jo
It’s a strange, strange time we are living through, and we’re all just learning as we go. Jo, who works for Sheffield Flourish, shares a few things she’s been doing to stay feeling okay. A few links from the video: My Toolkit Habit Tracker template