We need your art!
We are excited to announce our annual exhibition theme: Urban Nature. As you may know (no worries if you don’t!) we run an exhibition each year, led by our brilliant enterprise CAST. Last year we managed to put on a brilliant show through collaborating with Sheffield Health and Social Care, and despite the pandemic we … Continued
Mental health and the pandemic: a year in our lives
This year we took part in our city’s brilliant Festival of Debate, and it was good! We ran an event looking at how the pandemic has shaped us, changed us, and brought us to where we are on this cold May day. Though the participatory online workshop ended up being smaller than we expected, that … Continued
Oasis: We are recruiting!
The Oasis Gardening team is small, but you’ll be joining us at a time of growth for our business. We’re excited to build our team and work with new people. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Oasis Gardening – Associate Gardener We’re looking for someone to join our Gardening team. The main role in … Continued
Exercise and serious mental illness: a study
Sheffield based researchers have recently published findings on a new study into physical activity for adults living with severe mental illness. The team of researchers conducted a review of research findings with the theme “Getting started with physical activity: What’s it like for people living with serious mental illness?”. You can read more about this … Continued
Helen Quirk: physical activity and health
Dr Helen Quirk, researcher in physical activity and health at The University of Sheffield In the promotion of physical activity, sometimes we need to take a step back and listen to people’s experiences before moving forwards. I’m fascinated by people, always have been. Their backgrounds, behaviours and why they do what they do. Some call … Continued
Liz Fletcher: Sport for confidence
Liz Fletcher is Occupational Therapist Educational Lead at Sport For Confidence. She shares how her experiences of working in mental health have led her to this role, and why physical activity is so important to wellbeing. Everyone’s physical activity experience is different. Listening and the sharing of lived experiences will be key to helping health … Continued
Join SHSC’s group on restrictive practices
As part of work to improve the way care is provided, Sheffield Health and Social Care is bringing together a group of people to look at physical restraint, seclusion and rapid tranquilisation. If you’ve ever experienced any restrictive practices within NHS mental health care, please get in touch to find out more about joining the … Continued
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
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