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‘And you ask where I come from It’s none of your business actually Where I get my beauty I respectfully decline your wish to know from which African roots my trees grow.’ The story of this anthology goes back to October 2020 when Connected Worlds ran a six week creative course called ‘The Way I […]
I was born in a beautiful little town in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first nine years of my life were wonderful. However, beginning in 1967, my childhood was abruptly changed forever. Often, when I would go to play at my best friend’s house, his older brother would be home hiding in the shadows waiting for […]
Sheffield Health and Social Care are looking to gather missing data on ethnicity and gender identity for their service users. “We are missing about 40% of the information on our service users’ ethnicity. We want to get a more accurate picture of our service users and who they are so we can tailor the care […]
At 26-years-old I was married with a son. I was a sound engineer, session musician, and my band was weeks away from signing a recording contract with a major record label for a lot of money. That was my life. And then I was put into a psychiatric hospital. By the time I was released, […]
Anxiety My friends make plans,But I can never go as one.You are my shadow,On the darkest of days.With you around,I am never alone.You belittle me at every given chance,Without any reason.I can never be the real me,But you are all I’ve ever known.So what is me? Who am I?A N X I E T YEveryone […]
We’re looking for someone to join our small and supportive team of eight people, working across our digital platforms. This is a creative role that offers a variety of day-to-day tasks including leading on creative digital projects and monitoring and evaluation for all four websites: Sheffield Flourish, Sheffield Mental Health Guide, Sheffield Suicide Support and […]
Our HeArts and Minds exhibition opens on Monday! Come down to The Circle, on Rockingham Lane, to see our exhibition, created in conjunction with SHSC (Sheffield Health and Social Care). Our annual exhibition showcases artwork from people with lived experience of mental health, whatever that may be, and those who work in support services. This […]
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We are so pleased to announce that we have re-launched the re-designed Sheffield Mental Health Guide website as an all-age mental health website. This is a much-needed resource, and we hope it makes a huge difference to Sheffield. Sheffield Flourish started delivering the Sheffield Mental Health Guide website in 2017 and Sheffield City Council funds […]
I was only 8 years old when my father killed himself after a long struggle with mental illness. The effect it had on me was profound and long lasting. When Iwas 12, it hit me very badly. I started having nightmares I had terrible insomnia which went for a long time and I was depressed […]
Losing someone to suicide is more than just a heaviness in the heart, it’s more than a puncture in your spirit – it’s as if a surge of darkness takes over your world and diminishes the happiness you once felt of it. It happened so suddenly, the moment always replayed in my head when she […]