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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 […]
Oasis Gardening focuses on two types of activity. Firstly, we run regular gardening groups which support people to improve their mental health and wellbeing through gardening, being outdoors, and being part of a supportive group. Secondly, we run a garden maintenance service, across Sheffield, predominantly focused on private gardens, offering regular maintenance and one-off gardening […]
If someone out there is feeling alone, if you find a tiny bit of hope, even if it is a finger that someone offers you, grab onto it because it saves your life.I attempted on my life when I was 14. I had been sexually abused by a friend’s father from the age of 7 […]
Elle* was the daughter I never had. We first met in 2013 when she joined a creative writing group I was running at Sheffield Flourish. She came regularly and was an enthusiastic participant. She attended artists gatherings, was a good artist and writer, and helped with the set design for a panto I’d written. Less […]