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Here you will find: Information on Housing Benefit and how to apply for it. Sheffield City Council: Housing Benefit . Information on Council Tax support and how to apply for it. Sheffield City Council: Council Tax . Information on the Local Assistance Scheme and how to apply for it. Sheffield City Council: Local Assistance Scheme . Citizen's Advice Sheffield benefits advice. Citizen's Advice Sheffield . …
Here you will find: Information on Sheffield City Council's housing repair service and handyperson service. Sheffield City Council: Request a repair to a council property . Sheffield City Council's pest control service. Sheffield City Council: Pest control . …
. There is also a personal wheelchair budget available. NHS Sheffield and Disability Sheffield have created a video to explain how a personal health budget can help you, and top tips on using your budget. Personal Health Budgets . NHS Sheffield has a continuing healthcare team to support access to personal health budgets. Find out more. NHS: continuing healthcare . NHS: mental health after-care . NHS: personal health budget . NHS: personal wheelchair budget . NHS Sheffield: personal health budget . Contact the NHS Sheffield continuing healthcare team: email SheffieldCHC@nhs.net or call 0114 305 1700 . Funded nursing care The NHS will also provide money for someone who is living in a care home in Sheffield, to pay for care from a registered nurse. This is a payment made to the home you are living in, at a national rate that is reviewed each year. Sometimes…
advisors or from the Children's University. Information on healthy living There are many activities that your Personal Advisor can support you with accessing around healthy eating, being active, and managing your well-being. Below are some links within Sheffield and your Personal Advisor can support you to find support and activities outside of Sheffield should you wish. Darnall Well Being KeyRing – Supported Living Networks Live Lighter Healthy Lifestyle Programme Burton Street Foundation Holistic Day Opportunities Bloom Firvale Community Hub SCLU online Cooking resources SHINE Health Academy Art Works Bounce Forward AFC Unity Together Women Project Board Game Café, Quiz Group at Woodhouse Community Hub and Wellbeing Wednesdays at Victoria Allotments Bags of Taste Cooking Course SAGE Singing Through the Seasons Sheffield United Community Foundation…
will be able to support you to decide on the best option for yourself. Sheffield City Council: Direct payments and managing your care . Friend or relative There are a number of different ways a relative or family member can help you with your direct payment. If you have your Direct Payment paid to you, but you need some help to pay invoices or setting up standing orders, a relative can help you with these and similar tasks but you still remain in control of your Direct Payment. This person is known as a Direct Payment main contact. This means that you are happy for Sheffield City Council… & Wellbeing Floor 1, Howden House 1 Union Street Sheffield S1 2SH The service also offers an in-person drop-in service on Tuesdays at First Point Howden House, 1 Union Street, S1 2SH. If you visit the drop-in session, please let the First Point reception team know you would like to speak…
and help you gain the confidence to go out on your own. Local Community Support Workers (based in your local GP surgery). They can signpost you to what’s going on locally and may accompany you to appointments or activities for the first time. Sheffield City Council: Community Support Workers . Call: 0114 205 7120 . Passenger Assist. Help on any train for older and disabled people. National Rail: Passenger Assist . For help getting around the shops, you can loan mobility aids like wheelchairs or power scooters from: Mobile Sheffield. For use round the city centre. Mobile Sheffield… in volunteers’ homes. You will even be taken there and home again so you don’t need to worry about organising travel. You can also sign up for a regular friendly chat over the phone with your very owncall companion. All services are free. Re-engage . Call: 0800 716543 . Sheffield Churches Council…
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There are a range of local specialist shops throughout Sheffield which sell and rent equipment, including: CareCo. Unit 3 Burton St, Penistone Rd, S6 2HH. Call: 0114 551 1569 or visit: www.careco.co.uk/sheffield-showroom.htm. Clark & Partners. 496 Ridgeway Rd, S12 2JX. Call 0114 239 0610… 0114 437 2329 or visit: www.parkgatemobility.co.uk/mobility-shops . Premier Community. 17-21 Abbey Lane, Woodseats, S8 0BJ. Call 0800 3689923 or visit: www.premiercommunity.co.uk/find-our-showrooms/woodseats-sheffield-showroom/ . Sheffield Mobility. 96 Bradfield Rd, S6 2BZ. Call 0114 231 5131 or visit: www.sheffieldmobilitysolutions.co.uk . Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind. 5 Mappin Street, City Centre, S1 4DT. Call 0114 272 2757 or visit: srsb.org.uk/Equipment-Centre . Wicker Independent Living Store. 61-67 Wicker, S3 8HT. Call 0114 272 3729 or visit: rosscare.co.uk/pages/wicker…
for your equipment, contact the Council. They can give you advice and if you need support, they will assess your needs and arrange support with you. They will ask you about your finances so they can decide how much you can afford to pay towards your support. Sheffield City Council: Equipment… towards your support. Sheffield City Council: Adapting your home . Moving home. There are other options you can consider, including: moving to a home that better suits your needs, or moving to a home closer to a relative or friend that can support you. This is called medical priority re-housing. swapping the home you rent with someone else. This is called mutual exchange. There is a scheme for this in Sheffield and a national website to link you with thousands of other tenants across the country. Moving home (medical priority re-housing and mutual exchange). Next: equipment…
Scams and fraud Age UK has lots of good advice about the different types of scams and fraud, including door step scams, postal scams, phone scams and cold calling. And they have dedicated advice on what to do if you're scammed. Age UK: Scams and Fraud . What to do . Trading Standards run a 'Not Born Yesterday' campaign which helps protect vulnerable people from scams and rogue traders. Sheffield City Council: Trading Standards . Crime prevention South Yorkshire Police has advice and tips on how you can prevent a burglary and how to secure your property. South Yorkshire Police: Crime prevention .…