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  • Scams, fraud and crime prevention

    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 .…

  • Lunch and Friendship clubs

    lunch-clubs, lunchclubs There’s a host of local lunch clubs in the city. lunch clubs Contact the Lunch Club Referral Service at Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS) to find a club near you. Voluntary Action Sheffield: Lunch club referral service . Call: 0114 253 6650 to leave a message and someone will get back to you. Email: lunchclub@vas.org.uk . Many of the lunch clubs can provide transport to and from the club and many of them also provide social activities. If a lunch club isn’t for you, there are Friendship Lunches around the city, where you can eat lunch and meet new people and make friends. You can find a full list of Friendship lunches on this directory. Friendship Lunches .…

  • Keeping well activities

    your health and wellbeing from the Move More website. Move More: Health and Wellbeing activities . Thousands of people in Sheffield have used this one-stop-shop to: find activities, things to do and events in your area download the ‘Move More’ app to keep you motivated develop your own activity tracker to record your progress get support with your wellbeing from a local organisation. And if you have a health condition or disability and want to be more active get professional advice from Move Well (formerly called Sheffield Physical Activity Referral Scheme, or SPARS… and active with advice from a Health Trainer or Health Champion. Sheffield City Council: Community Wellbeing . The directory also has details of local sports and leisure activities to help keep you healthy and help your mental wellbeing. Sports activities . Culture and leisure activities…

  • Carers

    to listen, to give you expert information and advice that’s tailored to your situation, to champion your rights and support you in finding new ways to manage at home, at work, or wherever you are. Sheffield Carers Centre Sheffield Carers Centre is your first stop for local information about support for carers. Visit their website or call the Centre for a welcome pack full of information and advice – and to get a regular copy of their quarterly newsletter. Sheffield Carers Centre . Call: 0114 272 8362 . The Carers Centre also offers the following services: Carer advice line. Carer…

  • Health conditions and health services

    an excellent cancer advice page packed with information for you. cancer support . Sheffield Talking Therapies (formerly called IAPT) provides a range of short-term talking therapies to anyone (aged 18 or over who lives or works in Sheffield) experiencing stress, anxiety and depression. Sheffield Talking Therapies . Their Health and Wellbeing service provides support to people who are experiencing anxiety, stress and low mood from living with a long-term physical health condition. Sheffield Talking Therapies: Health and Wellbeing Service . Sheffield Talking Therapies can support people… the service. Sheffield Talking Therapies: How we can help . Call: 0114 226 4380 . They run courses including: Living Well with a Long-Term Condition (Low Mood) . Living Well with a Long-Term Condition (Anxiety) . Managing Stress . Living well with pain . Book courses online or give them…

  • Health advice

    Downloads and links There are many places you can go for health advice and support. There are 16 Community Wellbeing Programmes across the city covering the neighbourhoods with the poorest health. Sheffield City Council: Community Wellbeing . Call: 0114 293 0682 . They provide a range of health activities such as eating on a budget, cook and eat, stop smoking, diabetes support and walking groups. Workers on the programme include: Community Health Champions who support people to eat healthily, be physically active and improve their mental well-being. Some Health Champions work with people experiencing long term conditions such as chronic pain and diabetes. Health Trainers who offer one to one support around changing or leading a healthy lifestyle. In your local community there are "People Keeping Well" organisations. They provide a wide range of health advice…

  • Reducing the risk of developing dementia

    which can help you feel your best. NHS: Eat Well . Get the facts about sugar and make some simple swaps to keep you and your family healthy. Sheffield Is Sweet Enough . Access a free and inclusive weight management service for anyone in Sheffield. Sheffield - Morelife UK . Support with keeping physically active Local parks, playgrounds, woodlands and green spaces across Sheffield to enjoy. Sheffield City Council: Park and Green Spaces in Sheffield . Details of volunteer-led walks and wheels-friendly walks in all areas of Sheffield throughout the week. Step Out Sheffield . Get details of all-ability cycling in Hillsborough Park for any adult who can’t ride a 2-wheel bike due to disability or a long-term health condition. Sheffield Cycling4All . For details of outdoor gyms and park fitness classes in Sheffield. Sheffield City Council: Fitness in parks . Move…

  • Sensory impairment support

    michael.mcenery@sheffield.gov.uk sensoryimpairment The directory has lots of advice on support with a sensory impairment in Sheffield. Blind and visual impairment If you need advice about losing your sight speak to your GP. There is advice about the health support available on the NHS website, including NHS eye tests and different types of low vision aids. NHS: Blindness and vision loss . Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind provides support, friendship and services to blind and partially sighted people in Sheffield, helping them to achieve whatever they wish to do and be whatever they aspire to be. SRSB has a wide range of services for children and adults, delivered in the community and at their Mappin Street Centre (off West St in the city centre). They support over 3,600 visually impaired people in Sheffield and over 300 people access their services at the Mappin Street…

  • Learning disability

    We have a section of the directory that's full of advice and details of local support, activities and events in Sheffield for people with a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND), their parents and carers. We call this our Local Offer section. We've highlighted below some of the key services that support people with a learning disability in Sheffield, and their parents and carers. To see all of the services in Sheffield click on the View all services link below. Health Passport When using these services you may find it useful to give the staff a copy of your \Health… you a check up each year to look at your health. This is called an Annual Health Check, and is done by your doctor or nurse. Find out more. Sheffield Mencap and Gateway: Annual Health Checks . Health and Social Care Trust. The trust has specialist teams providing support for people…

  • Practical support for people with Dementia

    Sheffield City Council Adult Care and Wellbeing If you require formal care and support please contact the Adult Care and Wellbeing First Contact Team. There’s always someone there to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sheffield City Council: Get a care and support assessment . Call… There is a local group that meets regularly to share ideas, views and opinions about Dementia services and developments. The group is called the Sheffield Dementia Involvement Group (SHINDIG). They have created top tips for living with Dementia. Find out more: SHINDIG: Top tips for living… of podcasts you can listen to you called Dementia and Me. Hosted by BBC Radio Sheffield and Enrichment for the Elderly, the podcast gives an excellent insight into living with and caring for someone living with Dementia, along with hints and tips on how to live well with Dementia. BBC Sounds…