Skip to content

Search

Find information and advice

See 3061 directory results

Information results

Search results 667

  • Introduction

    tasks so we can continue to have a good life. Sheffield Directory has the information and advice to help you. Most of the groups and services you can contact directly. There are details of local charities and voluntary groups in the city, and care providers like home care companies and residential…: Sheffield City Council: Helping you stay independent . Sheffield City Council: Cost of care . There's a lot of useful advice and videos about the assessment process on the SCIE website. SCIE is the Social Care Institute for Excellence - sharing knowledge, improving lives. Youtube: Social Care Institute for Excellence video on assessment and eligibility . For more information about adult social care and how Sheffield City Council Adult Care and Wellbeing works visit our web page. Adult Care and Wellbeing: how we work . The NHS Health and Social Care Directory provides details…

  • Sport

    help to be more active and improve your health and wellbeing from the Move More website. Thousands of people in Sheffield have used this website to: find activities, things to do and events in your area get support with your wellbeing from a local organisation. Move More . Visit our… active get professional advice from Move Well (formerly called Sheffield Physical Activity Referral Scheme, or SPARS for short). Qualified, experienced and supportive staff can help you develop a plan to improve your quality of life. Includes 1 to 1 support, and discounts to help with the costs. Find out more: talk to your GP or get more details from the Move More website. Move More: Move Well . Sheffield is the UK’s first National City of Sport with a range of high quality facilities. We have: World class swimming and diving pools at Ponds Forge. Ponds Forge International Sports…

  • Places to go

    Links Here you will find: Local attractions Libraries Galleries, museums and theatres City farms Sheffield parks and green spaces Cafes in parks and woodlands Fitness in parks Nature reserves, parks and open spaces Community centres Venues for hire . view directory services View places to go on the directory: Nature reserves, parks and open spaces . City farms . Festivals . Local attractions . Theatres, museums and galleries . …

  • Adult education

    for you to join. Citywide adult education providers There are several citywide adult education providers in Sheffield, including: Sheffield College . Sheffield City Council, Lifelong Learning: FACES (Family, Adult and Community Education Service) . Sheffield City Council, Lifelong Learning: Vocational training and apprenticeships . Sheffield University: Department for Lifelong Learning . Sheffield U3A (University of the Third Age). The WEA (The Worker's Educational Association). Sheffield Museums: Adult Learning . Community adult education providers There are also many… organisations in all areas of Sheffield. English as a Second Language classes There are classes for English as a Second Language (ESOL). SAVTE (Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English) supports people develop the necessary English language skills to help them gain…

  • Pensions and retirement

    Find out your likely retirement income In a few easy steps, the Money Helper 's pension calculator can give you an estimate of the income you'll get when you retire. Your forecast will include income from defined benefit and defined contribution pensions, and your State Pension. Money Helper: Pension calculator . When you get your results, you can alter your retirement age to see how that affects your income. You can also see how increased contributions or taking a smaller tax-free lump sum affect your yearly pension. Pension advice Citizens Advice Sheffield also run a Pension Wise Service. This is a free and impartial government service to help you explore your options for your defined contribution pension. You can find out what you can do with your pension pot, how to shop around and what to look out for with taxes and fees. They explain how to avoid pension scams…

  • Small business

    and Intellectual Property Centre in the Central Library. Sheffield City Council: Business and Intellectual Property Centre . Call: 0114 273 4712 . Find about what support is available for small business on the Government's website GOV.UK . This includes advice and funding. GOV.UK: What support is available for my small business? Find out what support is available for young people starting a small business from the Prince's Trust . Princes Trust: Support for Starting a Business . Business Sheffield provide support to start and grow small business. Sheffield City Council - Business Sheffield: Support with Challenges in your business . Sheffield City Council - Business Sheffield: Business Productivity and Digitisation Grant Scheme . Call: 0114 224 5000 . Sheffield Chamber of Commerce provides training to develop a skilled workforce to help your business grow and provides…

  • Mobility shops and schemes

    There are a range of local specialist mobility shops throughout Sheffield which sell and rent equipment, including: CareCo . Unit 3 Burton St, Penistone Rd, S6 2HH. CareCo . Call: 0114 551 1569 . Clark & Partners . Clark & Partners . Call: 0114 239 0610 (Gleadless), 0114 229 3391 (Handsworth). Eden Mobility . Halifax Road, S6 1LH. Eden Mobility . Call: 0800 652 8444 or 0114 321 1616 . Parkgate Mobility . 262 Handsworth Road, S13 9BS. Call: 0114 437 2067 . Unit 30, Hillsborough Barracks, S6 2LW. Call: 0114 437 2329 . Parkgate Mobility . Premier Mobility . 17-21 Abbey Lane, Woodseats, S8 0BJ. Premier Mobility. Call: 0800 3689923 . Sheffield Mobility . 96 Bradfield Road, S6 2BZ. Sheffield Mobility . Call: 0114 231 5131 . Wicker Independent Living . 61-67 Wicker, S3 8HT. Wicker Independent Living . Call: 0114 272 3729 . Find information…

  • Careers advice

    Careers advice for students Our universities and colleges have careers advice services for their students. The University of Sheffield: Careers . Sheffield Hallam University: Careers . Sheffield College: Careers advice . Careers advice for young people Sheffield Futures is a charity supporting young people to achieve their full potential in learning, employment and life to secure a positive future. They have lots of self help materials and advisors to support you. Sheffield Futures . Sheffield Futures is based at Star House, 43 Division St, Sheffield City Centre, S1 4GE. Call: 0114 201 2800 . Email: enquiries@sheffieldfutures.org.uk . Careers advice for all The National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help people of any age make decisions on learning, training and work. Whatever your situation, there's something to help. National…

  • Benefits

    Visit the government website GOV.UK for information on benefits you may be entitled to: benefits and financial support if you're looking for work benefits and financial support if you're temporarily unable to work benefits and financial support for families benefits and financial support if you're disabled or have a health condition benefits and financial support if you're caring for someone benefits and financial support if you're on a low income benefits and financial support when someone dies . GOV.UK . You can also manage an existing benefit or claim . If you want some independent advice on benefits you can contact Citizens Advice Sheffield . Their website has a wealth of information and advice on benefits and you can use their benefit calculator tool. Citizens Advice Sheffield . Citizens Advice Sheffield: benefits . Citizens Advice Sheffield: benefit…

  • Community and accessible transport

    Here you will find: A list of community transport providers . Information on accessible black cabs. Not all black cabs are wheelchair accessible and you cannot book them. You can find black cabs at taxi ranks around the city centre. Sheffield City Council: Wheelchair accessible taxi exemptions and requirements . Sheffield City Council: Taxi ranks . Private taxi firms that have accessible vehicles on Yell (online Yellow Pages). Yell: Accessible taxis . view directory services View our list of accessible taxis . …