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  • Keeping Physically Active at Home

    Keeping Physically Active at Home

    30 March 2020

    Our Coronavirus information and Support page contains tips for disabled people to continue exercising at home. Just click on the Physical Health and Exercise link at the top of the page. This includes chair based workouts from Get Yourself Active and SIV home workouts now that the venues are closed and the Exercise Referral Scheme has been postponed.

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  • Looking after your Mental Health during the Covid-19 outbreak

    Looking after your Mental Health during the Covid-19 outbreak

    25 March 2020

    During this time it’s important to look after others but it’s also important to look after yourself. As we face new changes and challenges everyday it can feel overwhelming and can lead you to feeling anxious.

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  • Know your Human Rights

    Know your Human Rights

    06 December 2019

    This new online tool from the British Institute of Human Rights aims to support people with mental health and/or mental health capacity issues, and their advocates, to find out more about human rights and to be able to raise issues in a health and care setting.

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  • Every Mind Matters : Mental Health Support

    Every Mind Matters : Mental Health Support

    14 October 2019

    This new NHS website aims to help you have better mental health. You can also take the Every Mind Matters Quiz to get your free plan, designed to help you feel more in control, deal with stress and anxiety, boost your mood and improve your sleep.

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  • Sheffield Suicide Support

    Sheffield Suicide Support

    27 September 2019

    A new website has been set up in Sheffield to help people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which lead to suicide or people who are worried about someone else experiencing those emotions.

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  • Share your Experiences of Accessing Mental Health Services in Sheffield

    21 February 2019

    Have you had recent experiences of accessing or trying to access Mental Health Services in Sheffield in the last 2 years? If so, you are invited to take part in a survey as part of a call for evidence for the Joint Scrutiny Review of Mental Health Services. This survey closes on 8th March 2019.

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  • Keeping Families In Mind

    08 November 2018

    Keeping Families In Mind is an innovative new service set up by the Sheffield branch of the mental health charity Mind. It is funded by the Ministry of Defence, and provides therapeutic support to families living in South Yorkshire of serving military personnel.

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  • Extra funding for Sheffield adult mental health crisis services

    02 July 2018

    People at risk of a mental health crisis in Sheffield will be able to access new support services soon thanks to a £429,000 funding boost for the city.

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  • Experiences of Mental Health Support in the Community Report

    18 June 2018

    Healthwatch Sheffield have published their latest report detailing their review of people’s experiences of mental health support in the community and making five recommendations for local commissioners and providers of mental health services.

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  • The Street Triage Research Project

    09 April 2018

    Street Triage involves a combined mental health service and policing approach to mental health crisis care. A Street Triage team might consist of a police officer and a mental health practitioner, working together to help a person experiencing mental health difficulties.If you have accessed the Sheffield Street Triage team at any point since 2013 researchers at the University of Sheffield would like to hear about your experiences.

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