In Summer 2020 Sheffield Healthy Holidays launched an initiative. Supporting children and families in our city to access activities and ideas to stay active during school holidays. For more information about the city wide offer visit https://sheffieldhealthyholidays.org/. The Summer holidays were funded by the Department for Education with an aim to reach 50% of [...]
Called NO WEALTH BUT LIFE? if you follow the link below you will see, what has become a really substantive piece of work, 28 minutes long. In editing the film, the film makers wanted to tell the story through the words of the strongest story tellers, who have all contributed to a very strong and [...]
WE NEED YOU Can you pack boxes? Can you drive and have access to a car? Sheffield has been given a lump sum by the Department for Education to deliver food to children during the summer holidays. Part of a huge project to make this happen. We will be using the Park Community Centre (S2 [...]
I first discovered Manor and Castle Development Trust after being extremely unwell with my mental health.Having struggled with my mental health since my late teens, before being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in my late 20's. I continued to have the highs and lows, which got increasingly worse and I [...]
People are living longer than ever This is great news for us as individuals but, in an increasingly mobile society, it also creates a challenge as generations of families don’t always live in the same community; so how can we keep our youngest and oldest residents connected? One solution is ‘Intergenerational Care’. Developed in Japan [...]
It' important just do something and be active! Last year I signed up as an Move More Ambassador as I wanted to support other people to move more! In my youth I avoided sport at school like the plague. Though about 6 years ago I worked out that doing physical activity was good for me! [...]
After a great 2018 in the community garden with a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes to a giant pumpkin. That saw the group create amazing pieces of metal artwork that took pride of place in the community garden and even got displayed in the Millennium Gallery. 2019 will be another fantastic year for the [...]
What changed for me around March 2018 after going to the doctors about my weight as my back and knees started to feel the strain, as well as the daily mental struggle to even look at myself in the mirror. Something had to give! I started Kellyanne’s classes and I’ve never looked back! The [...]
More people in our region are diagnosed with cancer than the England average and we know that catching cancers at an earlier stage greatly increases the chance of survival. The aim of Be Cancer SAFE is to make sure everyone is aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer, know what screening is available to [...]
More often than not when people are struggling with a low mood, or worse, they don’t speak to their GP right away, let alone mental health services. They might not know much about what ‘mental health’ is, but they definitely need help to feel better. Sheffield Flourish launched the NEW Sheffield Mental Health Guide this [...]
