Sam Dawson: the Brunsmeer Awareness story so far
Brunsmeer Awareness FC is a community enterprise supported by Sheffield Flourish. It provides an opportunity for people living with mental health conditions to participate in organised, competitive team sport in a friendly supportive environment. We are fortunate to work with a number of partners, all of whom bring invaluable expertise and guidance. The project … Continued
Sheffield Flourish honoured as one of Lord Mayor’s charities
Sheffield Flourish were delighted to be honoured as one of Lord Mayor Magid Magid’s three charities for his term in office this year, sharing the limelight with the excellent Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service and Unity Gym Project. At his inauguration attendees, including Josie and Jo from Sheffield Flourish, were given a snapshot of … Continued
Campaigns for change: call for ideas
We’re launching a new project in partnership with Campaign Bootcamp. Campaign Bootcamp are a renowned national organisation who provide first class training and coaching for grassroots campaigners, and their community includes many people working on mental health issues. They want to help people who care about mental health get their voices heard in Sheffield and … Continued
A big, warm, beaming thank you!
We’re smiling ear to ear this week, because our little charity has been honoured with a fundraising drive that raised us £500. It made us so pleased we decided we wanted to reflect and give thanks to some of the lovely people who have supported us over the last few years. We’re a really small … Continued
Education and mental health: Conversation Cafe
We are part of a group of individuals and organisations in the city keen to put our energy and creativity into an ‘education exchange’ for Sheffield. We’re delighted to be opening the conversation up, with a ‘conversation cafe’. Come and join the conversation on developing Sheffield’s new mental health Education Exchange. The agenda’s free, anyone’s … Continued
CAST are looking for an exhibition curator
CAST’s exhibition is an annual event where talented artists from across the city who have experienced mental health issues put their work on show. This year they’re looking for someone to help plan and run the week-long exhibition. We’re looking for someone with creative flair and experience to curate and manage the show, as well … Continued
Vote for CAST’s next exhibition theme
CAST, the creative arts support team who run weekly art and creative writing groups, also run a fantastic annual exhibition. Each year they choose a theme, and then invite the public to submit their work to the exhibition for display. This year CAST are asking the public to help them choose from four theme ideas … Continued
Sheffield Flourish is looking for a new Team Administrator!
Award winning Sheffield Flourish has come a long way in five years. Over 11,000 people have visited our digital wellbeing hub since its launch in 2017. Our volunteers support a diverse range of grassroots community activities from digital inclusion to arts and gardening. Sheffield Flourish is dedicated to supporting people with mental health conditions to … Continued
Sheffield Flourish honoured to win New NHS Alliance Award
On December 6th we were honoured to win the New NHS Alliance’s Excellence in Health Creation Award for ‘Getting Our 5-a-day’. It was a real achievement for our community, and fantastic to be recognised by this organisation. The New NHS Alliance describes itself as ‘a values-led movement of people and organisations committed to building a sustainable, … Continued
Competition: ‘Where I am at’
On January 15th we’re launching the new Sheffield Mental Health Guide. January 15th is known as ‘Blue Monday’ – the saddest day of the year. We hope our website will make it that little bit easier to navigate the lows that life brings. We’ve seen the value of sharing our different experiences of mental health … Continued