Mental health and the black community
If you’ve been in or around the mental health scene for long you’ll have realised two things: Community support services, especially service user groups, are often made up of mostly white people On the flipside, when you get onto the wards, you’ll meet a lot more black people Why is this? What’s gone wrong? We … Continued
Job opportunity: Oasis Assistant Garden Manager
Oasis is a garden for wellbeing project. We provide opportunities for people who have experienced mental health issue to develop their gardening skills, grow food, enjoy being outdoors and connect with others. We are seeking someone with previous gardening experience to come and join the Oasis team. As Assistant Garden Manager you will lead on … Continued
Submissions open! CAST’s exhibition A Door to Somewhere
It’s on! We’re pleased to announce submissions are now open for CAST’s exhibition, A Door to Somewhere (which is the brilliant theme chosen by our community). So what happens next? If you’d like to take part, please read the submission guidelines, and let us know if you’d like to submit something by emailing us at … Continued
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
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
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
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
Oasis need your help!
Oasis is a gardening group where people of all abilities can get together, learn to grow, chat, and be in nature. Recently Oasis have even been eating the fruits of their labour together, having lovely soups and stews made from the vegetables they’ve grown. The lovely community at Oasis is thanks to Sheffield Health and … Continued