Sheffield Mind

Sheffield Mind offers a number of different services across the city for people who are experiencing mental health problems as well as for the carers supporting them. Services are available to people who live in Sheffield.

Counselling and Therapy Service

Sheffield Mind counselling and therapy services provide a range of options:

• Their general one-to-one counselling offers free short-term counselling with student volunteer therapists. For anyone who is aged 18+ and are registered with a Sheffield GP. They accept self referrals or referrals from other professionals.
• Revive is a fee-paying counselling service to assist during tough periods and transitions in your life, supporting you to to process trauma, bereavement or difficult situations. Therapy can take place face-to-face, by telephone or online over Zoom. £50 per session for adults and £60 a session for children and young people.
• Safe Space, provides one-to-one counselling to female and male adult victims of domestic abuse.  However referrals to this service are restricted to certain designated ‘safe accommodation’ in Sheffield.

Due to high demand, Sheffield Mind often have to close their waiting lists for counselling and therapy. Check their website for up to date information, phone 0114 258 4489 (option 1) or email [email protected]

Other services at Mind

• Friendly Fridays – a friendly, informal group that meets every Friday, 10.30am-12.30pm, for a drink and a chat. Open to anyone who feels isolated or has mental health needs and is looking for support from their peers.
• Rainbow Minds – LGBTQ+ Cafe for members of LGBTQ+ community (aged 18+) feeling isolated, lonely, have mental health issues, or who want to meet new people. Rainbow Minds meet every Wednesday, 5.30-7.30pm.
• Magpies – supports people who experience difficulty with hoarding behaviours. Magpies comprises of 1:1 support as well as group sessions and courses.
• Anger Management – courses are run periodically in all-men or all-women groups.
• Here 4 U – volunteers offer a weekly phone call to adults who are socially isolated and who need a little bit of help to access services and activities in their community.
• Weight Management Programme – 12-week programme designed to support people in Sheffield to improve both their physical health and emotional wellbeing.
• Annual Health Checks – support to people with severe mental illness (SMI), to access an annual health check with their GP
• Echo – Authentic Voices – local survivors of domestic abuse are invited to share their insight and lived experience. The project will gather information to better understand and represent the experiences of domestic abuse survivors, ensuring that survivor expertise is put at the heart of domestic abuse prevention.
• Peer Support Workers – support people with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) to work towards their goals. They are based around the Primary Care Networks across the city as part of the Primary & Community Mental Health Transformation Programme.
• Community Connectors – Working from their Wellbeing Centre and in their local Primary Care Network, to help people to access wider community support, by working with them to remove any barriers that might otherwise prevent them from making the most of that support.
• Bright Sparks Energy Support – a free service for adults in Sheffield with mental health needs who may be at risk of energy poverty or debt. E: [email protected]
• Direct Payment Support – low-cost service for those in receipt of a Direct Payment from Sheffield City Council. Provides assistance with managing your direct payment or employing Personal Assistants (PAs).

Training

Training Programmes – Sheffield Mind deliver a range of training sessions to introduce people to or develop their understanding of mental health issues.

Volunteering

Volunteer Programmes – there are plenty of  different volunteer roles at Sheffield Mind. These include therapists, trustees, group facilitators and general volunteers.