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The Sheffield Autism Partnership Network is hosted by Voluntary Action Sheffield
The Sheffield Autism Partnership Network is hosted by Voluntary Action Sheffield.
Our network consists of a variety of organisations who might have Autistic users and want to create a
better service for them, all of whom have a shared vision of a more Autism-friendly Sheffield.
Autism-specific organisations are colour coded in purple.
If you would like to add your organisation to the network, please click here to fill out the submission form.
We offer quality therapeutic performing arts classes to anyone. We believe everyone should have the chance to take part in performing arts regardless of ability, experience, background or age.
Tel: 0114 2321172
Email: admin@amindapart.org.uk
We are a local voluntary group run by SAPAG (Sheffield Aspergers Parents Action Group)
We offer a diverse range of social activities for autistic/aspergers adults some of which individual members organise.
These include:
discussion group, book club, interest groups, pub evenings, walking groups, snooker club, photography group, art and craft events, bowling, theatre trips, days out, picnics, board gaming, cycling, keep fit, yoga, mindfulness, climbing, health sessions and more.
Each activity attracts between 5 and 25 autistic/asperger adults and we aim to cater for diverse interests.
We provide a safe space for autistic adults to mix, participate in social activities and get to know like minded others. We promote healthy living, taking care of mental and physical health and building confidence, knowledge and skills.
Members have contributed to other Sheffield projects aiming to raise awareness amongst health professionals and social work professionals and have produced papers for the Autism Partnership Board.
We also have closed and moderated Facebook and Messenger Chat groups and send out a weekly newsletter. We have also have members in the wider South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire/North Notts regions and are currently exploring having more regular activities in Rotherham. We also run a newly diagnosed women’s group and one of our members runs an autistic mums group.
Tel: 07768844620
Email: s.m.johnson@shu.ac.uk
A Team Social Group
Supported living, independent living for mental health, physical, learning disabilities
Tel: 01142844868
Email: info@abbeycareandnursing.co.uk
ACCT runs activity groups for autistic children, young people and young adults in Sheffield.
We run our Acctivate multi-activity group for children aged 5-12 on Saturday mornings and a Wednesday evening Teenage Youth Club. We also deliver our ACCT Academy football coaching on Friday evenings, and online Minecraft and Dungeons and Dragons clubs. We also run ACCTing Out fortnightly social activities for young adults aged 18+, as well family days out, Autism-friendly family swimming sessions and other trips. We often run other activities in response to particular needs and interests. For example, in 2021 and 2022 we have been running a Drama Club for teenagers.
We also run a fortnightly Parents’ Meeting over Zoom for peer support, information and discussion, as well as a way for new members to find out more about ACCT.
Tel: 01142230242
Email: enquiries@acctsheffield.org.uk
Provide 1 to 1 + support packages + to adults with a range of disabilities including mild disabilities, complex needs, autistic spectrum, challenging behaviour, hearing and visual impairments, dual diagnosis and profound multiple learning disabilities.
Clients are referred by the local authority or can complete an application and self fund.
Tel: 01143485547
Email: admin@activefriendlysupport.co.uk
The Adult Autism Support Hub offers free support to autistic people, aged 16 and above, and their (informal) carers and families in a welcoming and safe environment. Our experienced staff team is able to provide helpful information and advice and support you to connect with local community groups.
The Adult Autism Support Hub provides a safe and easily accessible space, where you can be listened to and meet individuals who might be experiencing the same things. You have a choice of how you can receive support from our staff, and this can be in group sessions or either face-to-face, phone calls, email or video consultation.
We offer a range of support with our staff team and this can look at providing you information and support around (This is not an exhaustive list) :-
Please note we are not a clinical or diagnosis service, we can only provide practical advice and information to help you to get the support from the services who can help. At the moment we are awaiting our booking system to go live, so please contact the service to make an appointment. Please also be aware that this service is for people who resides within the Sheffield area.
Tel: 07811 589 909
Email: adultautismsupporthub.mhm@nhs.net
https://www.mhm.org.uk/adult-autism-support-hub
We are a day service for Adults with disabilities
Our aim at Alive is to support adults with all different needs to help them be as independent as they can be and to support the client that have more complex needs
We also offer Hydro Pool and Rebound Therapy with trained members of staff to assist with physio plans .
A large sensory room .
Daily activities Cooking Group / Baking group / Art group ect
We have our own mini bus that picks some of our service users up for day service
Tel: 0114 2848401
Email: jean.fairhurst@alivesheffield.com
Artworks supports and promote the creation of quality creative practice by our collective of artists. We focus on achievement, self-belief, collaborative practice and teamwork whilst supporting our artists to play an active role within their community. We aim to challenge people’s perceptions of learning disabilities and or autism through publicly celebrating the creativity and ambition of our artists.
Our artists are given the opportunity to participate in workshops run by professional creatives that specialise in different mediums ranging from painting and sculpture to film, photography, animation and performance. The workshops help our artists learn new techniques and create work for exhibitions and projects, and we have supported our artists to showcase their work in various galleries and public spaces across the UK.
Tel: 0114 2459032
Email: care@artworks-sy.co.uk
We are a parent and carer support group for parents with children of all ages who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. We provide peer support, mental health support. We run workshops on Autism and signpost to other organizations that can help. We hold weekly coffee mornings and weekly zoom meetings.
Tel: 07968 984179
Autism Plus Specialist Employments Services provides a range of support to adults with autism and other related neurological conditions. We provide pre employment support, helping individuals overcome barriers, identify appropriate work to suit individual needs, support towards employment, education or training. We also offer in work support to those in paid employment offering ongoing support and guidance to employer and employee to support with long term sustainment of employment.
We also offer training and consultancy to employers and provider organisations to raise awareness of autism and neurodiversity.
Tel: 01143840284
Email: employmentsupport@autismplus.co.uk
Creative Support provides a range of different services in Sheffield, primarily supported accommodation and outreach for adults with a learning disability and/or autism. Our ethos is based on the promotion of independence, inclusion and wellbeing. We work in partnership with the people we support, their families and partner agencies to deliver innovative, high quality services that meet individual needs and aspirations in a person-centred way.
Nationally we support individuals with a wide range of needs (LD, Autism, Mental Health, Older People, Complex Needs, socially excluded groups etc) in a range of models including supported living, outreach/floating support, respite, extra care and day opportunities).
Tel: 0114 2168946
Sheffield Day Services specialises in supporting individuals with a primary diagnosis of a learning disability, in addition to those with complex health needs and physical disabilities and those with autism.
Tel: 01142691177
Email: helenullyatt@cygnethealth.co.uk
https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/locations/sheffield-day-services/
Darnall Well Being offer a range of group activities that help people to be physically healthy, improve emotional wellbeing and to socialise – ranging from health walks, chairobics and allotment groups to craft group, yoga and fun fitness. We also offer one to one support to make healthy lifestyle changes and support with managing long term conditions.
Tel: 0114 249 6315
Email: dwb.admin@darnallwellbeing.org.uk
darnallwellbeing.org.uk
We are a non-profit organisation in Sheffield that supports young people to achieve the unbelievable. We do this by delivering programmes and workshops designed to empower young people to make a positive change in their communities, raise their aspirations and become role models to their peers.
We do this by making young people feel valued individually and as part of a community, encouraging young people to try something new or achieve something greater and providing the means to give young people better prospects for the future.
Email: hello@elementsociety.co.uk
Tel: 0114 2999210
Our organisation is a multicultural and diverse early years setting which provides nursery care and education to under 5’s. We have two level 3 qualified Senco’s and also a Thrive licensed practitioner within our staff team, along with experienced and dedicated Early years practitioners. We offer services and support to children that have been recently diagnosed with Autism or that are just beginning with the referral process to get a diagnosis. We offer support and advice to parents around their child’s individual needs.
We are a setting that believes strongly that every child matters. We also have ‘Emosi’ our transcultural Therapy centre on site which supports children aged 2-12 years with their communication, social and emotional needs. These are 6 weekly sessions with a trained Therapist.
Tel: 0114 2812143
Email: admin@ellesmerecc.org.uk
Employment is for Everyone is a social movement aiming to improve the employment opportunities for autistic people and people with a learning disability.
We are pulling together all relevant employment support information – such as support options, tools and resources from across South Yorkshire and wider. We have sections for people and for employers.
Email: team@employmentisforeveryone.org.uk
www.employmentisforeveryone.org.uk
Tel: 01753424464
Email: operationsdirector2@estocare.co.uk
At Neurodiversity Sheffield we advocate the social model of disability: ‘that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference.’ Through this inclusive ethos we offer information, training, and support to families of children & young people living with neurodivergence by:
Neurodiversity Sheffield is commissioned by Sheffield City Council and has been providing support to families of children and young people living with neurodivergence in Sheffield for over 15 years. We offer early support with neurodivergent conditions such as ADHD and Autism via our information sessions and parent/carer drop-in cafes. Post-diagnostic support for ADHD is offered on receipt of a referral.
We also provide training, consultancy and support for schools and professionals in Sheffield. Our qualified sleep practitioner can also offer sleep advice and support to those families who are in need of this service.
Tel: 0114 241 2733
Email: neurodiversity.sheffield@family-action.org.uk
Firvale Community Hub is an award-winning organisation whose aims are to provide support for marginalised people across Sheffield encompassing the areas of legal advice, health & well-being, social inclusion and reducing isolation. education, employability and community cohesion. FCH works with people of all ages and backgrounds, but has specialisms in working with BME communities – particularly those of Pakistani and Roma origin. We are committed to improving social equalities and inclusion for communities experiencing disenfranchisement and marginalisation in Sheffield. Firvale Community Hub empowers groups and individuals to find their voice and find leadership, to influence and inform a more inclusive society, through targeted and deeply personalised education and confidence building based projects.
A key civil society innovator in Sheffield, Firvale Community Hub works in partnership, in leadership, and alongside local agencies, leading development strategy and implementing pioneering methodology in the projects we deliver in our lively community hub.
Tel: 0114 2619130
Email: info@firvalecommunityhub.org.uk
We specialise working with people on the Autistic spectrum but a diagnosis is not required.
Tel: Harland Studio:07740085616 Soar Studio: 07982244238
Email: wallaceflycheese@gmail.com
We offer therapy, training, and supervision services for children, young people, adults, and staff.
Our principles are rooted in Person-Centred Psychology, celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are a neuroinclusive organisation. Our philosophy values encountering each person on their terms, respecting their identity and experiences.
Email: hello@freetobeyou.co.uk
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Provide Independent Living Skills & Employability skills to adults with a range of disabilities.
Students or family/support can self refer. Independent payments required.
Tel: 07736708051
Email: getset-3e@hotmail.com
We provide new skills via fun activities such as looking after animals, gardening, tree planning, land management, harvesting food, cooking and seasonal craft activities which help to improve individuals physical and mental health.
Tel: 07817258296
Email: greavehouse@yahoo.co.uk
Adult Social Services – Direct Payment – Day Provision for Adults with Learning Disabilities (LDD) including Autism
The council-arranged services include a wide variety of supervised day activities (cooking, crafts, animal care, gardening, music-making…)
Families also contact us directly and we support many adults who are living in supported accommodation
Tel: 0114 258 0482 or 0114 250 5111
Email: info@heeleyfarm.org.uk
Reading group and peer support group for individuals seeking to progress their activism towards being intersectional, feminist and anti-racist.
Tel: 447918233358
Email: udit.thakre@gmail.com
The Inclusive LGBTQ+ café is a social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community who also identify as being autistic, nerodiverse or disabled. We meet in person every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, 3-5pm, at Dempsey’s in Sheffield city centre. Other Thursdays we meet on Zoom 3-4pm. We meet to discuss issues effecting both communities, socialize, and discuss the unique experiences being in both communities has on our day to day lives.
Tel: 0114 253 6750
Email: kelly.scargill@disabilitysheffield.org.uk
https://www.backdrop.org.uk/groups/LGBTQ
KeyRing Sheffield is an independent living support organisation that specialises in helping people to live a fully independent, good and meaningful life.
We work with people who are disadvantaged through poverty and disability to maintain their own home, become healthy and well, connect within their community or support with getting employment or volunteering. This could include people with learning differences, Autistic people, people experiencing mental health difficulties or people with physical impairments. Most people we work with are people who are risk from homelessness or who are homeless to help them secure and maintain tenancies, people who have very poor diets which has led them to becoming diabetic or experiencing other chronic health issues and people who are living in very poor conditions.
We operate from a social model perspective which means that we believe that it is society that disables people and people need support and reasonable adjustments to live fully equal lives.
Our ethos is deeply embedded in the peer to peer support model where people come together in our Connect Hubs to do a range of activities which members have chosen themselves.
Email: kathryn.littlewood@keyring.org
We are an autistic survivor led Community Interest Company addressing the needs of autistic survivors of sexual violence and related abuse.
We use collaborations, training, consultancies, and activities to achieve our mission. The two key types of people that we work with are autistic survivors of sexual violence and related abuse, and their allies who support them.
We work both in-person and online and are keen to get autistic survivors involved at all levels of our work.
This is a critical area of work for autistic people, and one where we intend to lead the way. So many services fail us as they do not understand our needs or how to engage meaningfully with us. On our website home page, we have a brief six question survey for you to have your say; tell us what you would like to see, how you would like to be involved. Importantly, you can inform us about the gaps that you would like us to address. Keep an eye on the new roles and activities, and we have some exciting webinars coming up to tempt your appetite. Finally, if you, or anyone you know would like us to come and talk to your organisation, do please drop us an email.
Email: lotuscollaborationsuk@gmail.com
www.lotuscollaborations.co.uk
Luv2MeetU support adults with Learning Disabilities and Autism. We run events to promote confidence, social skills, relationships and independence to help our club members to reach their potential and to have an active social life experiencing different activities and meeting new people.
I am keen to start a new group for adults with Autism, which is the reason for making a connection. It would be a good starting block to find out what the adults would like/want but to maybe initially meet once a month doing an activity/event.
Tel: 07826549040
Email: charlotte.narozanska@hft.org.uk
MASKK (Manor After School Kids Klub) is a Sheffield‑based charity offering in‑person childcare, play opportunities, and family activities for children aged 4–15 in the Manor and Castle community. Our services include wrap‑around childcare, holiday camps, Short Breaks for children with disabilities, SEND Sundays, and youth play sessions, all delivered from the Temple Park Centre and local community spaces. We support children, young people, and families of all backgrounds, guided by our mission to enhance the lives of local children through safe, inclusive, and engaging play.
Tel: 01142395739
Email: letsplay@maskk.org.uk
www.maskk.org.uk
We provide autism assessments for those age 6+ in Sheffield in person and online. We then can provide aftercare from sensory support to coaching for parents.
Email: support@montrosehealthgroup.com
www.montrosehealthgroup.com
We are part of FACES (Family Adult Community Education Service) at Sheffield City Council.
We offer FREE numeracy skills workshops for adults aged 19 plus who struggle with Maths.
Workshops cover Cost of Living, sustainability and more. (Learners cannot have a Level 2 Maths qualification).
Tel: 0114 203 9689
Mobile/Whatsapp: 07789 875082
Email: Multiply@sheffield.gov.uk
https://linktr.ee/multiplysheffield
Tel: 01246 431465
Email: newfields17@msn.com
Together with my team, our focus is to provide a positive, homely atmosphere that, together with our tailored support, will help each person receiving our support to achieve the goals and aspirations that are important to them. We provide support across Sheffield and Rotherham and work with registered Housing Associations who can provide a home and tenancy for individuals. We support people to live independently in shared houses or independently in their own home. Our care and support is personalised to the individual and can be 24/7 or as much as needed.
Amongst the things that make us most proud is the importance that we place on helping people to learn new skills by encouraging them to be a part of their local community and to play an active role in the running of their home.
Tel: 0114 2998933 or 07508956460
Email: helen.sturgess@newfieldview.com
Opportunity Sheffield provides employment and skills services across the city through a range of Sheffield City Council and externally funded projects. Our ESF Pathways Programme includes employment support activity targeted at people with Autism. Frontline services are delivered by community partners on a sub-contracting basis.
Tel: 0114 2296 168
Email: opportunity@sheffield.gov.uk
We run autism friendly, supportive sessions in our workshop in Neepsend in Sheffield. Our team makes lovely things and you are invited to come and have a look to see if you would like to join us. We will help you to improve your skills and exercise your creativity in woodwork, art and music. You can come for a few hours or longer.
Sessions run each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9.00 am to 4.30pm.
Tel: 07795 446719
Email: brian@percystreetcic.com
Tel: 01142131750
Email: info@principlesupportltd.co.uk
Riva provides Recreational, Imaginative, Vocational Activities on a daily basis to adults with learning disabilities (post 16).
Our activity room has a fully functioning kitchen where our Clients can prepare dinner and drinks every day and learn new baking and cooking skills.
We incorporate a charity shop and coffee shop where our Clients can gain experience in a work related environment and interact with the general public gaining skills in money handling, retail and customer service.
The RIVA team are experienced, caring professionals who adapt the sessions to meet the needs of each individual and help them to reach their full potential. Our off-site activities include
Cycling 4 All, visits to parks, museums, community allotment and
gym sessions at Wisewood Sports Centre.
Tel: 01143270808
Email: contact@rivaproject.co.uk
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We support over 4,000 people with a learning disability and/or autism in over 1,000 locations including registered care homes, supported living settings, housing association properties and people’s own homes.
Additionally we deliver a range of programmes to support people to be more included and connected. Our services help people into work and training, support people to form friendships and relationships, and encourage people to live healthy or tackle stigma and discrimination through fun activities.
We also campaigning and fundraising organisation for people with a learning disability and/or autism
We have a Helpline available for people with a learning disability/autism and families/carers and other organisations
Tel: 0808 808 1111
Email: helpline@mencap.org.uk
SACMHA is a charitable organisation established in 1988 in response to the health and social care needs of people of African and Caribbean descent.
We provide culturally responsive support to people in need of assistance because of their age, youth, disability, caring responsibilities, financial hardship or social disadvantage.
SACMHA is responsive to the changing social care needs of the people and communities we serve. In delivering our services we provide a range
of social and health care facilities, research, information, advice and education, on all aspects of mental and physical health amongst our beneficiaries. Through the provision of the following services:
· Community Outreach and Social Inclusion Service
· Carers Support Service
· Community Mental Health Advocacy (Nether Edge, Forest Close & The Longley Centre)
· EPIC Hospital Visiting/Befriending Service (Nether Edge, Forest Close & The Longley Centre)
· Personalisation/Self-Directed Support (SDS) Services
· Engagement, Communications and Information work focused on physical and mental health inequalities as the impact the African Caribbean community
· Counselling Services
· Equity Officer – Race & Mental Health, focused on reducing Restrictive Practices on mental health wards and reducing the numbers of Black men ending their lives by suicide
· Training, consultancy and development in respect of equity, diversity and inclusion for partners seeking to offer Culturally Competent services
· Research into the health and social care needs and gaps in services locally with Sheffield Hallam University with SACMHA as a Community Partner
Tel: 0114 272 6393
Email: admin@sacmha.org.uk
We are a voluntary group of parents established in 2000, to offer information and support to adults with Asperger’s Syndrome* and their families and carers in the Sheffield City Region. We also work with other groups to seek improved services in Sheffield and the area for autistic adults.
Currently our main energy is focussed on supporting autistic adults through our Social Group the A Team which has over 200 members.
We run a quarterly Parent Support and Action Group, though that was paused during the pandemic. We have had topics such as PDA, Universal Credit (speaker from DWP), Wills and Trusts, Employment, Anxiety.
We meet individual parents/carers to offer support and provide advice – contact Judith Birkett (judithbirkett@gmail.com) to arrange this.
We have a mailing list of 100 families and a Facebook Group.
We raise money which we use to subsidise the cost of running both the Parent Support Group and the A Team Social Group.
SAPAG is run by an Organising Committee of 7 volunteers and has a constitution.
Tel: 07817521950
Email: judithbirkett@gmail.com
Tel: 2716964
Email: saans@shsc.nhs.uk
The Sheffield Autistic Society is a local parent and peer-led support group which aims to provide information, help and support for autistic people and parents and carers of autistic people of all ages. We also campaign to get the best support and services in place to help people of all ages affected by autism spectrum conditions.
We hold open daytime meetings, groups for Asperger adults, art and photography groups and events for families. Details of these and all our activities will be found on our website. Our site also provides a wide range of detailed information and links of interest to autistic people and their families, including many entries with specific reference to Sheffield.
Tel: N/A
Email: graham.sasoc@gmail.com
Sheffield Carers Centre provides services for adult carers, i.e. anyone who, unpaid, provides care or support for someone because of disability, mental health, physical health condition, or frailty.
Services include information, advice, signposting and support to address isolation and loneliness. The Carers Centre also delivers carers needs assessments, which assess the impact of caring and provide relevant support.
Tel: 0114 278 8362
Email: support@sheffieldcarers.org.uk
Sheffield Cycling 4 All is a Disability Sheffield project. We run public and condition-specific cycling sessions in Hillsborough Park on a range of adapted trikes, for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
Tel: 07565 695296
Email: info@sheffieldcycling4ll.org
University, education
Tel: 0114 225 5555
Email: hallamhelp@shu.ac.uk
Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group is a small registered charity providing information, support and a point of contact for people of all ages with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia and long covid, their families and their carers, in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
The Group also seeks to raise general awareness of ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and long covid, and to educate the general public through the promotion and dissemination of knowledge about these illnesses. They are chronic, debilitating illnesses with no known cure.
We provide: advice and support with benefits and social care services. Activities tailored to people with the conditions such as paced exercise and hybrid events, Peer support, drop-ins and talks from experts.
Email: info@sheffieldmegroup.co.uk
Tel: 0114 2536700 (Mon – Thurs 10.45am – 2.15pm)
https://www.sheffieldmegroup.co.uk
Sheffield Mencap and Gateway is the leading provider of training and support for people with learning disabilities and autism in Sheffield. We support over 600 people every week through social and educational activities, focused on individual interests and development. The ‘Activity and Learning Hub’ (ALH) is our primary service. It operates every weekday, supporting over 100 students to tackle a range of activities including self-advocacy, computer skills, cooking, gardening and even videography. Staff and beneficiaries also run a successful cafe, Mencafé, at lunchtimes. We deliver numerous out of hours activities, including Gateway Social Clubs, Sunday Lunch Club and our community based Out and About group. Sheffield Mencap also hosts sports groups including Boccia and Cricket, as well as boasting a fantastic range of 7 different projects for children aged 6 – 17. Our childrens groups include fitness, drama, communication, podcasting and a social group for children with learning disabilities/autism to attend together with siblings. Our carers’ services meet the needs of the whole family unit and ensure the most vulnerable carers in the community are supported.
Tel: 0114 2767757
Email: mencapoffice@sheffieldmencap.org.uk
We give advice to people on workplace health issues who are in employment who either live or work in Sheffield.
We provide help and support for people who are in employment on a wide range of health issues, including:
Mild to moderate and moderate to severe mental health issues
Learning disabilities
Long Covid
Stroke
Cancer
Brain injury
Musculoskeletal
Carers
ME
We take referrals from a wide range of organisations including: of GP’s, Secondary care, advice services, trade unions, Social prescribers and community groups. People can refer themselves by ringing us.
Tel: 07394 073633
Email: sohas@sohas.co.uk
The Safe Places project is run by Sheffield City Council and Heeley City Farm. It aims to support vulnerable people to feel safe when they are out and about in Sheffield. If someone needs help, for example they are lost, ill or frightened, then they can enter the nearest safe place to get help. The Safe Place can provide people with a temporary refuge until a friend or carer comes, or until they feel able to leave again.
The project consists of a network of businesses and organisations across Sheffield who are committed to ensuring the safety and dignity of people who join the scheme.
The Safe Places logo is displayed in the window of all the registered safe places.
The staff or volunteers in safe places will assist anyone who goes to them for help.
If you or someone you care for may benefit from using Safe Places, you can complete an application form to become a member. You will be sent a free pack containing a Keep Safe Card, to carry with you whilst you are out and about.
Tel: 0114 258 0482
Email: safeplaces@heeleyfarm.org.uk
Sheffield SENDIAS are a statutory service offering free impartial, confidential, information advice and support to: Children and young people (0-25 years old) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their parent carers on education and related health and social care matters.
Tel: 0114 2736009
Email: sssendias@sheffield.gov.uk
We are a hub of activities and activism. We run several groups a week. These include self-advocacy coffee mornings, making Easy Read documents, joining nationwide groups, and a variety of social and fun groups like our writing and drama groups. We also work with other organisations to campaign for change at a national level.
Tel: 0114 253 6750
Email: kelly.scargill@disabilitysheffield.org.uk
Tel: 0114 2735368
Email: snipsbusinesssupport@sheffield.gov.uk
We offer support to children and young people with social communication and autism differences. Our support comes in the form of training and education to schools, families, and Early Years settings across Sheffield.
Tel: 0114 2506800
Email: autism.educationteam@sheffield.gov.uk
Spectrum Gaming is an autistic-led UK based charity that supports autistic young people. We aim to create a world where every autistic young person knows that who they are is ok and they can be themselves, whilst still developing meaningful relationships and achieving their personal goals.
We do this by providing spaces where they feel safe and accepted, amongst others with similar shared lived experiences, and opportunities to explore who they are.
We work with autistic young people aged 10 -17. As part of the community they’ll have access to:
🟢 Our online community including our Discord and Minecraft Servers (open 10am – 10pm daily)
🟢 A schedule of online events and activities facilitated by the SG staff team
🟢 In-person meetups local for our Sheffield young people (coming soon)
Email: info@spectrumgaming.net
https://www.spectrumgaming.net/
Making Snooker Accessible to All
The Stephen Harrison Academy (SHA) is a ground breaking social enterprise based in Sheffield which since 2007 has developed and proven innovative methods that primarily use snooker as a fun way to attract and make entertaining personal development programmes, nutrition, mentoring and employment opportunities for a wide variety of disadvantaged groups. These include young offenders, people with physical and learning disabilities or mental health problems, young people and adults not in education, employment or training.
The innovative activities of the Stephen Harrison Academy are available to people to help them be more successful, lead more fulfilling lives, be healthier and have more fun.
Tel: 0114 478 8047
Email: info@stephenharrisonacademy.com
Steps Rotherham is a learning disability and physical disabilities service in the heart of Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Steps have capacity for 26 individuals across a site of 5 personalised properties.
We are a residential care service with an ethos of family values and excellent quality care. Our team provide 24-hour support in each house and enable individuals we support to achieve their goals and outcomes including supporting people to gain skills for independence to support them moving into the community.
We have 2 Registered Managers, Rachel Oram and Annette Hand. Each individual house has its own dedicated Team Leader and we have other members of staff including a Quality and Compliance Officer.
Steps Rotherham is located in a bustling area of Rotherham close to the town centre and Sheffield’s Meadowhall Shopping Centre. There are excellent transport links, parks and open spaces and access to education and activities within close proximity.
Tel: 01709 740248
Email: rachel.oram@stepsrotherham.com
We provide online non-clinical Adult Autism Assessments and help people navigate their journey through the diagnosis.
Email: info@tismcommunity.co.uk
www.tismcommunity.co.uk
Turning Point is a provider “inspired by possibility”, supporting people to achieve their best lives in their own home and local community for over 55 years. We are a leading, national, registered provider of health and social care in over 300 locations across England.
We work with people living with learning disabilities and autism; mental illness and ill health; and complex needs including behaviours that challenge, long-term conditions, PMLD, dementia, substance misuse and forensic histories.
We provide homes and services focusing on recovery, good quality of life and independent living. Our learning disability and autism provision includes:
· Temporary supported accommodation
· Long-term supported living
· Community wellbeing
· Homecare services
· Carer support/respite.
Tel: 0161 238 5100
Email: info@turning-point.co.uk
Y2V creates jobs and opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market for health related or social reasons. We support autistic people in their quest for employment, safe travel, practical activity and a social life. One of our autistic tutors teaches autism acceptance in a world that is unwittingly hostile to autistic people.
Tel: 07904 586584
Email: mark.powell@yes2ventures.org.uk
Zest is a community hub in Upperthorpe providing many different services, covering health, live lighter, employment and training, community projects, early years groups, children’s activities, youth club and mentoring as well as gym membership and swimming pool.
A parenting programme called EPEC Empowering Parents Empowering Communities delivers volunteer led Being A Parent group for families of Autistic children.
Tel: 07792191522
Email: lynn.wragg@zestcommunity.co.uk
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