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Health
African in Sheffield
Information focussed on Sheffield's African community, on sexual health issues and support services and the African Sexual Health Peer Education team.
Black Rope Walking Group
Black Rope Walking Group is a good excuse for libertarians and anarchists to get together for pleasant days walking and chatting in the hills and industrial valleys around Sheffield. Not forgetting refreshments in pubs along the way. Newcomers welcome, contact email: sheffield @ af-north.org
Equinox Co-op
Equinox is a new co-operative that offers a professional coaching and advocacy service for long term unemployed people and people who suffer from any kind of discrimination. This co-operative has an ethical base and is really innovative. Have a look at the website and see how you can get involved.
Gay Sheffield
The Sheffield website for information on coming out, staying safe, support groups and much more.
Janus Project
Janus Project works with domestic abusers in order to address and change their behaviour. It is the only such voluntary programme in the Sheffield district. Contact them if you want practical help with anger management, managing your temper, or violent behaviour, in a safe and supportive environment, to break the cycle of abuse using proven anger management techniques. They also offer support to current or ex-partners of the men accessing the programme.
Medsin
Medsin is an activist network of students with an interest in health. Activities aim to promote health as well as to act upon and educate students about health inequalities in our local and global communities. Get involved to join in working towards a world in which high-quality, accessible healthcare is a reality for all.
Rotherham Foodbank
13 million people live below the poverty line in the UK. People go hungry for various reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill whilst on a low income.
Rotherham Foodbank, launched by Hope Church, provides emergency food and support. Non-perishable donated food is sorted and packed into emergency food boxes. Frontline care professionals such as doctors and social workers give to people in crisis foodbank vouchers exchangeable for 3 days of food. Foodbanks also take time to listen and signpost clients to further support.
Sage Greenfingers
A group which promotes the mental and physical well-being of adults experiencing mental health problems via the provision of creative therapeutic activities like gardening.
Save Our NHS
Sheffield Save Our NHS is fighting the appalling government plans for major changes to our Health Service. Cuts, competition and privatization is all for the benefit of private companies. Time to get involved, show your support for the NHS.
Sheffield Domestic Abuse Forum
SDAF is a charitable company working to combat domestic abuse. Membership of the Forum is free, and open to any agency or individual whose work - paid or unpaid - brings them into contact with domestic abuse.
Sheffield Rape Crisis
Sheffield rape and sexual abuse counselling service is a specialist women only service offering free and confidential counselling and support to empower women and girls who have experienced rape or sexual abuse at any times in their lives. Free and confidential; they can also offer listening and information to anyone supporting a survivor of sexual abuse.
Sheffield Real Nappy Network
For independent advice on using cloth nappies. Find out the facts, suppliers, events, and even whether your local council offers any incentives for use of real nappies
Shout!
A safe place supporting gay and bisexual men based in the city centre. It offers various activities; weekly sessions with health advice and support services, and a chance to meet others away from the gay scene. Tel. Sheff. 3054444
SoundOut
A support and social group run by and for gay and bisexual men, gay curious men, and men who have sex with men, or men struggling with or questioning their sexuality who are fearful, pressurised and ultimately marginalised by the society in which we live. SoundOut offers a central service of informal group-based peer support and safe social interaction.
South Yorkshire Against Incineration
Doesn't seem to have a website, probably too busy fighting powerful Veolia's application to enlarge its Bernard Road incinerator (oooops, "Energy Recovery Plant") to allow waste to be collected from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield, sort of in conflict with the general idea of more recycling. There's a UK website UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network)
St. Wilfred's Centre
St. Wilf’s does wonderful work for the homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded in South Yorkshire, bringing dignity and a feeling of belonging. People are taught skills – from domestic skills to help them to live independently, to skills that bring them back to work. And surprisingly they produce hand-made clocks and signs.…
Stop Animal Experiments in Sheffield
SAEIS campaigns against the use of animals in vivisection by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam. The University of Sheffield alone is responsible for the deaths of 30,000 animals ever year, used for animal experiments and then disposed of. Students and locals are often not even aware of the painful experiments and animal torment happening on their campuses and doorsteps. As the price of obtaining primates has soared due to activist pressure and the closing down of facilities, an increase of the breeding and use of genetically modified animals has occured.
