Vote for Sheffield Flourish and Help make Mental Health Support more Accessible to people living in and around Sheffield

This March, Sheffield Flourish is taking part in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll. Sheffield Flourish is hoping you will vote for them, so they receive a donation of 20% of My Favourite Voucher Codes’ March profits. If they are the lucky winners, the donation will be used to make mental health support services more accessible in Sheffield and surrounding areas. Flourish is a registered charity, rooted in the community, they support people to use their skills, ideas and talent to build the lives they want.

What Does Sheffield Flourish Do? 

Sheffield Flourish is a mental health signposting charity which works collaboratively on innovative digital and community projects, recognising the untapped strengths of people who have experienced mental health challenges. These strengths are showcased online and face to face. 

Flourish has a strong set of values, which underpin everything they do:

★ They stand for hope and positive change

★ They engage with key mental health issues both critically and constructively 

★ They are realistic about the several barriers and exclusions which are often in place for people with mental health issues

★ They strive to be inclusive and respectful of everyone

★ They value the knowledge, ideas, and skills that people with mental health conditions have 

★ They are innovative and creative

Flourish runs a series of groups, as well as hosting a selection of websites. Sheffield Flourish is the flagship website and features personal stories about mental health, information about the organisation, and a timetable, as well as descriptions of all the groups they run. It has a sister website, the Sheffield Mental Health Guide, which is a directory where you can search for support services in Sheffield. Running alongside this is the My Toolkit website, a space where you can plan how to look after your mental health. Their fourth website is Sheffield Suicide Support, a directory of local and national services for people who are suicidal.  

What Services do Sheffield Flourish Provide? 

Sheffield Flourish supports six enterprises across the city, representing the diverse interests of their community.

• Brunsmeer Awareness FC is a mental-health friendly football club, running two weekly sessions and coaching for men and women. 
• CAST offers weekly art and creative storytelling groups, alongside an annual exhibition.  
• Oasis Gardening - where people can dig, sow and harvest vegetables or join in with contract gardening.  
• Open Door Music covers music related activities ranging from singing, jamming session, improvisation, and drumming lessons, as well as a monthly open mic evening.  

• Connected Worlds is an art-based project which runs courses designed to build communities and solidarity. 
• Their most recent addition to the family is Flippin’ Mental Theatre, a theatre enterprise delivering plays and drama groups.

Some sessions are run in the Activity Room at Sheffield Flourish, others, like the Brunsmeer Awareness FC, and Oasis Gardening happen out in the community.

They also collaborate with the FA on the Flourish League, an inclusive football league across the region.

Above all, they value people’s ideas, skills and lived experience.

The Sheffield Mental Health Guild is soon to be expanding to become an all-ages service across Sheffield and the surrounding area, and Flourish, who host the guide, and who will be leading on the collaborative development of the guide would be interested to hear from you if you have any suggestions, ideas, or any experiences you would like to share. 

How Can I Contact Sheffield Flourish?

Sheffield Flourish have a phone line  - 0114 273 7009 which you can call for advice on mental health services in Sheffield. They also host drop in sessions in building  - 4 Windrush Way, Sheffield, S3 8JU. You can also access more information through any of their 4 websites: Sheffield Mental Health Guide 

The main Sheffield Flourish website.

 My Toolkit website 

Sheffield Suicide Support

How Can I Support Sheffield Flourish?

You can help support Sheffield Flourish this March by voting for them in the My Favourite Voucher Codes March charity poll! 

You can also always donate via their Just giving page at Sheffield Flourish JustGiving. They are always pleased to make connections in Sheffield and the surrounding area, and co-production is very integrated in their ethos. So please do get in touch with their friendly team if you would like to link up in any way.

How Can I Find Out More about Sheffield Flourish?

You can find all the information about Sheffield Flourish, and links to other services on the Sheffield Flourish website. 

Please give Sheffield Flourish a hand by giving them your vote, sharing the poll, and asking your friends and colleagues to vote too. You can head over to our homepage to cast your free vote, and help people with mental health issues to access life changing support services.