Note:
This article was current in December 2019, however, Owing to the current COVID-19 situation, groups are closed around Sheffield and it is not known as of 1st November 2020, when or if all these groups will reopen.
News
Sheffield Accessible Toilets Campaign
Support and Advice
People living with Dementia and Family Carers
Dementia Advice and Support for People Living with Dementia and Carers
Professionals
Dementia Advice Sheffield (Professionals and Organisations)Dementia Advice Sheffield (Professionals and Organisations)
Regular Events by Postcode
S1
City Centre Dementia Café at Moor Market
Dementia Friendly Sheffield Light Cinema
Dementia Information Hub (City Centre)
Moor Market Dementia Café and Exercise Session
S2
Heeley City Farm Dementia Department
Dementia-Friendly Farm Afternoons
Victoria Centre Memory Cafe, Parkhill/Manor
‘Forget-Me-Nots’ Singing Group
Spires Café Dementia Group (with snacks, games and activities)
Sheffield Libraries – Highfield – Shared Reading
‘A Helpful Space’ (Dementia Advice, Support and Guidance Drop-in)
Arbourthorne Strength & Stamina Chairobics
S3
Burngreave ‘Dementia? Welcome!’ Café
S5
Parson Cross Forum – Forget-Me-Not Memory Cafe,
Parson Cross Forum – Unforgettable Me Memory Café
Parson Cross Forum – Lunch Club
Parson Cross Forum – Dementia Project JABADAO
S6
Hillsborough – Age UK Dementia Cafe
Exercise class for people living with Dementia – from January 2020
Sheffield Libraries – Hillsborough – Shared Reading
ZEST Centre – Free Weekly Exercise Classes
S8
Young Onset Dementia Support Group
Specialist BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) Dementia Service
‘Venture Walking Friends’ dementia and reminiscence Health Walks
Graves Health and Sports Centre: Dementia-friendly pop-up cafés
S9
‘On Our Plot’ Allotment Project‘On Our Plot’ Allotment Project
Sheffield Libraries – Darnall – Shared Reading
Wincobank Dementia Café and Singalong (with dancing)
S10
Laurels & Limes Coffee Morning (possibly including a Potting Shed project)
S11
Dementia Community Social Café For Men
Dementia Information Hub (Sharrow)
Dementia Community Social Café For Men
“Recharge your Batteries” a Group for people living with Dementia and their Carers
S12
Dementia Cafe – Gleadless Library
“Recharge your Batteries” a Group for people living with Dementia and their Carers
Remember When… A cafe for Body and Mind
Sheffield S12 – Base Green Dementia Café
S13
Woodhouse & District Community Forum
South East Sheffield Community Dementia
Dementia Café with activities (with Handsworth Old Rectory)
‘Love Sport’ Sporting Memories Group
S17
Rosemary Memory Café (Dore) with Carers Support Group
Sporting Chatter, Body Conditioning and other dementia-friendly activities
Rosemary Memory Café (Totley) with Carers Support Group
S20
Sheffield Libraries – Crystal Peaks – Shared Reading
S35
S36
Stocksbridge – Memory Time Cafe
Stocksbridge Community Care Group – Community Dementia Provision
Various Postcodes
Age UK – Events and Activities
For Carers
Sheffield S1 – Sheffield Carers Centre
Sheffield S6 – ZEST Carers Support Group
Sheffield S8 – Dementia Carers Support Group
Sheffield S8 – St Gads Church – Carers Support Group
Other sources of Dementia support
Sheffield Memory Service
• Clinical helpline 0114 271 8585
• Weekdays, 8.30-11.45 and 1-4.45
Sheffield Carers Centre
• Sheffield Carer Advice Line, 0114 272 8362, weekdays 9am- 6pm
• https://sheffieldcarers.org.uk/
• Drop-in advice sessions, Carers Assessments, Carer Discount Card, Legal Advice Service
Age UK Sheffield
• Information and advice telephone service, 0114 250 2850 • Weekdays 9am – 4.30pm
• https://www.ageuk.org.uk/sheffield/our-services/info-advice/
• Bookable and drop-in appointments, Independent Living Coordinators
Sheffield Community Support Workers
• Central Referral Hub, 0114 205 7120
• http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/csw
• Non-medical support and advice, support to check benefits entitlements
Alzheimer’s Society
• National Dementia Helpline, 0300 222 11 22, including evenings and weekends
• https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
• Free publications and factsheets, Talking Point (online community), Dementia Directory
Dementia UK Admiral Nurses
• National Dementia Helpline, 0800 888 6678
• Including evenings up to 9pm and weekends
• https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/admiral-nursing/
YoungDementia UK
• https://www.youngdementiauk.org/our-services-sheffield
Contact : YoungDementia UK, PO Box 315′ Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1ZN
Online contact form : https://www.youngdementiauk.org/contact-us
Young Dementia Network
Contact : YoungDementia UK, PO Box 315′ Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1ZN
Online : https://www.youngdementiauk.org/young-dementia-network
Other Areas of South Yorkshire
Barnsley Carers Service Facebook Group
Doncaster Partnership for Carers Facebook Group
Rotherham Carers Facebook Group
This article may not list everything for people living with Dementia and their carers that is happening in Sheffield, feel free to contact me if I have missed something or if you have a future event you wish to be listed.
Information was correct at time of original blog.
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