Young person support directory

Mental health and feelings

Door43

Door43 offers support for 13 to 25 year olds on a range of emotional wellbeing issues in a young person-centred environment. The service focuses on early intervention and low-level support and is not a specialist mental health service. The staff at Door43 are not able to conduct mental health assessments or provide intensive 1:1 sessions or clinical treatment, but they will refer young people to appropriate services if required.
Telephone 0114 201 2800.

Epic Friends

Both Sheffield City Council and Department of Health figures indicate that mental health issues amongst 12 to 16 year olds are common. Although there are specialist services to support young people with serious mental health problems, everyone can play a part in identifying and supporting young people experiencing difficulties. Often young people turn to their friends for help, or it’s friends who notice that someone seems to be stressed or struggling.

Winston’s Wish

Winston’s Wish provides emotional and practical bereavement support to children, young people and those who care for them. Our expert teams offer one off and ongoing bereavement support and we also provide online resources, specialist publications and training for professionals.
Telephone 08088 020 021.

Young Minds

Young Minds are leading the movement to make sure every young person gets the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what. They provide young people with tools to look after their mental health. Young Minds empower adults to be the best support they can be to the young people in their lives. They also we give young people the space and confidence to get their voices heard and change the world we live in.
Telephone 020 7089 5050.

Sheffield Mind

Sheffield Mind has over 40 years of experience of providing mental health services to people in Sheffield. Mind offer counselling and therapy services as well as mental health training, peer support, and practical and emotional support.
Telephone 0114 258 4489.

Kooth

Digital mental health support app for free, safe and anonymous support.

Missing People

Missing People is the only UK charity dedicated to reconnecting missing people and their loved ones. They offer support to people affected by a disappearance via a free, confidential helpline on 116 000 and can launch a publicity appeal to help bring missing people home. Other services they provide include family support, counselling, and specialist services for issues related to missing such as exploitation and County Lines.
Telephone 116 000.

Chilypep

Chilypep’s purpose is to promote the rights, wellbeing, and opportunities of all young people across Sheffield and South Yorkshire – STAMP Group Mental Health – Children and Young People’s Empowerment Project.
Telephone 0114 234 8846.

Stop Breathe Think

Stop. Breathe. Think. is a mental health charity offering online counselling to those aged 8 to 21, who cannot afford or access support quickly. No wait times and available nationally, we provide vital support to those who need it right now.

Finances and money

Chances for Children

Chances for Children provide financial help to young people who receive no support from parents or guardians so that they can further their education or employment.
Telephone 0207 828 7311.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and learning disability support

Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental Service (SAANS)

The Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental Service (SAANS) is a specialist service consisting of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team responsible for the assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) previously known as Dyspraxia. Our service also provides post-diagnostic support for those with new or pre-existing diagnoses of these conditions. We are an adult service and can accept referrals for clients over the age of 16. Unfortunately, we do not provide diagnostic assessments for dyslexia.
Email SAANS@shsc.nhs.uk
Telephone 0114 271 6964.

Disability Sheffield

Disability Sheffield are a membership and user led organisation, run, and controlled by disabled people. They promote independent living for disabled people in Sheffield to have the same freedom and rights to exercise choice and control over their own lives as any other person.
Telephone 0114 253 6750.

Sheffield parent carer forum

Sheffield parent carer forum are an independent group of parents and carers of children and young people up to 25 years old with special educational needs and disabilities. They bring together parent carers from across Sheffield to provide mutual support, exchange information, and influence policy and practice.
Telephone 0300 321 4721.

Scope

Scope are a disability equality charity in England and Wales. They provide practical information and emotional support when it is most needed, and campaign to create a fairer society.
Telephone 0808 800 333.

Sheffield Mencap

Mencap have been providing services and support to people with a learning disability or autism and their families in Sheffield since 1951. Their vision is that all people with a learning disability and their carers in Sheffield are valued, included, and respected so they can live fair, full and happy lives.
Telephone 0114 276 7757 for Sheffield branch or 0808 808 111 for nationwide.

Sibs

Sibs is the only UK charity representing the needs of siblings of disabled people. There are over half a million young siblings and at least 1.7 million adults siblings in the UK, who have grown up with a disabled brother or sister.

Siblings have a lifelong need for information, they often experience social and emotional isolation, and have to cope with difficult situations. They also want to have positive relationships with their disabled brothers and sisters and to be able to choose the role they play in future care and support. Sibs aims to enhance the lives of siblings by providing them with information and support, and by influencing service provision throughout the UK.

National Autistic Society

National Autistic Society helps by providing support, information, and practical advice for more than 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their 3 million family members and carers. They help change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and helping businesses, local authorities, and government to provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.
Telephone 0207 833 2299.

William Merritt Centre

The William Merritt Centre offers impartial and professional advice for children and adults. They carry out assessments for clients, healthcare professionals and members of the public about daily living aids. They offer a ‘try before you buy’ ethos allowing clients to identify individual needs to enhance their independence. They are also an accredited member of Driving Mobility offering medical fitness to drive assessments, passenger access assessments and vehicle adaptation assessments.
Telephone 0113 350 8989.

Contact for families with disabled children

A parent carer forum is an organised group of parents and carers of disabled children from a local area. Their aim is to make sure that services in their area meet the needs of disabled children and their families. They do this by gathering the views of local families and by working in partnership with local authorities, education settings, health providers and other providers to highlight where local services, processes and commissioners are working well, or challenge when changes or improvements need to be made.
Telephone 0808 808 3555.

People Hub

People hub is an independent not-for-profit organisation created and led by people with lived experience of personal health budgets.

We work to ensure that more people with long-term health conditions and disabilities are able to shape their lives by making the decisions about their health and wellbeing that matter most to them.

Lifestyle and support

Element Society

Element Society are a non-profit youth charity based in Sheffield, delivering development, social action and enterprise programmes to young people and vulnerable adults. They aim to empower young people to make a positive change their communities, raise their aspirations and become role models to their peers.
Telephone 0114 299 9210.

Sheffield Futures

Sheffield Futures offer a range of services aimed at young people to help them with every aspect of their lives. They support young people in schools and youth clubs and offer a helping hand when times are hard. They encourage young people to have their say on the matters that affect them, work to protect them from risk and encourage them to live a positive and productive life.
Telephone 0114 201 2800

Shelter

Shelter campaign and offer support on everything from emergency housing, applying as homeless, reclaiming a deposit, and offer legal advice and attend court for people who have lost their homes or are facing eviction.
Telephone 0808 800 4444.

NHS Live Well

NHS information about healthy exercise. Provides exercise guidelines and workouts to help improve your fitness and wellbeing.

NHS information about healthy eating. Provides advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol.

NHS information on alcohol. Realising you have a problem with alcohol is the first big step to getting help.

Citizens Advice

Citizens Advice offers advice and help with benefits, work, debt and money, consumer, housing, family, legal matters, and immigration.
Telephone 0808 278 7820.

Samaritans

Samaritans can help if you or someone you love is having a difficult time. They can support with self-harm and suicidal thoughts, struggling to cope, and support groups for those bereaving a suicide.
Telephone 116 123.

Sheffield DACT

The Sheffield domestic abuse co-ordination team (DACT) provide a community-based Sheffield domestic abuse service. There is a range of services for all victims (women and men) of domestic abuse and sexual violence, who are aged 16 years and over. All staff are trained to deliver specialist support, working in partnership with multiple agencies and the service user, with the aim of increasing the safety of the individual and their dependents.
Telephone 0114 273 4855.

Drinkaware

Drinkaware can help you learn about the impact of alcohol on you, your family, or friends. Drinkaware support you with the advice and information you need.

Golddigger Trust

Golddigger Trust is charity, working to equip young people with the confidence and skills to make positive choices for themselves. They offer activities, wellbeing activities and wellbeing courses.
Telephone 0114 327 1191.

Frank

Talk to Frank offers honest information on drugs, and advice on peer-pressure and what to do in an emergency.

Sheffield Young Justice Service

When young people first get into trouble, behave anti-socially or commit minor offences, they can usually be dealt with by the police and local authority, outside of the court system. This is to stop young people getting drawn into the youth justice system too early, while still offering them the help and support they need to stop offending.
Telephone 0114 228 8555.

NSPCC

The NSPCC protects children from abuse and neglect. They also offer support with talking about drugs and alcohol, sex and relationships, children’s mental health and online safety.
Telephone 0207 825 2505.

Smokefree Sheffield

Smokefree Sheffield offers services for anyone quit smoking, including adults, young people, and children. Telephone 0114 553 6296 free from landlines, or 07833 048200 free from mobile phones.

Healthwatch

Healthwatch Sheffield help children and young people’s views of health and social care services are listened to. Any young person between the ages of 14 and 25 and who lives in the Sheffield area and is interested in volunteering for Healthwatch Sheffield can be part of Young Healthwatch.
Telephone 0300 068 3000.

The Corner

The Corner is a free and confidential drug and alcohol service for young people aged between 10 and 18 in Sheffield. They offer advice and support to young people in the Sheffield area who are experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol.
Telephone 0114 275 2051.

Sheffield Young Carers

Sheffield Young Carers is a charity that helps provide substantial unpaid care for a relative who has disabilities,
long-term physical illnesses, mental health difficulties or drug or alcohol issues.
Telephone 0114 258 4595.

Roundabout

Roundabout is Sheffield’s youth homeless charity providing shelter, support and life skills to young people aged 16 and 24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Telephone 0114 253 6789.

The National Careers Service

The National Careers Service can help you make career decisions throughout your life. From deciding your education route, planning a career change at any age or getting the job that is right for you.

Physical health

Teenage Cancer Trust

Teenage Cancer Trust is a cancer care and support charity that supports young people aged between 13 and 24. They provide information about cancer, run events, and help fund specialist staff and facilities in the NHS.
Telephone 0207 612 0370.

Healthier Together

Healthier Together provides pregnant women, babies, children and young people across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw with consistent and high-quality advice from local health professionals. They provide information on common childhood illnesses, including advice on what ‘red-flag’ signs to look out for, where to seek help if required and how long your child’s symptoms are likely to last.

Relationships and LGBTQIA+ support

SAYiT

SAYiT works with young people and professionals to make real lives better. We provide practical support around LGBT+ life, sexual health, HIV, and mental wellbeing, while our training helps organisations improve knowledge and address discrimination.
Telephone 0114 241 2728.

A Sheffield resource for LGBTQ+ young people, then run in person youth groups such as Fruit bowl, Comts and Prism, and they can also offer 18 sessions counselling to young people who are engaging in the groups.

Fumble

Fumble are a free digital sexual educational resource that support young people with their mental health, sexual health and relationships in the digital age.

They create engaging, reliable digital content on intimacy, relationships, health and wellbeing. A happy, healthy digital world of free sex ed: created with young people, for young people.

FFlag

FFLAG is a national voluntary organisation and registered charity. We are dedicated to supporting parents and families and their LGBT+ members.

They offer support to local parents groups and contacts in their efforts to help parents and families understand, accept and support their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members with love and pride. FFLAG volunteers are parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans children supported by other volunteers.
Telephone 0300 688 0368.

The Albert Kennedy Trust

The AKT exists to give 16 to 25 year olds who are LGBTQ+ and at risk of, or experiencing homelessness or a hostile living environment, the support they need to thrive.

They support LGBTQ+ young people by providing routes into safe, affordable, long-term housing, as well as actions around employability, mental health, community building, youth engagement and healthcare.
Telephone 020 7831 6562.

Nottinghamshire Sexual Violence Support

Nottinghamshire Sexual Violence Support offers help to those who have experienced rape, sexual violence, or childhood sexual abuse, either recently or in the past then we are here to help. You can talk to someone about your experiences or if you are concerned about a friend, partner or family member.
Telephone 0115 941 0440.

CEOP Education

The National Crime Agency’s CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online child sexual abuse. They do this through our education programme, providing training, resources and information to professionals working with children, young people, and their families.

Sexual health

Sexual Health Sheffield

Sexual Health Sheffield offers a welcoming and confidential service to people of all ages including pregnancy testing and advice, contraception choices and advice, and the screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
Telephone 0114 226 8888.