News and reports

For our latest Forum on 2nd December 2019, we focused on how financial pressures and hardship are impacting on people’s ability to keep themselves well in Sheffield.

2018-19 was the second year of our #SpeakUp small grants scheme. Building on last year's success, we awarded grants to 11 local groups who helped their communities to #SpeakUp about health and social care. You can read a summary of the reports here.

Family Voice Sheffield run classes that aim to build the confidence of mums in the Nether Edge, Lowfield and Sharrow areas of Sheffield. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to hear from women about their experiences of GPs, dentists and pharmacies.

SAYiT provides support for young people aged 12-25 years old who identify as LGBT+ or affected by HIV. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to explore young people’s experiences of sex and relationships, health and puberty advice and education.

Foxhill Forum is a community organisation based in North East Sheffield. They used their #SpeakUp Grant to support local pople to take photos using the theme of health and wellbeing and to discuss their own experiences.