Parkgate Young People's Accommodation and Support Services (YPASS) help young people with a range of support needs to help them prepare for an independent tenancy in a nurturing environment where they feel safe and secure. This service works with a variety of complex and specialist groups of vulnerable people: such as those with substance misuse, mental illness, victims of abuse, and young people. In addition to helping people secure and maintain accommodation, YPASS also facilitate personal development; access to other services and opportunities; support and opportunity to find meaningful occupation, and overall to help people change their lives for the better: reducing the cycle of hopelessness, risky behavior, and homelessness. Support and accommodation for up to 55 young people. No self referrals required.

Last updated: 08 April 2025

Addaction Sheffield, aim to reduce drug-related offending behaviour and engaging people in treatment. Track and work with individuals who have tested positive for opiates or cocaine through the criminal justice system with the aim of preparing and supporting service users to access and remain in treatment.

Adullam, provides quality housing, delivers tailored support plans, training and education opportunities to help people meet their potential. Groups included include asylum seekers, ex-offenders, expectant and new mums, people with mental health issues, recovering addicts, survivors of domestic abuse, those homeless or at risk of becoming homelessness, and young people leaving care.

• Supported housing across the UK in 30 multi occupancy facilities and some self-contained flats houses & bed sits.

• Learning and Engagement coordinators and tenancy support sustainment officers to work with tenants, residents and services uses to help them achieve their potential by delivering sessions on:
  • Awareness and access to services
  • Suitable accommodation and support
  • Reducing repeat homelessness
  • Eliminating the need to rough sleep

• Floating support, delivered as a flexible housing-related service which helps service users to achieve and maintain their full potential independent living skills, regardless of their level or complexity or support needs. Support can include:
  • Income/expenditure work, money management, debt reduction and encouraging saving
  • Signposting to other services
  • Citizens becoming further integrated into their community

• Specialist Support – the running of projects that are tailor-made for certain client groups. These groups included: young people, those with alcohol or substance misuse, those who have been affected by gambling addiction. Co-production as part of this, getting tenants and residents involved from the inside knowledge they have of situations within the project are having to deal with.
  • Running of mutual aid groups such as Narcotics Anonymous
  • Training, including Self-Management and Recovery (SMART), NVQ qualifications, Reduction and Motivation Programme (RAMP), Recovery in Cheshire East (RICE)
  • Close relationships with schools, college and youth support networks
  • Partnerships working with gambling addiction charity Gordon Moody.

Age UK Rotherham is an independent local charity that helps to deliver services and activities for older people in Rotherham aimed at helping people stay connected and engaged within their local communities and Rotherham in general. Age UK Rotherham offers a free and confidential information and advice service for older people, their families and carers as well as Linkline, which is a telephone service available on weekdays (excluding Bank holidays) which provides older people with a friendly phone call each weekday morning to offer reassurance and support to help alleviate loneliness and isolation.

A recognised provider of housing services for communities in Sheffield and surrounding areas. Where possible, they use a new homes building matrix that takes into account the needs of local communities.

Call Asylum Help UK if you're an adult asylum seeker or dependant of an adult asylum seeker. Helpline available Monday to Friday 08:00 - 20:00 only.

(24-hour service for emergencies)

Call Asylum Support Application UK if you're an asylum seeker and can't support yourself financially and want to apply for asylum support.

The centre is fully accessible throughout with disabled access toilets and baby changing facilities.

Citizens Advice Barnsley offers advice and information on a wide range of issues, including:

• Benefits
• Consumer issues
• Employment
• Money and debt
• Immigration
• Housing

They also provide specialist help with debt and housing. You can contact them by phone, email, or through their website. They also offer face-to-face advice at drop-in outreach sessions across Barnsley.

This project provides advice for refugees and people seeking asylum in Barnsley as well as asylum support regarding  issues, welfare benefits, housing, access to healthcare, access to ESOL, education, community development activities and volunteering

Supporting vulnerable young people 13-24 yrs with employment information, training and learning courses, internet access, job searching, benefits advice, CV and application help, one-to-one support.

A warm friendly space, access to meals and drinks.  a public cafe open 9.30am - 3.30pm serving value for money hot and cold meals and drinks. In the near future we hope that we will be able to offer a dedicated space for the community to access on a daily basis with access to IT etc, run by volunteers but we are not in a position to offer this yet as the space needs some adaptation, which we are trying to raise the funds to complete. Free access, cost for meals and drinks.

Change Grow Live is an accommodation charity providing prevention treatment and recovery support services across England and Wales. Support those affected by drug or alcohol abuse, criminal justice system, homelessness.

• Services shaped by the people who access them and have launched a co-produced toolkit to help teams listen to the people served.
• 16-25 accessible, engaging harm reduction for young people – find out what works for the young people and bring that support out into the community.

Changing Futures sets to improve the way that systems and services work to support individuals facing multiple disadvantage:

• Coproduction and peer support – South Yorkshire Housing Association works in partnership with Crisis, are delivering a Coproduction and Peer Support service. This service is increasing the influence of people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage on the design and delivery of services and the city’s overall strategy and approach to multiple disadvantage. They are working to increase the number of ways in which people currently experiencing multiple disadvantage can benefit from empathetic and credible role models.
• Core Delivery Team – caseload of 81 adults (7 per case worker). People receiving support from the progragramme also have access to additional psychiatric, psychological and primary care support, alongside personalisation budgets to meet their goals.
• Positive Activities – partnered with the Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Commissioning Team to co-commission the ‘Positive Activities for Adults in Recovery Fund’ which is administered and coproduced by South Yorkshire Housing Association.
• Learning and Development – Via Project 6, developing and offering bespoke training and awareness-raising activities, centred on knowledge of multiple disadvantage and implementing trauma-informed and person-centred approaches. Learning from all areas of the programme at a system level to develop consensus and sustainable, collective solutions.
• Enhanced and dedicated specialist support – increased the capacity of Sheffield Homeless Assessment and Support Team which provides access to healthcare services. Partnered with Paradigm Psychology to provide psychological support to support caseload and staff. Working with Cranstaun to deliver specialist support service for perpetrators of domestic violence.
• Data and Information Sharing – Mixture of data-led and operational intelligence approaches to inform how we work, from identifying caseload to helping inform service design and delivery. Repeatedly seek consent to share specific information with specific partners when needed. Developing a client portal so those supported have direct access to their records at any time.

Cherrytree supports young people (aged 16 – 21) who are homeless and in need of support. Provides accommodation, and personalised support to help young people develop the life skills necessary for them to gain confidence, and to re-establish their lives.

• Supported Accommodation Projects, two supported accommodation sites across Sheffield. A twenty-bed hostel in Totley on the edge of the Peak District, and an eight bedroomed house near the City Centre. 1:1 personalised support provided to develop independent living skills and tackle underlying causes of homelessness. Stay up to a year before being offered access to the home and health service, when they move on to their own tenancy. Informed by Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE).
• Counselling and Mediation, provides a confidential and safe space for young people to talk about anything troubling them. Family mediation also offered.
• Homes and Health Service, help young people to move into, and maintain their own tenancies, living independently. Provide practical help but also provide more personal support to suit each individuals needs. Support them to access health services and general wellbeing. Help them to know their local area and find support networks. Support them with developing household skills, budgeting etc.

Provides sustainable poverty relief through debt counselling, advice and practical help._x000D_
Empowers people to help themselves out of poverty. The course is for you if you are working, unemployed, retired or a student. Money coaches run the session.

Get advice on applying for homeless help from the council, including making a homelessness application.

Citizens Advice Rotherham provides free, confidential, independent, and impartial advice and information to everyone in Rotherham. Their services are accessible to all residents, irrespective of their race, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, disability, or religion. The organization's goal is to empower the people of Rotherham by ensuring they are well-informed about their rights and responsibilities across a broad spectrum of issues.

Debt drop-ins are held on Mondays from 9:30am to 12:30pm, and general drop-ins on Thursdays at the same time.
As these sessions often fill up quickly, it’s best for clients to arrive early.