Ben's Centre is a charity that aims to provide a safe space and an open hand to those who suffer substance misuse and its associated barriers.

• It is a ‘damp centre’ meaning clients are allowed to access the centre on Wilkinson Street while under the influence, as long as no substances are brought onto the premises.
• Outreach, Monday to Friday, offering advice, food and drink, clean clothes and the opportunity for a friendly chat.
• Ben’s Bazaar Shop: raise funding for the project, provide information and signposting, provide a place for client work experience

We provide hot meals, showers, phone and internet access, a hub for other professionals to meet clients, laundry and activities

This project is committed to car for the weak and vulnerable and those in need. They provide support and love to any who come, regardless of their race, atheism, religion, sexuality, gender or age.

Our main aim is to provide hot food and drinks, yet we also offer our guests a genuine welcome and the chance to socialise with others as they wish.

The sessions are run in Victoria Hall Methodist church, using the entrance on George Street for access.

We open the doors at 1.30pm, from which time we run a tea/coffee/soup bar. Guests also have access to books, board games, snooker and table football.

At 2 pm a two-course hot lunch (prepared onsite by out volunteer kitchen team) is served. After the meal we revert to serving tea/coffee and soup.

Zest is a Sheffield-based community organization, primarily serving Upperthorpe, Netherthorpe, and Langsett. They offer a range of community-driven activities and services for children and adults, encompassing leisure, health, and employment support. To provide a healthy living centre delivering responsive services to tackle local inequalities. Services include:

• Physical fitness – including gym facilities, swimming pool and exercise classes
• Health and wellbeing activities
• Library, including an IT suite
• Activities for children, parents and families
• Zest for Work – employment support or help to find volunteering activities
• Dementia friendly services
• Steel City Dads – for Dads and Co-parents who have children from pregnancy to 2 years old and are experiencing mild mental health and/or supporting Mums with perinatal mental health, birth trauma, child loss and miscarriage.