Aspiring Communities Together (ACT), tackle persistent social and economic disadvantages and educational underachievement in the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community across Sheffield, mainly focusing on the deprived neighbourhood of Fir Vale and Burngreave.

Services include:

• Healthy Living Centre:  featuring a membership or pay as you go gym, classes, café lounge and alternative therapies.
• Adult education classes:  community training provider delivering a range of ESOL and basic skills courses.
• Work with young people :Working with young BME ho have become disengaged from school, repeatedly excluded or have become involved in anti-social behaviour in the Burngreave/Fir Vale area.  ACT offer educational and pastoral activities designed to boost a young person’s self esteem and skills which can also include working with families. Referral’s can be through local schools, agencies or through the family or young person concerned.
• Older people project: A partnership with the Muslim Elders Support Project (MESP).  Older people can be supported in accessing services, resources and facilities they need to maintain their independence and quality of life.
• Arabic Language School: a service which ensures young people develop essential
• Fir Vale Preschool: a 38 place OFSTED registered setting which provides childcare for working parents or parents who access training.

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.

African Voices Platform is  a media production organisation, with a mission to curate and deliver content that is informative, educational and empowering by authentically portraying African communities on the African continent and in diaspora. Their flagship television show AVP TV airs across the Sheffield City Region on Sheffield Live TV, twice a week on Sundays 11: 00 am and Wednesdays at 8.05 pm| CH7 Freeview and Virgin Media 159 as well as Wednesdays at 8.30 pm Freeview CH7 and Virgin TV 158. Radio: Fridays 7:00 pm at 93.2fm| DAB SheffieldLive!

Ageing Well Rehabilitation Service is a Physiotherapy Clinic and Wellness centre in Sheffield who  help you move better, feel better and live better. Services include, group chair based exercise rehabilitation classes perfect for recovery after surgery or if you are worried about falling and your balance has been affected. 1:1 exercise sessions. 1:1 Physiotherapy rehabilitation sessions. Home visit rehabilitation sessions also available.

Agency for Culture and Change Management (ACCM) is a grass-roots leading practical and Policy institute whose mission is to help local people, individuals, organisations and governments to uphold just, securely sustainable, researched, rights, freedoms and prosperous communities. ACCM provides a welcoming environment with support services such as arts and crafts, a free meal and dedicated recreation areas with pool tables and table tennis, as well as homework assistance. Additional services include an after school club, a nursery, coffee mornings, a lunch club and  a homework club.

Provides tea and coffee and accessible toilets,  and weekly activities for children and adults.

Pay as you feel hot lunch (£0, £2 or £4) cooked by Ammi's Kitchen heated hall tables and chairs toys out for pre-school childrensockets for charging phones free wifi Tea and coffee

A warm welcome from an inclusive group hot lunch (usually dhaal and rice).

Term time alternate fridays 12pm till 2pm.

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.

Ashiana Sheffield provides services to support Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) adults, children and young people fleeing domestic and sexual abuse, including forced marriage, human trafficking, female genital mutilation, gang violence and ‘honour’ based violence. With information available in 12 languages.  Services include:

• Pratical and emotional support
• Accommodation for women and children who have survived human trafficking.

ASSIST Sheffield provides support  to people who are seeking sanctuary and who have been refused asylum. The charity provides accommodation, information and other support.

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

A welcoming, friendly, inclusive and accessible group. Our ethos is to make everyone feel welcome, help them connect and feel part of a community regardless of their background. Please note that although we rent the church hall as our club venue, b:friend is a secular charity and we are not affiliated with any faith or religion. We welcome club attendees and volunteers from people of all faith and backgrounds. A warm space - we like to keep the hall toasty during the cold months. Refreshments (hot drinks, cordial, biscuits, crisps) and occasionally taste of a different country during our armchair travel sessions. Resources for our sessions (e.g. art and craft resources, quiz books, etc.) Accessible entrance and toilets.

About the charity: B:friend is a charity combatting loneliness & social isolation experienced by older neighbours (people aged 65 and over) in South Yorkshire and NE Derbyshire through 1:1 community befriending and Social Clubs. Our Gleadless Social Club, currently our only club in Sheffield, launched in 2022. The weekly b:friend Social Club aims to boost the wellbeing and meaningful community connections for older neighbours in the area. We serve refreshments and have a different stimulating and fun activity every week based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Our past sessions included making no-bake treats, age-friendly boxing, armchair travels, drumming, seated dancing, murder mystery games, crafts, quizzes, and much more. No boring bingo - we know we can offer much more to our older neighbours.

Coffee mornings

Coffee mornings, Arts & Crafts Club

This is a new welcoming space for the community to access through winter & will be delivered one morning a week for 12 weeks to provide a safe warm space for the community. Join us for games/activities/reading materials, warm refreshments and support in accessing services such as welfare, health and wellbeing, employment, housing, etc.

Hot and cold drinks, Toast, Snacks, Light Lunch Access to sockets to charge up devices. Free Wi-Fi

Coffee mornings

Many Different activities and clubs including, Cafe, Book Club, Sporting memories group, information hub, choir , jigsaw club, knit and natter, craft club, lunch club, history group, sequence dance.

Free tea and coffee, access to a digital device and access to the internet, free WiFi, free device charging, TV, warm welcoming environment. Opening times Monday and Wednesday from  2pm till 5pm. There is no attendance cost.