Author: Kirsty Sandamas
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Lessons Learned from the Feel Well, Work Well Programme
At Sheffield Futures, our commitment to continuous improvement drives us to adopt a ‘lessons learned’ approach to our projects and service delivery. This involves recording insights gained throughout a project’s lifespan and applying these learnings when writing funding bids or planning new initiatives. One of our recently-concluded Employability and Mental Health projects, Feel Well, Work…
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Children’s mental health services annual report 2022-23
Published by the Children’s Commissioner, this report contains findings on children’s access to mental health services in England during the 2022-23 financial year, based on new analysis of NHS England data. It shows that demand for children’s mental health services continues to outstrip the availability of support. Despite welcome increases in investment in Children and…
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Calling for a renewed focus on prevention and early intervention to support children and young people’s mental health.
On the eve of the general election, we’re reinstating our call for a renewed focus on prevention and early intervention for children and young people’s (CYP) mental health. With over a quarter of a million CYP waiting over a year to receive support from CAMHS, it is clear that the current system is not working.…
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Wellbeing Café Volunteer
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people? Do you thrive in vibrant, face-to-face settings where laughter, creativity and connection are key? Do you consider yourself caring and supportive (and enjoy snacks)? If so, this is the perfect opportunity for you to help us provide a warm, welcoming space for…
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Futures Film School
Sheffield Futures Young Advisors and Goons Production teamed up to deliver a film production program for filmmakers aged 18 – 25 in Sheffield
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Capital Project Lead – Transforming Star House
We’ve got a truly unique opportunity for a creative, proactive individual to get genuinely involved in a project aimed at transforming our city centre space into a vibrant Centre for Youth.
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Introducing our new CEO!
We are delighted to welcome Roo to our charity.
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Green Mark Accreditation Renewal
Sheffield Futures are delighted with the news that we have successfully renewed our Green Mark Level 1 accreditation! Green Mark provides an internationally recognised environmental certification for organisations that want to assure their clients and employees that they are operating to recognised environmental standards. As a young people’s charity, we want to know that we’re…
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Becoming Disability Confident Leaders
It feels incredible to say that Sheffield Futures is now a Disability Confident Leader. It took us a while to get there (hampered first by a global pandemic, and then taking time to find the right organisation to validate our application), but we’ve done it! We’ve been a committed Disability Confident Employer for many years,…
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South Yorkshire ICS+CYPA Conference 2023
Our Wellbeing Services Manager, Christos Louca, represented Sheffield Futures at the South Yorkshire ICS Children’s and Young People’s Alliance conference on the 6th of June.