Lead Organisation: Sheffield YMCA
Core partners: Children and Young People's Empowerment Project (Chilypep); NHS Sheffield; NSPCC; Sheffield City Council; Sheffield Futures; YASY
Target area: North East Sheffield
Target groups: Young people not in education, employment or training; Long-term unemployed young adults; teenage/young parents; BME young people- however, Right Here Sheffield will be working universally with any young person in this part of the city
Right Here Sheffield builds on the pioneering work of Sheffield YMCA's Interchange Emotional Well Being Service for children and young people which offers counselling/therapeutic support and group work to young people aged 13 – 25 in Sheffield.
Right Here Sheffield aims to work alongside young people bringing them together with a range of services and organisations to help raise awareness of mental health/emotional well being issues as well as supporting them to know where to go and what to do if they are experiencing difficulties.
The project will use a community development approach to help young people identify the issues that are relevant to them and that have an impact on their mental health. Visit the Right Here Sheffield website
Recent Activities
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Right Here Sheffield’s youth panel is trialling the prototype of a board game they have developed to reduce the stigma of mental health. A grant from Awards for All has been secured to cover the cost of making up 50 of the actual games.
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In July 2011 a stall was hosted in Sheffield town centre on Sheffield Mental Health day, which provided the opportunity to trial a questionnaire with young people aimed at researching their knowledge, attitudes and views about mental health.
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A member of Sheffield’s Youth Panel travelled to Northern Ireland in May 2011 for an event hosted by Right Here Fermanagh and other youth action projects which was attended by Owen Paterson the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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A DVD aimed at tackling stigma has been produced as part of Right Here Sheffield’s anti-stigma campaign. The DVD was shown in the Sheffield Winter Gardens during World Mental Health Week in October 2010.
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Right Here Participation in a local Mental Health Partnership Board meeting has resulted in the decision to include improving mental health services for young people in the transition to adulthood as a new priority within Sheffield’s Children and Young People’s Emotional Well Being and Mental Health strategy.
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Right Here Sheffield’s Emotional Well Being Workers have delivered coping with stress and mental health awareness sessions within Sheffield colleges, generating further demand for the service. Coping with stress workshops have been delivered to young mothers, young unemployed, and groups of BME young people.
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An article focusing on Right Here Sheffield has appeared in the Burngreave Messenger, and one of Sheffield’s Emotional Well Being workers has featured in two Radio Sheffield interviews, as well as appearing on Radio Ramadan.
Visit the Right Here Sheffield website