Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2024
Sheffield Mencap and Gateway

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway Annual Report 2023–24

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway is a Sheffield learning disability charity delivering services for children, adults and carers across the city. In 2023/24 it expanded all three service areas, established 9 new Caring for Carers groups to reduce isolation, partnered with 30 GP surgeries to improve learning disability healthcare, and launched its Community Connector programme — placing people with learning disabilities at the heart of service planning. 90 children made new friends through social groups and 136 adults were supported to have Annual Health Checks. Total income was £1.08 million. The year also saw major premises improvements at Norfolk Lodge, a values refresh and enhanced staff support.

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Children's Services (social groups, communication skills development); Adults in the Lead Hub — ALH (accredited AQA awards, skills development); Caring for Carers (9 new peer support groups — film nights, craft club, coffee mornings, café socials — reducing isolation); Sports and Fitness (community exercise groups); Annual Health Check Partnership (30 Sheffield GP surgeries); Community Connector Programme (member-led planning and delivery); LD Week 2023 photographic portrait exhibition in Orchard Square, Sheffield; Norfolk Lodge premises renovation Custom geography from upload: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

📊Key Metrics

£1,080,723 total income; £998,475 total expenditure; 9 new Caring for Carers groups established across Sheffield communities; 30 GP surgeries partnered with to improve care for learning disability patients Key Metric 1
90 children made new friends at social groups; 136 adults supported to have an Annual Health Check; accredited AQA awards completed by members of Adults in the Lead Hub (ALH) Key Metric 2
Community Connector roles established — members with learning disabilities leading consultations, events and new groups; Norfolk Lodge first floor renovated creating flexible modern space; new heating and insulation systems reducing carbon footprint Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Community Connector Terri-Leigh: 'It has helped my confidence. I do a coffee morning for the community. So anyone can turn up and have a coffee and a chit-chat' — illustrating member-led community building
  • Partnerships expanded to ensure all Sheffield communities reached; member voice embedded in service planning through Community Connector roles; environmental sustainability improvements at Norfolk Lodge premises
  • Services for children, adults and carers all grew in reach in 2023/24; staff benefits enhanced through extended sick pay, wellbeing initiatives and robust training; values refresh completed to guide future direction

📍Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

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