"The only way to see a rainbow is to look through the rain."
Sheaf Domestic Abuse Services
The Sheaf Domestic Abuse Services has four main services areas, aimed at delivering an holistic approach to working with the effects of domestic abuse...
Support/Advocacy Service
We have a dedicated team of professionals and trained support staff and volunteers who can help by offering the following:
- Free confidential and non-judgmental service
- Information
- Support - emotional and practical
- Telephone and face to face advice
- Individual support plans
- Risk assessments
- Safety measures
- Sign posting to other appropriate agencies
- Respect the choices that you make
We can be contacted Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9.30 am and 4.30 pm.
Appointments can be arranged for our discreet office premises, or alternative, if safe and appropriate to do so, a home visit may be organised.
Please call for a friendly, informal and confidential chat.
We're based in Sheffield, and serve a wide area, covering Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire
Counselling & Therapy Service
The Sheaf Domestic Abuse Project Counselling & Therapy Service offers emotional and therapeutic support to anyone who is suffering or has suffered domestic abuse. We offer long term, holistic support to survivors to recover from their experiences of abuse, regain self-esteem and feel empowered, safe and secure enough to make choices and take back control of their lives.
Essentially, the counselling service provides a safe place where you can come and talk to a trained individual, in a relaxed and private atmosphere, about any personal concern that may be troubling you.
The counsellor-client relationship is built on trust, empathy, confidentiality and absence of judgmental attitudes. Counselling can provide you with opportunities to explore issues that may stem from past experiences or current dilemmas and enable you to identify strategies and/or choices that are right for you.
Counsellors cannot provide magic solutions but they can help you to achieve greater self-awareness/self-knowledge and provide you with support and guidance if you have to make any difficult decisions/changes in you life.
"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears."
Children & Young People's Service
Children and young people have often been the voiceless victims of the effects of living with domestic abuse. Sheaf recognises that children & young people want to be heard and also need support to work through their experiences.
Alongside our adult support and counselling service we also have children and young people's workers who aim to support children through difficult and sometimes traumatic periods in their lives.
One-to-one support is given based on individual need. Children and young people have the opportunity to share their feelings and thoughts about events that effect them.
Whether it is just someone to talk to or more in-depth support we are always available.
The Sheaf Domestic Abuse Service also offers anger management intervention to under 18's displaying disruptive and damaging behaviours.
Please call for more information
The Janus Project Domestic Violence Prevention Programme (Click Here)
Are you violent or abusive?
Do you have problems managing your temper?
Do you frighten people you care about?
Do you want to change?
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Freedom Programme
Women's Support Group
New referrals welcome
To provide an opportunity for women to develop ways of thinking and behaving to protect themselves, their children and others from harm. To provide them with the knowledge they need to achieve this.
About The Freedom Programme
What is it?
The FREEDOM programme is a FREE 12-week rolling programme. This means that you can join at any point - the benefits are the same so long as you complete 12 weeks.
Who is it for?
The programme is open to any woman who wishes to learn more about the reality of domestic violence and abuse. The Freedom Programme can also be used to help men who wish to improve their behaviour.
What are its aims?
To help women understand the beliefs held by abusive men and in so doing, recognise which of these beliefs they have shared.
To illustrate the effects of domestic violence on children.
To help women gain self-esteem and the confidence to improve the quality of their lives.
To introduce women to community resources such as Women's Aid, the Police Domestic Violence Unit, The Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, local Colleges etc.
To download a referral form please click here
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The ‘Staying Safe’ Programme
The government is committed to delivering better life chances, tackling social exclusion and promoting the welfare of all children (DoH 2006). As adults who are directly in contact with children we all have a duty to protect them from harm. As part of SHEAF’s contribution to children services we have compiled the ‘Staying Safe’ programme and hope to deliver it through a variety of settings.
The main objective of the programme is to highlight the personal, cultural and structural issues that may affect the safety of our children. By teaching children to distinguish between happy, sad and angry feelings we aim to identify possible ‘warning’ feelings experienced by children and hope to raise the awareness of situations where they feel their safety is compromised thus promoting their understanding of personal safety. We further aim to develop the children’s knowledge of where they can go for assistance and guidance such as parents/carers, family members, teachers or the police.
This programme has been designed to be delivered through a number of fun activities that can be used either in a facilitated group setting or as a continuing process. The flexibility of the activities within the programme ensures that issues surrounding disability and culture can be sensitively addressed with minimal adjustment.
In accordance with the Every Child Matters Agenda we recognise the importance of giving children a voice in developing an understanding of issues that may affect them therefore we will ask the children to provide feedback on the overall presentation so that necessary changes can be incorporated in the future.
As an agency we treat all information as confidential except when information suggests a child is suffering or likely to be suffering significant harm or there is a risk to other people. In some instances information may be shared in partnership with the school so that needs can be identified and dealt with accordingly.
If you would like the Sheaf Staying Safe Preogramme delivered in your school, please contact our organisation for details.
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At the Sheaf Domestic Abuse Services we rely heavily on donations and charitable trusts to help us continue our work.
If you would like to make a donation to the projects work please make cheques payable to Sheaf Domestic Violence Project.
No amount is too small.
Thank you.
Current funders & financial support
Sheaf Domestic Abuse Services acknowledges the financial support of many individuals, local groups, Trusts and Funding Bodies. We cannot mention everyone but are most grateful for every donation. Special thanks to:
- Henry Smith Charity
- Alan Lane Foundation
- Peter de Haan Charity
- Children In Need
- ABC Awards
- Nationwide
- J G Graves
- Lankelly Chase
