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Shipshape is a FREE well-being service offering friendly advice, support and motivation to bring  positive health to local people in Sharrow and the surrounding areas. Staffed by trained advisors, we have one-to-one services in healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, quitting smoking, emotional well-being and diabetes management. We also have a lot of information available if you just want to drop in and have a chat. Working along side other professional services in the area, our friendly staff team: Elaine, Tanyat, Chris, Saima, Saiqa, Steven, Charlotte, Susannah, Waqas and Ruth are always on hand to help you out with your health related queries.

The shop is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week from 9.30am to 2.30pm, though appointments are available later in the afternoon too. Regular events and outreach projects mean we offer focused activities looking at all aspects of health and wellbeing. Most activities are run on a drop in basis but some do need booking, so please get in touch.

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What's on at ShipShape?

• Sheffield and Shipshape are keen to promote the Smokefree Homes and Cars initiative. Have a look at our Smokefree homes page or drop in for more details.
• For a 'What's On' service, why not subscribe to our monthly ShipShape Bulletin? It is available by email or post. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at the Shipshape phone number if you would like the latest edition. Don't forget to leave your contact details. It is produced around the 10th of each month. Click here to download a version
• Free Health Checks are a great place to receive information and support on your health, and to have your blood pressure and BMI checked. Information is available on diabetes, stopping smoking and healthy eating and lifestyle. They take place on:

Highfield Library   -   Monthly the third Tuesday with Charlotte Duckmanton 

Next session is different: Wednesday January 18th 2.00-4.00pm 2012

After that we return to the third Tuesday with Tues February 21st 11.00-2.00pm

Surestart:  -   Monthly last Thursdays with Tanyat Basharat. 10:00 - 12:30. 

Next session January 26th 2012.

23rd February 2012

29th March 2012

26th April 2012

• If you've been attending and enjoying the Cookalongs, or would like to learn more, then check out the new Blend website! They will be updated regularly, so bookmark them to keep track of all the new cooking and eating initiatives put on by the team. Dates for this year, see the website or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  for more details:

January 26th - Thai Healthy Cook Along 6-8pm

17th February - Valentines Supper Club

February 23rd - Morrocan Healthy Cook Along 6-8pm

March 29th - Vietnamese Healthy Cook Along 6-8pm

April 26th - Spanish Healthy Cook Along 6-8pm

• ShipShape Stop Smoking Service with Elaine Nightingale.  Available Mondays - Wednesdays.  See 1 to 1 Stop Smoking Support 
• New Blend Supper Club.  A monthly restaurant-style meal at a secret menu.  Contact tel: 07854983197 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  and see Blend's website for more details.
• ShipShape Health Trainer Service - We have four Health Trainers on the team: Charlotte Duckmanton, Waqas Hameed, Saima Rehman and Ruth Passey.  For details on the service they provide have a look at the health trainer page. If you would like an appointment then contact any one of them through ShipShape.
• Diabetes support at ShipShape.  Free Diabetes Education sessions starting again on February 7th  2012 12.30-2.00pm.  We are also resuming our Diabetes Open Days on Wednesdays 10.00-12.30.   Both are held at The Old Junior School, South View Road, S7.  One-to-one support sessions also available at ShipShape.
• ShipShape Counselling Service. Talk through difficult situations in a safe, confidential environment.  Available on Tuesdays from 10am to 3pm with Steven Midgley. Sometimes it can be difficult to talk to friends or family about personal issues and conflicts. By visiting a counsellor you will be talking to someone who is outside your immediate situation and who you can rely on to maintain confidentiality. In each session the counsellor will listen to what you want to say and may ask questions about what they hear and see. It is not a role of the counsellor to judge nor make recommendations about a course of action. There is no charge for counselling sessions at Shipshape. Just pop in or call us to arrange an appointment. Counselling sessions last 50 minutes, and we offer six free, weekly counselling sessions with a further two avaliable if agreed by the counsellor and client.

 We work alongside the following GP's, please click on the links to see their websites for more details:

Sloan Medical Centre 

Sharrow Lane

Hanover

Porterbrook

Gleadless Medical Centre

Sothall Medical Centre

Page Hall

Interested in volunteering?

An easy and interesting way to get volunteering experience is to become a Health Champion with Shipshape. Have a look at the section on Health Champions, and also check out some of the projects you could be involved in.

What else is going on?

We can also offer the following at ShipShape

Breast health awareness

Menopause advice

Sexual Health Information

Support for managing Chronic Pain

Information on a wide range of health and wellbeing topics

If you see something that interests you or that you want to know more about, why not drop in to the shop at 222 London Road and ask us about it. Or you could give us a call on 0114 2500222 or drop us an email on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We look forward to hearing from you soon.

If you are interested in why we are running ShipShape, check out the Pioneer Health Foundation which details the "Peckham experiment" that ran from 1926-1950 and shaped much thinking about promoting good health rather than managing disease.