Stephen Fry Helps Launch Sheffield Mental Health Service

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Find Get Give, a new website that helps young people find local mental health services quickly and easily, is launching in Sheffield today with support from Stephen Fry.

 

The Find Get Give website, which is being piloted in Sheffield, can be found at http://www.findgetgive.com

 

Stephen Fry said: “There are organisations across the UK doing marvellous work to support and help young people with their mental health challenges. But finding that support needs to be quick and easy for young people, otherwise there are real risks of not being able to reach those most in need of help. Find Get Give is a great initiative that helps tackle this problem and gives young people a voice to feedback on the mental health support they receive, which is so important to make that support even better."

 

Find Get Give helps young people, aged 16-25 years, find mental health services in the Sheffield area. By being able to access other people’s feedback about the treatment and support they received, they will be able to make more informed decisions about accessing services and know what to expect. Even better, Sheffield’s services will get useful feedback to adjust and improve what they offer.

 

The website has evolved through work with young people and mental health services in Sheffield to understand their needs and explore how Find Get Give could work for them. Find Get Give has been developed by YMCA DownsLink Group.

 

If you’re involved in mental health services and would be interested in getting involved, you can get in touch with the Find Get Give team by emailing fgg@ymcadlg.org or go to http://www.findgetgive.com