Welcome

...to the Y2V Condition Management Programme (CMP)

This website is designed to inform visitors about the Condition Management Programme; to share information relating to the Programme; to provide answers to your questions; and to offer a forum for discussion and debate.

CMP has been running across South Yorkshire for the past 5 years alongside Pathways To Work, but as the new Work Programme is being introduced across the country we are now working with Yes2Ventures, based in Sheffield and colleagues in NHS Wales to deliver the programme in different regions across the UK

Please browse the site and click on previous customers' videos and stories to find out all about the Programme.

• Paul's Story

  I've always been sceptical of self help/support groups and attended the first week with a non-too positive outlook, expecting to be preached to and sharing the room with a bunch of misfits. I was wrong.

  

• Deb's Story

  For me, meeting other people and realising I'm not the only one with a problem really helped. You can only be taught so much, it is up to you to take the action and make yourself better. It is easier said than done, but if you're determined to make the most of your life you'll be able to do it.

  

• Joan's Story

  On first coming into the group nerves played a big part. I came as a result of breaking my hip. I was off work, my confidence was getting lower and lower as I was used to dealing and meeting with other people as a barmaid.

  

• Maureen's Story

  I joined this course feeling down, shy and depressed. Thanks to this course I feel 100% confident now and have achieved getting a job.

  

• Christine's Story

  17 months ago I had a good job but very stressful. I knew what I was doing and my life was in order.

  Then the bombshell dropped! I had cancer.

  

• Jo's Story

  Having been out of work for over a year due to back problems, I found myself losing interest in many things that I once enjoyed, and due to back pain I spent most of the time alone at home, which probably made my problems seem a lot worse.

  

• Becca's Story

  Becca had been claiming Incapacity Benefit for only a few months before she started on the Condition Management Programme. Becca has difficulty with pain and her IBPA encouraged her to attend the core programme and the additional pain module.

  

• Carol's Story

  Carol joined our programme as a customer in 2008 and attended our core programme and additional modules. She began volunteering for us in November 2008, firstly as part of the walking groups, assisting customers in groups...

  

• My Story

  I was suffering from stress and depression as a result of my situation, and could not find a way out. This affected my abilities with regard to all areas of my life.

  

• My Story

  When I first started with CMP I was anxious about what it would entail. I was recovering from a serious work injury and had lost confidence in myself.

  

• My Story

  Before I did CMP I had not worked for more than three years and I felt really low. I kept trying for jobs and got no response. CMP helped me to feel more confident. I made new friends, we worked in teams which was a great idea to do.

  

• My Story

  Before CMP I was recovering from three lots of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, various scans and tests. I was feeling very tired, unsure of the future and very out of sorts with all the medication and anaesthetic etc.