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A week in the life of…. Emily

Hello! I am Emily one of the Recovery College Coordinators. No two days are the same in the life of a co-ordinator! Between Rachel and me we manage the co-ordinating...

Emily

March 4, 2024

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My couch to 5k journey – Taking care of myself

Personal circumstances have meant that I have had to make the decision to bring my Couch to 5K journey to a premature end. Normally I would give myself a really...

Emily

February 23, 2024

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A week in the life of…Lindsey

A week in the life of the Recovery College Principal can vary hugely! I’m sometimes sat behind a desk all week, sometimes I’m out and about meeting new partners or...

Lindsey

February 9, 2024

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My couch to 5k journey – Week 3 Opening my eyes.

This week has been busy to say the least. I have been desperately playing catchup on emails, washing, messages to friends, the list goes on…Sometimes it has felt like the...

Emily

January 26, 2024

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My Couch to 5k journey – Week 2 Perseverance

Last week life threw me a curve ball which pressed pause prematurely on the couch to 5k journey. I am the kind of person who has a go at most...

Emily

January 19, 2024

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A week in the life of…Lauren, a student mum

Hi, my name’s Lauren. I am a mature student doing my undergraduate degree at university as well as being a mum of 2 children. When I was at high school...

Lauren

January 12, 2024

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My Couch to 5k Journey – Week 1 Getting dressed

I often watch my husband, donned in his fetching Lycra, in all manner of weather and time of day leave the house for a run and wondered…why? Raising our 2...

Emily

January 4, 2024

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A week in the life of…Tina

The peer support worker role is relatively new to the Recovery College. I’m Tina Dransfield, and am one of three peer support workers working part-time between the Recovery College and...

Tina

December 8, 2023

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It’s launch day!

We’ve been working so hard behind the scenes over the last few weeks with our communications team and our web designers to bring you this fantastic new website filled with...

Wakefield Recovery and Wellbeing College

August 3, 2020

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