Courses
Change is a necessary and inevitable part of our daily lives. How we view and respond to these changes has a direct link to our emotional resilience. The way we...
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Monday 31 January 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Online only
Mindfulness is a skill which we can all learn. It involves an ability to become aware of what is happening in the present, moment by moment rather than being on...
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Thursday 20 January 2022 at 2pm-4pm
Thursday 17 March 2022 at 2pm-4pm
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Online only
This workshop is for people who are interested in learning about what personality disorder means and how it may affect them or somebody they care about. It will include:- An...
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Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
This course is designed to give students the space to develop an understanding of different poetry styles and the skills to be able to create such poetry themselves. Over 4...
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Thursday 28 April 2022 at 10:30am-12:30pm
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Online only
Would you like to hear how aromatherapy could improve your wellbeing? This short workshop is aimed at anyone who would like to find out more about the history of essential...
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Friday 4 March 2022 at 10am-11:30am
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Online only
Coming SoonThis workshop aims to provide information and awareness of ways of living well with arthritis. In this session you will gain:- An understanding of what arthritis is in all its...
Brought to you by Bounce Dancefit, this combat, cardio & conditioning class will have you getting into shape in style. This easy to follow session will have you toning muscles,...
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Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 11am-11:45am
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Online only
Do you want to try a new, fun and different type of activity to help with your fitness? Boogie Bounce uses High Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T) techniques to maximise the...
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Wednesday 3 November 2021 at 10.00am-11.00am
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Online only
Join us in this workshop, hosted by our partners Live Well Wakefield, to look at how having low self-worth may make us feel, wats to help us change the way...
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Monday 14 February 2022 at 11am-12:30pm
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Online only
Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art disguised as dance and performed to musical instruments and traditional Brazilian songs. It is composed of specific offensive and defensive movements and, unlike in...
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Monday 1 November 2021 at 5:30pm-6:45pm
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Online only
Carers Wakefield & District are proud to announce that they are now able to offer the ‘Caring For Me and You’ self-management course for carers and are delivering this through...
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Tuesday 26 April 2022 at 9:45am-12:15pm
Monday 5 September 2022 at 10am-12:30pm
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St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT
Wakefield Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield, WF1 2HQ
Come along and have fun with flowers and floral art design, even if you’re a beginner! With our experienced and qualified florist, you can learn how to make a festive...
This workshop, facilitated by Live Well Wakefield, will help you to: Identify what relaxation is and the benefits Identify what we could do to relax Have a go at a...
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Monday 7 March 2022 at 11am-12:30pm
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Online only
This workshop, facilitated by Live Well Wakefield, will help you to: Meet and share with others who live with chronic pain Look at additional tools/techniques for managing persistent pain problems...
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Friday 21 January 2022 at 11am-12pm
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Online only
Coming SoonOver the course of 8 weeks we will take you from total running beginner through to completing a 5km Parkrun event. We will follow the NHS Couch to 5K scheme...
Have you ever wanted to write an article for a magazine, a short story, a poem or even a book? Why didn’t you? If the reason was that you lacked...
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Thursday 3 March 2022 at 1:30pm-3.30pm
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Online only
Calling all creative writers… This group is to share your writing; be that short stories, prose, or poems to build confidence and gain valuable feedback from tutor and peers. You...
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Tuesday 11 January 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Online only
This informal dyslexia awareness session, offered in partnership with Managing Dyslexia, aims to provide attendees with a better awareness of what dyslexia means, help them to recognise the signs and...
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Thursday 10 March 2022 at 10:30am-12:30pm
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Online only
Self-care is important to maintain a healthy relationship with yourself so that you can transmit the good feelings to others. Feelings of wellbeing are fundamental to the overall health of an individual, enabling them to successfully overcome...
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Thursday 3 March 2022 at 2pm-4pm
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Online only
Our ability to stay mentally well during those difficult times is what we call ‘resilience’. Resilience however, is not simply a person’s ability to ‘bounce back’, it also includes our...
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Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 10am-12pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
This workshop, facilitated by Live Well Wakefield, includes: Identifying how stress could affect you Raising awareness of things you can do to reduce your stress Learning a few stress busting...
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Thursday 10 February 2022 at 11am-12:30pm
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Online only
Coming SoonHave you ever wondered how you would actually use a fire extinguisher if you needed to? Perhaps you’re not certain how you might safely find your way out of your...
Life can feel pretty relentless at times. There are always things to do, responsibilities to oversee and people to please. At times we can go to bed cross with ourselves...
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Wednesday 2 March 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Online only
This introductory course will provide an overview of fibromyalgia, what it is and how it effects people in different ways. Throughout this course we will explore the different areas of...
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Monday 14 March 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT
If you enjoy gardening, want to learn to grow your own food and would like to meet other who share the same interests then Grow Wakefield’s Edible Gardening clubs may...
If you enjoy gardening, want to improve your physical and mental health, and would like to learn to grow your own food why not come along to our Edible Gardening...
This introductory workshop could be for you if you are interested in understanding ways of improving your sleep. During the workshop we will be talking about: Stages of sleep How...
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Monday 7 February 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Online only
Coming SoonThis workshop, facilitated by local Dementia Friends Champions, will support people to understand the environmental challenges that can be experienced by someone living with dementia and how making simple changes...
Sometimes just listening and learning helps when you have a diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This non-medical course is facilitated by 2 people with over 40 years lived experience...
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Monday 28 February 2022 at 12.30pm-3.00pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
The course, offered in conjunction with Spirit in Mind, aims to provide participants with the opportunity to explore, experience and develop 7 spiritual tools (meditation, visualisation, appreciation, listening, play, creativity,...
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Thursday 27 January 2022 at 2pm-4pm
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Online only
Join us for this three-session course to better understand and develop skills for managing anxiety. This involves learning mindfulness techniques, breathing exercises, grounding exercises, information about CBT techniques, and general...
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Tuesday 25 January 2022 at 1pm-2pm
Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 1pm-2pm
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Online only
Have you got an exercise bike sat at home collecting dust? Then give it a clean and get on board with our spinning class! (We can now provide an exercise...
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Tuesday 19 October 2021 at 6.30pm-7.30pm
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Online only
Do you want to gain an understanding of anxiety? Then this workshop, delivered in partnership with Spirit in Mind by Pastoral and Spiritual Care’s Nirmala, may be for you. It...
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Thursday 17 February 2022 at 2pm-4pm
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Online only
Coming SoonThis short course will teach basic skills in working with clay, coiling skills and also simple decoration skills. Equipment will be provided, however students need to be aware they will...
Join us in this workshop to discover what the term ‘burnout’ means. You will explore different factors relating to burnout and the signs and symptoms that are commonly associated with...
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Friday 11 February 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Online only
Join artist Saima Kaur to share stories of kindness that you have received or given – small acts that have brought you joy and made life a little easier. With...
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Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 11am-1pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
The Yorkshire Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt Project has been founded by two people bereaved to suicide, with the aim of supporting others bereaved by suicide across the region...
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Monday 28 February 2022 at 10am-12pm
Monday 6 June 2022 at 1pm-3pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT
Would you know what signs to look for if you thought someone may be having a stroke? Have you suffered a stroke yourself, or care for someone who has? Would...
Date & times
Wednesday 16 February 2022 at 10am-12pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
Delivered by The Youth Mental Health Foundation (a non-profit CIC registered in England), The Horizon Plan is an online course that focuses on guiding the parents of young people who...
“Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” Seventeenth century English dramatist William Congreve. Music Therapy is a tried and tested method...
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Thursday 9 December 2021 at 2pm-3pm (if we've got a great discussion happening though, we can finish a little later than 3pm)
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Online only
Fully BookedLive the life you want to live. Join these female-led, supportive and empowering wellness sessions for women, in which meaningful wellbeing activities for self development and healing can be learned,...
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Friday 11 March 2022 at 10:30am-12:30pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
Coming SoonThis two hour workshop, brought to you by our partner Battle Scars, aims to provide students with a better understanding of self-harm, as well as tools and ideas on how...
During this two hour workshop, brought to you by our partner Battle Scars, students and tutors will have an open discussion around eating disorders, aiming to increase awareness of the...
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Thursday 17 February 2022 at 12:30pm-2:30pm
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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
This online course aims to engage people in nature and their local environment, allowing people a distraction from the Covid-19 crisis situation and isolation. It aims to teach people new...
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Monday 25 October 2021 at 11am-12:30pm
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Online only
Do you want to exercise or find a physical activity that doesn’t look as exhausting as some others? Why not give yoga a go? Yoga is an ancient form of...
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Friday 5 November 2021 at 10am-11am
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Online only