Face to Face Recovery College Courses (18+)

This workshop delivered by Red Cross, will explore tools and strategies to build resilience. You will learn to help yourself and others adapt and recover from challenges by identifying practical...
Date & times
Monday 10 July 2023 at 1pm - 2.30pm
Venues
Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD
View course Adapt and recover from adversity
Alcohol Awareness – want to know the effects of alcohol, the calorie content, the short- and long-term effects, not only on the person drinking but those around them and the...
Date & times
Wednesday 12 July 2023 at 13:00-14:30pm
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Alcohol Awareness
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...
View course An introduction to personality disorder
The course will allow learners to develop art and craft skills through exploring techniques to complete 2 mini projects: ‘Marvellous Monograms’ – Learners will create a no sew decorative textile...
View course Arts and crafts for wellbeing
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...
Date & times
Friday 9 June 2023 at 10am-10:45am
Venues
Vibe Fitness, 26 Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 2BT
View course Boogie Bounce
In this short workshop, hosted at the West Yorkshire History Centre, students will learn basic skills in non-adhesive bookbinding (learning how to sew a simple book structure) and gain an...
Date & times
Venues
West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG
View course Bookbinding
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...
Date & times
Thursday 22 June 2023 at 9.45am - 12.30pm
Venues
St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT
View course Caring for me & you
Join us in this 3 hour workshop to discover how to better connect with your senses. It will teach you how to spend less time caught up in your thoughts...
Date & times
Wednesday 21 June 2023 at 10am-1pm
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Connecting with the 5 senses
Over the course of 9 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...
Date & times
Friday 2 June 2023 at 11am - 12pm
Venues
Thornes Park Stadium, Horbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 8TY
View course Couch to 5K
This 6 week course is a beginners crafting group aimed to get you started using items found around your own home. Crafting can relieve stress and tension in our everyday...
Date & times
Tuesday 6 June 2023 at 10am-11:45am
Venues
St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT
View course Creative Crafting
Have you always hated the gym? Perhaps you’ve never found a kind of exercise or activity to keep you fit and healthy that you’ve actually enjoyed? Maybe you, like many...
Date & times
Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 11am-12pm
Wednesday 30 August 2023 at 11am-12pm
More dates available
Venues
Vibe Fitness, 26 Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 2BT
View course Creative fitness – trying something new for a better physical & mental wellbeing
This workshop is delivered by Red Cross and aims to build your confidence and willingness to help someone in an emergency by learning essential first aid skills, whilst using everyday...
Date & times
Monday 10 July 2023 at 10am-11:30am
Venues
Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD
View course Everyday First Aid (19+)
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...
Date & times
Thursday 8 June 2023 at 1pm-3pm
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Exploring resilience
Freedom From Fibromyalgia This introductory course, run in conjunction with Be True To You Recovery CIC, Keilly will provide an overview of fibromyalgia, what it is and how it effects...
Date & times
Monday 11 September 2023 at 1pm-3pm
Venues
Caduceus House, Caduceus House, 59 Upper Warrengate, Wakefield WF1 4JZ
View course Freedom from fibromyalgia
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...
View course Grow Wakefield Edible Gardening Clubs
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...
View course Grow Wakefield Fieldhead Gardening Club
Join in us in this 3-hour workshop to establish how to improve your moments by making a positive contribution to your mindset. You will learn to recognize how you feel...
Date & times
Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 10am-1pm
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Improving your mindset
In this short workshop, hosted at the West Yorkshire History Centre, we’ll take you on a patient’s journey from admission to discharge, looking through the exclusive archive collection at what...
Date & times
Venues
West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG
View course Learning more about the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
This is a 2 hour workshop to introduce the creative art of painting pebbles or rocks! As the name suggests, pebble painting is simply painting on pebbles or rocks. You...
View course Pebble painting
Have you ever wanted to try exercising with weights or try and build your confidence, strength and muscle tone, but don’t like the idea of going to a traditional gym?...
Date & times
Friday 1 September 2023 at 10am-11am
Venues
Vibe Fitness, 26 Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 2BT
View course Pump – strength & tone
With the New Year fast approaching, if you’re thinking about quitting smoking but just don’t know how, need a bit of support or want to find the best alternative for...
View course Quitting smoking
In this short workshop, held at the West Yorkshire History Centre, students will have the opportunity to discover some of the weird and wonderful recipes hidden in archives, what ingredients...
Date & times
Venues
West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG
View course Recipes across the years
This 5 week course will give you the chance to connect with your creative side. Scrapbooking is a pastime that has many benefits. It is fun to do and you...
Date & times
Thursday 8 June 2023 at 10am-12pm
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Scrapbooking for wellness
Life can be challenging and difficult for people. It can lead to not knowing how to soothe or take care of ourselves effectively. Often, people turn to unhelpful and destructive...
Date & times
Wednesday 14 June 2023 at 10am-1pm
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Self-care and self-soothe
The aim of the course is to provide you with the information and confidence for volunteering. By the end of the course you will have confirmed and developed your knowledge,...
View course Skills for volunteers
Stick weaving is a very simple form of weaving and is an age-old tradition traced back 100’s of years ago . It’s one of the oldest known crafts worldwide! In...
View course Stick weaving and braiding
Stroke Awareness 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...
Date & times
Wednesday 27 September 2023 at 10am-12pm
Venues
Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD
View course Stroke Awareness
We’re thrilled to bring you another exciting face to face workshop. Our summer, simple rag wreath workshop will guide you through the simple steps needed to make your very own...
Date & times
Thursday 20 July 2023 at 1pm-3pm
Venues
Caduceus House, Caduceus House, 59 Upper Warrengate, Wakefield WF1 4JZ
View course Summer rag wreaths
Feeling lonely and isolated can make life challenging, especially during a crisis. It can be difficult to know how to help. This workshop is delivered by Red Cross and aims...
Date & times
Tuesday 4 July 2023 at 1pm-2.30pm
Venues
Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD
View course Tackling loneliness (19+)
Self-harm is something that makes many feel uncomfortable, yet it is more common than you think. This workshop aims to explore self-harm and risky behaviours, we will consider: Cause and effect...
Date & times
Thursday 13 July 2023 at 1pm-4pm
Venues
Quaker Meeting House, Thornhill St, Wakefield, WF1 1NQ
View course The inner scream: Understanding self-harm
Did you know… More than 3 out of 4 women experience menopause symptoms at some time. 1 in 4 experience serious symptoms. 2 in 5 women said their menopause symptoms...
Date & times
Friday 30 June 2023 at 11am-12:30pm
Venues
Featherstone Community Centre, Featherstone Community Centre, Victoria Street, Featherstone, WF7 5BB
View course The M Word; Menopause awareness
This introductory workshop could be for you if you are interested in developing an awareness of what the experience of hearing voices may mean to you or someone you care...
Date & times
Friday 30 June 2023 at 1pm-3pm
Venues
Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD
View course Understanding hearing voices
This course was developed by Help for Hero’s and was co-designed by Veterans for Veterans. It aims to provide you with the opportunity to gain clarity about your direction in...
Date & times
Monday 9 October 2023 at 10am-2pm
Venues
5 Towns Veterans Support Hub, The Veterans Centre 32A Ackworth Road (Purston Park) Featherstone WF7 5LU
View course Veterans moving forwards: Building a brighter future
Wellbeing in the woods is a therapeutic forest school in a woodland area at the rear of Fieldhead Hospital and will be run one day a week over a 6...
Date & times
Venues
Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP
View course Wellbeing in the woods
Have you ever wondered if you were descended from a knight? or if your family name bears a coat of arms? Archive research can help you find out more about...
Date & times
Venues
West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG
View course What the heck are archives?