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...

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Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD

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...

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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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...

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...

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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Vibe Fitness, 26 Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 2BT

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...

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West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG

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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St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT

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...

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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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...

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Thornes Park Stadium, Horbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 8TY

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...

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St. Giles’ Centre, St. Giles' Church, Market Place, Pontefract, WF8 1AT

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...

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Vibe Fitness, 26 Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 2BT

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...

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Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD

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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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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...

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Caduceus House, Caduceus House, 59 Upper Warrengate, Wakefield WF1 4JZ

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...

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...

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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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...

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West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG

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...

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?...

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Vibe Fitness, 26 Wakefield Road, Normanton, WF6 2BT

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...

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...

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West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG

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...

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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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...

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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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,...

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...

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...

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Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD

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...

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Caduceus House, Caduceus House, 59 Upper Warrengate, Wakefield WF1 4JZ

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...

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Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD

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...

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Quaker Meeting House, Thornhill St, Wakefield, WF1 1NQ

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...

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Featherstone Community Centre, Featherstone Community Centre, Victoria Street, Featherstone, WF7 5BB

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...

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Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, WF8 1BD

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...

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5 Towns Veterans Support Hub, The Veterans Centre 32A Ackworth Road (Purston Park) Featherstone WF7 5LU

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...

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Fieldhead Campus, Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

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...

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West Yorkshire History Centre, 127 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG