At Leeds Recovery College we believe that good mental health is important to everyone and that we can all play a part in improving our own mental health and that of others.
If you have any questions about how to enrol on a course and when the courses will take place you can download our course timetable. We also have an online enrolment form which you can complete by downloading the form, filling out the fields, saving the form and attaching it to an email to send back to us at leedsrecoverycollege.lypft@nhs.net.
Who we are and what we do
We offer a range of training courses that focus on developing the knowledge and strength to overcome life’s challenges and live mentally and physically well. Like any other college, we have a prospectus of courses that you can sign up to. What makes us difference is that people with lived experience of mental health challenges have helped to design and deliver these courses in partnership with health professionals, education providers and trainers.
We encourage people who with experience of mental health challenges and recovery to work with professionals from mental health care, education and community organisations to co-design and co-deliver the courses we run.
By working together we get the best of both worlds, the breadth of professional expertise and the depth of understanding. This means our courses are packed full of useful and relevant information which we hope will help you learn more about mental health and find ways to live better.
Watch former teacher and now WRAP Course Facilitator Julie Booth, talking about her own experiences of attending Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP), and now as a course facilitator with the Recovery College, how she is passing on what she has learned to others.
It doesn’t matter if you have a diagnosis or not, our courses are open to all adults who live, work or study in Leeds and who would like to improve their mental health or personal understanding of mental health problems.
We deliver our courses across the city, making the most of community hubs and local centres. Our venues include Lovel Park, Stocks Hill and Vale Circles Hubs.
Courses run from September to March and April to July. You can view the course timetable online.
As part of the enrolment process students will be invited to complete an equality monitoring form and a Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR). This is normally done in the Introduction to Recovery College workshop, however if a student cannot attend an introduction session they will be asked to complete the form and questionnaire in the first session of the course they are attending.
Students may also be asked to complete a QPR at the end of some particular courses.
Wellness Recovery Action Planning or WRAP is a structured course that will help you to consider what is important for your health and your wellbeing and develop practical strategies for regaining and sustaining your wellness.
It was developed in 1997 by a group of people in the USA, particularly Mary Ellen Copeland who had personal experience of mental health, to help manage some of the mental health experiences that the group shared. WRAP is now used worldwide by people who are dealing with all kinds of health and life challenges.
To find out more about WRAP and how it can help you, watch this short video.
WRAP does not necessarily replace other treatments, however it is evidence based and has greatly improved the recovery and long term health of many people.
Courses on WRAP are regularly run by the Leeds Recovery College. These courses encourage focussing on individual strengths instead of perceived faults or failures and benefit people with all different health needs.
We also encourage people who have developed their own plans to share their learning by co-facilitating and supporting future WRAP courses.
