Welcome to Keeping Connected and the weekly update. As one academic year draws to an end we are already gearing up for the start of a new one! We are so excited about next term with brand new courses such as the Wellness Planning Course (A Plan for Living Well) which we are rolling out in both Calderdale and Kirklees.

We would love you to become more involved in helping us grow our college and reach more people – to become our Ambassadors! You can find out more here.

We have a bright future as we continue to help people find the wellness tools and hope to live find meaning in life again.

So in the words of one of our learners Nikki

“.. have a look at the courses on offer, be brave, and enrol. You may just find something that works for you too!”

You can read Nikki’s article here:

Keeping Connected Aug 2024

 

Do read on to see our Community Offers further down the page for a selection both in Calderdale and Kirklees – there’s plenty to do during the summer.

 

Recovery & Wellbeing College courses

(New courses added):-

Click the icon below for details of all our upcoming courses:

With so many options, it might be hard to choose, so here are some tips for booking courses in the Autumn term:-

• We recommend that you book no more than 3 at once, then when you have completed one course, then book on another so you always have one or two courses to look forward to, without feeling overwhelmed
• Check that you are available for all the sessions and make sure your chosen courses don’t clash
• If you need to cancel a course you have booked on, please give us as much notice as possible so we can offer your place to someone else
• Use our learner portal or write in your learner welcome pack to remind yourself of the dates of any upcoming courses
• Contact us if you have any questions or concerns about attending

 

Coming up soon… BOOK NOW, don’t miss out!

 

What’s On?

(please note change of date)

Mirfield Community Centre, Water Royd Lane, Mirfield, WF14 9SG

Monday 29 July 2024 2pm – 4pm 1 week

Join us for this one-off workshop where we will discover more about other services, activities and groups beyond the Recovery & Wellbeing College, to help us reach our full potential and live well in our own communities.  Whether it’s the arts, leisure, recreation, physical activity, sport, education or volunteering opportunities or just something to keep the children entertained during the holidays, we will learn about organisations and services which relate to all of these topics – AND MORE.  This workshop produced in partnership with Community Plus and the Recovery & Wellbeing College will also help us consider some of the barriers we may face in accessing these and how to overcome them, with the aim of increasing of sense of wellbeing and enabling us to live fuller, more meaningful lives.

Please note that this course is open to residents of Kirklees only.

What’s On

 

Window Walk-Mount Tabor, Halifax

Mount Tabor, Halifax, Mount Tabor Methodist Church, Mount Tabor Road, HX2 0UP

Thursday 1st August 11.30am-2.00pm (1 week)

Come and join us for a wellbeing walk around Mount Tabor led by Jess from Creative Minds. The local community are decorating their windows and gardens for the summer. We will be doing a gentle walk that gives a lovely tour of the area, you will have the chance to see some fabulous window and garden displays.

Window Walk-Mount Tabor, Halifax

 

Financial Wellbeing Workshop

Mirfield Community Centre, Water Royd Lane, Mirfield, WF14 9SG

Wednesday 14th August 2.00-4.00pm (1 week)

This workshop is FREE of charge and delivered by a trained financial expert from HSBC especially for you, our leaners! It will include how to budget and get the most out of your money as well as lots of helpful tips and hacks to make you money work harder and go further. It will also include some advice on how you can keep safe from fraud and scams.

Financial Wellbeing Workshop – Mirfield

 

Window Decorations-Workshop

The Outback Community Garden, Halifax, Lightowler Road, HX1 5NB

Thursday 15th August 11.30am-2.00pm (1 week)

Have you ever wanted to have a go at making your own window display? This is your opportunity to give it a go and create something that you can take home to help to brighten up your community. In this fun and crafty session, led by Jess from Creative Minds, you will learn how to make your own window display using paper craft techniques.

Window Decorations-Workshop – Halifax Outback Garden

An Introduction to the Recovery & Wellbeing College

Online – Monday 2 September 2024 6pm – 7pm 1 week

Holmfirth Tech – Thursday 5 September 2024 1pm – 2.30pm 1 week

Come and join us and learn about the Recovery & Wellbeing College and the courses we offer, designed to improve your health and wellbeing.  Our courses are free and open to anyone aged 18 plus and are designed and delivered by people with a lived experience of a mental or physical health issue supported by professionals. Feel free to ask our friendly facilitators questions and learn how to enrol and access our courses, whether for yourself, a friend, family member or someone you support.

There is no need to enrol for this workshop but places are limited so please call or email us to book your place, whether attending the online or face to face session.

Telephone: 07717867911    email: Ckrecovery.wellbeing@swyt.nhs.uk

An Introduction to the Recovery  & Wellbeing College

A Plan for Living Well (Information session)

Tuesday 3rd September 1.00-2.30pm

Mirfield Community Centre, Water Royd Lane, Mirfield, WF14 9SG

Monday 16th September 1.00-2.30pm

Unmasked Mental Health, Halifax, 20-26 Commercial Street Halifax Town Centre Halifax HX1 1TA

Join us for this information session and discover more about A Plan for Living Well  A potentially life changing course that will help us to create our own wellness plan and get back into the driving seat of our lives!  Come and meet our friendly facilitators and hear how developing their own wellness plan has helped them to improve and maintain their wellbeing, build their resilience and connect with others

Please be aware that the full course will take place over 10 weeks, consistently at the same location and time, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, starting two weeks after the information sessions.

A Plan for Living Well (Information session)

Mindful Doodles

Online – Wednesday 4 September 2024 10am – 12pm  6 weeks

Taking some time out to focus on a mindful and creative activity can really help enhance our sense of wellbeing. So come and join us for this six-week online course. We will learn simple, mindful drawing techniques including Neurographica, Mark Making and Repetitive Patterns. No previous drawing experience is required for this relaxing course, which will be facilitated by our Creative Practitioner, Sara Rose.

Please note, if you have not done a similar online Doodle course before, a resource pack will be posted out to you, with all the equipment you will need to complete this course. Otherwise, a list of resources needed will be sent to you in advance of the course.

Mindful Doodles

If you are already enrolled with the college, please email us to request a place on your chosen course(s) at:  ckrecovery.wellbeing@swyt.nhs.uk 

or call us on: 07717 867911 or use your learner portal

Please wait for confirmation that you are booked onto a course before attending

If you are new to the College please enrol here.

Never get lost again!

You may want to consider downloading the what3words app, it’s easy to find, share and save precise locations.

We use this app for all of our venues and in our course information to help you get to the right place with as little stress as possible!

For more info: Download the free what3words app | what3words

 

 

Other Community Offers:

CGL Kirklees Family Fun Day

Wednesday 31^st July 11am-4pm

 Ravensknowle Park, 401 Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, HD5 8DB

Free event open to all including children and families.

Find out about other helpful organisations

Food stalls and lots of fun activities available

And look out for the Recovery College stall! As we will be there!

 

Yoga in the Park – from 10am every Saturday until end of September

One of our Peer Project Workers, Laura Merriman, is running a Pay as You Feel Yoga Class in Greenhead Park, every Saturday at 10.00am in July, August and September. No need to book, just turn up by the bandstand, with a mat!  (mats and chairs will be available if needed). If you want more details or to sign up for reminders click below

Yoga in the Park – Booking by Bookwhen

 

 

Creative Minds- Film Festival

Time and date: Friday 26th July  6.15pm-10pm
Venue: Crossley Gallery, D Mill Reception, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax HX3 5AX
Tickets booking: Up North, Down South (July Edition) – presented by Creative Minds Tickets, Fri 26 Jul 2024 at 18:15 | Eventbrite

Creative Minds presents ‘Up North’ a triple bill film screening with The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF)
Free tickets available (on a first come first served basis) for people who use Southwest Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust services/carers/the unemployed/Halifax residents.
The screening features 2 short films created locally:
Lavender’ (UK, 27 mins) – an emotional drama that delves into the memories of a person living with dementia, built around an interpretation of some of the difficulties they may face (directed by Andrew Ball-Shaw).

‘Taxi’ (UK, 24 mins) is a gentle, funny and touching insight into the lives of a group of people we often take for granted (directed by Geoff Brokate for Verd de gris Arts).
Headline feature film: Absolutely Marvellous ((Director: Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe, UK, 84 mins)
a fly-on-the-wall boxing documentary which centres around a visually impaired mother and her day-to-day life.

Follow BU Film Fest CIC on Instagram: @bufilmfest, on Twitter/X: @bufilmfestival, on Facebook: @buffconnects

Enquiries: Alex (Creative Minds) 07827-232698

Creative Minds are also running a wide range of other programmes- please browse their programme at the link below

CM Newsletter Calderdale Kirklees June 2024 (PDF, 2 MB)

Square Chapel Halifax – Reviving Her – 25-28 July

A powerful new dance-theatre show about young, Northern female empowerment and identity.

Stumbling upon a cavernous space, we meet 6 women.

Disoriented and confused, they try to make sense of the space they’ve found themselves in. Something is different. What was familiar now feels strange. Left in their solitude, they embark on a reflective and intimate journey, visiting their past, present and future selves.

Visit link below for more details and to book tickets

https://squarechapel.co.uk/shows/reviving-her/

Happy Valley Pride’s Big Day Out

Hebden Bridge – Saturday July 27th – 11 am to 6 pm

Happy Valley Pride are holding their FREE Big Day Out in Calder Holmes Park in Hebden Bridge.

Learn more about the line-up on their website below.

https://happyvalleypride.co.uk/whats-on/104/the-big-day-out

Happy Valley Pride runs till Sunday 28th- see  full listing of events at https://www.happyvalleypride.co.uk/whats-on

Yorkshire Gala Day in Beaumont Park

Sunday 28 July 2024 – 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Beaumont Park, Beaumont Park Road, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield

Lots going on, fun for all the family.

With West Yorkshire Brass on the Bandstand, Dog Show, Belly Dancers, Fun Fair, Craft Stalls, Birds of Prey. Burgers and Hot Dogs, Samosas, Homemade Cakes, Hot/Cold Drinks.

The Visitors Centre is also open 12-4 for a large selection of refreshments.

Come along and help support beautiful Beaumont Park.

Friends of Beaumont Park | Huddersfield | Facebook

Celebrate Yorkshire Day at the Mining Museum

Thursday 1 August 2024 – 10:00am

National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH

Come celebrate Yorkshire Day in t’proper Yorkshire way – with activities on site all day, including:

Performances from the incredible Grange Moor Brass Band – A village brass band founded in 1854 with a proud heritage, based in West Yorkshire. Members from both the youth training band and the main band, will be playing at the Pit Yard Marquee at 1.30pm and 3pm.

Whippet Walks – all dogs welcome! There will two whippet walks around site:
12pm–1pm – Whippet Walk – around our Nature Trail
2.15pm–3pm – Accessible Whippet Walk around site

Learn about the work of Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, by visiting their pawsome stall.

Kirklees Libraries

Poetry Group at Cleckheaton Library

Every Tuesday – 2pm -3 pm

A free drop in session where we share and discuss poetry. Each week we explore a different theme.

Cleckheaton Library, Whitcliffe Road, Cleckheaton BD19 3DX

01484 414868

Visit Kirklees Libraries Facebook page here

Creative Writing Group at Cleckheaton Library

Every Monday 6pm – 7pm

Come along and practise the art of writing whether you’re a beginner, have previous experience or looking to to hone you’re writing technique.

Cleckheaton Library, Whitcliffe Road, Cleckheaton BD19 3DX

01484 414868

Visit Kirklees Libraries Facebook page here

 

For a full listing of events in Kirklees Libraries that is regularly updated visit https://www.creativekirklees.com/en-UK/topic/6508306e3ffd1405abad699c?mode=event&count=9 

Cost of Living Information:

Click the link below to find links to websites and workbooks that can provide help and advice with money, debt and the cost of living.

 

Cost of Living Information – Calderdale and Kirklees

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We hope you have a great weekend

The Recovery & Wellbeing College Team

ckrecovery.wellbeing@swyt.nhs.uk

 07717 867911

PLEASE NOTE:  Our correspondence address is:

Calderdale and Kirklees Recovery and Wellbeing College

Ravensleigh Resource Unit
28 Oxford Road
Dewsbury
WF13 4LL

Please do not send any mail or correspondence to our old Pathways address or Mirfield Community Centre