Weekly Update

Welcome to the Weekly Update. Winter can be a difficult time of year for many of us with the dark nights and cold weather. It is understandable to feel disconnected, lonely and lack energy.  Sometimes we need to act differently to how we may feel and push ourselves to doing the things we know are good for us, to use our wellbeing tools, connect with our friends, family and others. Whatever your feeling, you will always receive a warm welcome at the College where it always feels like summer.

New courses in Kirklees are out now for 2025! Don’t dally and do get yourself booked onto them! Courses for Calderdale, and online, are being added all the time too! So watch this space and click onto our course timetable for more information!

Feeling in need of inspiration? You can read our learner stories here of how attending a course has helped them:

Learner stories: Blogs

Please remember that we are always after suitable articles, so if you have something you’d like to contribute get in touch with us at: Ckrecovery.wellbeing@swyt.nhs.uk

Help us to help you!

We always do our best to manage numbers on courses. We are becoming more popular with many of our courses having waiting lists! Please make sure you attend the courses and sessions you have booked onto wherever possible. Please get in touch as soon as you can if you can’t, we understand life can gets in the way. It allows us to offer the place to someone else who would benefit from the course.

See here for our attendance policy

 

Recovery & Wellbeing College courses

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

Click to book – View all courses – Calderdale and Kirklees Recovery College (calderdalekirkleesrc.nhs.uk)

Courses coming up soon with places still available:

 

Body Image

Online – Microsoft Teams

Monday 25 November 2024 12.30pm – 3pm 1 week – still plenty of places available, book now

Lets talk about body image! This friendly workshop will give you the opportunity to learn about what body image is and give you some tips on how to have a better relationship with your body image. We will talk about body positivity and focus on the acceptance of all bodies, regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities. During the session we will look at ways:

• to promote a positive body image
• explore how history and background impact beauty standards
• you can look at yourself as a complete person and not just what looks back at you in the mirror

and most importantly, work towards accepting the body you are in!

Delivered by our partners at Wakefield Recovery College

Body Image

Self Esteem and Resilience

Media Centre, Huddersfield, 7 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1RL

Tuesday 26 November 2024 1pm – 3pm 2 weeks – still places available, book now

Delivered by the ever lovely, Karl at the Waythrough, this two week course will help you discover how to improve feelings of self worth and to build self esteem.  Together we will look at practical ways to maintain and increase our resilience against the stressors and strains of daily life and learn how to weather those storms!

Please be aware that due to Waythrough’s funding, priority will be given to learners living in Kirklees. 

Self Esteem and Resilience

For Those That Give Too Much

Brian Jackson House, Huddersfield, New North Parade, Huddersfield, HD1 5JP

Wednesday 4 December 2024 10am – 1pm 1 week –  places available, book now

Are you a giving person? Do you find yourself pouring from an empty cup? Do you sometimes feel resentful of how much you give to others?

In this one-off workshop, delivered by one of our fabulous Peer Workers, Karen we will explore what it means to give and what is considered “too much”.  Together, we will discuss the reasons why we give so much, explore the science behind why it feels so rewarding and learn how to be more aware of the cost to ourselves and our health.

This brand-new session will help us become more aware of how much we give, learn how to set limits and be more effective ‘givers’ enabling us to enhance our own sense of wellbeing.

For Those That Give Too Much

Managing OCD

Online

Tuesday 10 December 2024 12.30pm – 2.30pm 1 week

This learning seminar will help you develop your knowledge and awareness of OCD, how OCD affects you and most importantly what you can do to manage it. The session will introduce proven, self-help techniques to teach you the skills to manage your own symptoms and become your own therapist. Delivered by our partners, Kirklees Talking Therapies service, this learning seminar will be facilitated by two friendly psychological wellbeing practitioners.

Managing OCD

Recovery & Wellbeing College – How to book your place

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 you can use your learner portal to express your interest.

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

If you are new to the College please enrol here.

 

Other Community Offers

 

Skills Connect Care with Confidence Courses, delivered by Octavia Learning

The Care with Confidence course is a two-day mentoring and coaching course for staff or volunteers in the health and social care/voluntary sectors who have buddying/supervising/managing responsibilities as part of their role.

Calderdale dates for this course:

Wednesday 20th November (10am-3pm both days)

To be eligible for this FREE training, you are required to be at least 19 years old, have a West Yorkshire residential address, have the Right to Work in the UK, and have not attended a Skills Connect funded course previously. You also need to be available for both dates.

Please see the sheets linked below for more information but if you have any questions, please contact Lucy Gray lucy@octavialearning.co.uk

Calderdale Care with Confidence flyer (PDF, 298 KB)

S2R Support to Recovery – promoting positive mental health

S2R website

Chess and Board Games Club at Mirfield Library

Mirfield Library, Eastthorpe Lodge, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield WF14 8AN

Free drop in session every Monday –  10:00 am – 12:30 pm .  Chess and board games of 2 players and more.

Tel: 01484 414868

mirfield.lic@kirklees.gov.uk

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Mirfield Library Bookworms – Every 2nd Wednesday of the month

Mirfield Library, Eastthorpe Lodge, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield WF14 8AN

Mirfield Library Bookworms are a book group that discusses a book supplied by Kirklees Libraries and often requested by members of the group on a monthly basis

Tel: 01484 414868

mirfield.lic@kirklees.gov.uk

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Creative writing and book clubs – Kirklees Libraries – various locations, days, dates, times

Browse full list activities, locations and dates here

Book folding at Birstall Library: fortnightly on a Thursday, 13:30 – 15:00

Spoken Word Group at Mirfield Library: members meet at Mirfield Library on the last Wednesday of every month from 14:00 – 15:00

Coffee and Words at Holmfirth Library

Every Monday 1.30 – 3pm Holmfirth Library, 37 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth HD9 3JH

Tel: 01484 414868

holmfirth.lic@kirklees.gov.uk

Coffee and Words is a group where residents from different walks of life meet to converse over a brew and biscuits at Holmfirth Library.

You can browse a full list of Kirklees Libraries events at this link Kirklees Libraries

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.

Good Food For All Kirklees- Interactive Map

Good Food For All Kirklees admin team have developed an interactive map with over 40 community food projects listed. So if you’re looking for local free or low-cost food please head over to  https://goodfoodforallkirklees.org.uk/food-projects-map/

Good Food For All Kirklees is a network of community groups, organisations, charities and individuals across the Kirklees district involved in helping meet the needs of our communities through projects and schemes that support access to sharing, cooking and growing good food. If you run a local project that shares food, runs cooking sessions and/or offer community-growing opportunities they would love you to join their network, or contact them.

 

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

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Calderdale and Kirklees Recovery and Wellbeing College

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28 Oxford Road
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