header image

Terms and conditions

We hope you have a good experience when you attend a course with us.

We provide mental health training and wellbeing courses for adults (18+) who live, work, or study in Leeds, UK.

We do not offer any clinical services or individual support and are unable to respond to queries about individual situations or give medical advice.

While our courses are designed to support wellbeing and personal recovery from mental health challenges, it is important to recognise that attending our courses or events during times of crisis, when facing significant mental health challenges or if you have recently experienced trauma, may not be appropriate at this time. In such situations, prioritising idividual support and care is essential.

We encourage individuals to seek the nececessary resources and assistance to effectively navigate the difficulties they are experiencing before participating in our courses.

Leeds Recovery College provides wellbeing and mental health training. This may complement or stand-alone from other support systems you may access.

Our training program is collaboratively designed and delivered by individuals who have experienced or are currently living with mental health challenges, alongside health professionals, wellbeing trainers, and subject matter experts. We aim to incorporate both 'lived' and 'learned' experiences, providing a diverse range of perspectives. Our facilitators will share their personal experiences of mental ill health as a part of our training approach.

We utilise a variety of interactive activities and exercises to foster a sense of connection in our workshops. Participants are encouraged to engage at their comfort level, with the option to 'pass' on activities if they feel uneasy.

When attending a course, you are not required to disclose any personal or professional details, life history, or mental health challenges. We ask that you treat what others share in confidence and refrain from discussing personal information about fellow participants outside the session.

We respect the confidentiality of all individuals. However, there may be times when information is shared within a session which may suggest that your own or someone known to you is at risk of harm. If any disclosures are made which our facilitators feel that they may need to act upon, whenever possible, they will discuss this with you and will handle all disclosures with sensitivity and in line with our safeguarding policy.

Participants are expected to take responsibility for their own learning and to manage their health and support needs, or to have additional external support in place, outside of the Recovery College. The Recovery College is not a provider of any form of clinical services, or support and is unable to respond to queries about individual situations or give medical advice.

For courses that may cover emotionally triggering topics, facilitators will provide support during the sessions. However, participants are expected to have their own support systems in place to appropriately handle these topics.

Leeds Recovery College is a service provided by the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which is the primary provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. While managed by the trust, we operate independently from clinical services and do not hold any clinical or medical records or have access to these.

The Recovery College is equally accessible to individuals who have used mental health services with Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as well as those who have not.

At enrolment, you will be asked to read and adhere to our student charter and code of conduct.

Our student charter explains what you can expect from enrolling and attending a course with us, it also explains what we expect of you.

You can expect us to:

  • Treat you as a person, avoiding using the medical terms like service user or patient. We will provide you with information about our courses, course content and timetable to help you make your course choices.

  • Provide you with a positive learning environment which promotes our values of hope, education, personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and support.

  • Respect your personal beliefs, life choices, faith and cultural practices and traditions making it an environment free from stigma and discrimination.

  • Ask you for feedback on our experience of the college, your course and any impact on your health and wellbeing.

We expect all course participants to:

  • At enrolment, provide us with your contact details, an emergency contact and inform us of anything that may impact on your learning.

  • Cancel your course place if you can no longer attend a course or have changed your mind, so we can offer your course place to another person.

  • Respect the Recovery College code of conduct and our fitness to study policy.

  • Attend courses on time or if you are running late, if possible, to let the facilitators know.

  • Be respectful of the rights of others and abide by the group agreement that you will create at the start of each course.

  • Ask us if you are unsure about a course or need further explanation of any content that is delivered and importantly enjoy your learning experience with us.

Our code of conduct provides a set of guidelines to help everyone work together.

When attending a course, you do not have to disclose information about your personal or professional life, life history or mental health challenges. What is shared by others, we ask you to treat in confidence and not to discuss personal information about another student outside of the session.

We also ask you to:

  • Be polite and respect the rights, life choices, beliefs, and opinions of others.

  • Avoid the use of language, terminology or behave in any way that may offend others or be considered threatening or disruptive.

  • To have responsibility for your own learning journey and ensuring your own health and care needs are met.

  • To not use alcohol, un-prescribed medication or illegal substances whilst attending the Recovery College or attend a session where your behaviour is affected by these.