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A week in the life of…Emily
Hello! I am Emily one of the Recovery College Coordinators. No two days are the same in the life of a co-ordinator! Between Rachel and me we manage the co-ordinating...
Emily
March 4, 2024
My couch to 5k journey – Taking care of myself
Personal circumstances have meant that I have had to make the decision to bring my Couch to 5K journey to a premature end. Normally I would give myself a really...
Emily
February 23, 2024
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A week in the life of…Lindsey
A week in the life of the Recovery College Principal can vary hugely! I’m sometimes sat behind a desk all week, sometimes I’m out and about meeting new partners or...
Lindsey
February 9, 2024
My couch to 5k journey – Week 3 Opening my eyes.
This week has been busy to say the least. I have been desperately playing catchup on emails, washing, messages to friends, the list goes on…Sometimes it has felt like the...
Emily
January 26, 2024
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My Couch to 5k journey – Week 2 Perseverance
Last week life threw me a curve ball which pressed pause prematurely on the couch to 5k journey. I am the kind of person who has a go at most...
Emily
January 19, 2024
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A week in the life of…Lauren, a student mum
Hi, my name’s Lauren. I am a mature student doing my undergraduate degree at university as well as being a mum of 2 children. When I was at high school...
Lauren
January 12, 2024
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My Couch to 5k Journey – Week 1 Getting dressed
I often watch my husband, donned in his fetching Lycra, in all manner of weather and time of day leave the house for a run and wondered…why? Raising our 2...
Emily
January 4, 2024
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A week in the life of…Tina
The peer support worker role is relatively new to the Recovery College. I’m Tina Dransfield, and am one of three peer support workers working part-time between the Recovery College and...
Tina
December 8, 2023
It’s launch day!
We’ve been working so hard behind the scenes over the last few weeks with our communications team and our web designers to bring you this fantastic new website filled with...
Wakefield Recovery and Wellbeing College
August 3, 2020
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