Welcome to New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College. Our courses are free for anyone 18+ who live in Hertfordshire.
At the College, we believe recovery is a personal journey — one built on hope, opportunity, and empowerment. Our courses are designed to help you strengthen your skills, expand your knowledge, and gain the tools to self-manage and take control of your wellbeing.
Watch our short video to learn more about the personal recovery pathway and how our courses can support you every step of the way.
Selecting courses is now easier than ever. We’ve introduced a simple, three-step course pathway, shaped directly by student feedback. To help you choose a course, we've grouped them into three types:
In our timetables, you will now see these F, U and S, symbols next to each course. These symbolise whether the course has been categorised as a Foundation Course, Understanding Course or Skills Building Course.
Foundation Courses are designed as introductions to key wellbeing and recovery focused topics. They’re ideal for people who are new to the college or just beginning their recovery journey. These sessions provide a gentle overview of each subject, helping students to build confidence, explore new ideas, and discover how personal recovery can support them.?
Understanding Courses explore topics in greater depth, helping students gain knowledge and insight into different areas of mental health and wellbeing. These sessions encourage reflection, discussion, and personal growth, offering the opportunity to deepen understanding and connect learning to everyday experiences..?
Skills Building Courses are practical and interactive sessions that focus on developing specific tools and strategies to support day-to-day mental wellbeing. The skills learned in these sessions can be applied in the real world to reduce stress, increase self-awareness, and build resilience when facing life’s challenges, further supporting recovery and personal growth.
Please click on the 'Book Now' button next to each course to book or find out more.
A prescription for happiness.
Really useful and helpful; great tutors with a good knowledge of the subject who included us all in discussion.
Meeting others on the course reduced the isolation I was feeling. These courses helped me regain control over my life and have enabled me to change my own outlook and situation. Since joining the college, I’ve rediscovered my identity, improved my sleep, gained the confidence to return to work, taken on new personal challenges, explored boundaries, overcome relationship barriers and regained my sense of purpose. I’m grateful for the caring tutors as well as the other students who are now friends
The facilitators were welcoming and Kind. I liked the use of life experience and that the experts were willing to share their knowledge. They allowed us to contribute and interact in the course as much or as little as we wanted.
The manner in which the tutors presented the course was very knowledgeable, engaging, and friendly. The slides they referred to were well written and user friendly. The topic itself was amazing, especially the bit explaining how stress and anxiety relates to pain in the biochemical sense
The tutor and expert by experience were both fabulous and had great personal experience. It was lovely to be able to see the other participant’s faces. I enjoyed working in the same group for the 3 break out rooms as we got to know each other a little and see each other’s progression throughout the course
The breakout groups were great. it was a lovely supportive group that were very friendly. Listening to a person who has been through and others that are currently going through aspects where they hope to have a dream. The ideas and links to thinks that could help you.
I used to be afraid to tell employers about my challenges, but their employment seminar gave me the encouragement I needed. Whilst working for the college, I have received amazing support. Sharing about my needs has completely transformed the way I experience things and I no longer feel ashamed about my challenges. Thank You for great support and an inspiring seminar; highly recommended
I never realised just how much I was missing by not living in the moment. This has inspired me to join the full mindfulness course.
Great courses. Tutors and class supports all excellent. Really helping me in my recovery.
I highly recommend all of these courses and have found them so helpful during my recovery. I have also met some fantastic people!
Really opened my eyes to what I need to do to improve my wellbeing; facilitators very knowledgeable. A light bulb moment was when the Tutor said "Depression doesn't define who you are'
I have been a student of New Leaf Wellbeing College since last June. After applying to become a volunteer I also decided to join The Student Development Programme. Over six-sessions which I am currently partaking in, I have really enjoyed learning from other students in our small group. We each set learning goals before the workshops in an Individual Learning Plan (ILP). This gives us a focus to work towards.
I find all the courses I have attended to be very informative
I liked structure of the course, the tutors and the personal story
I am not known for my sense of direction, both in the literal sense and my life path. Having become a student I can now see a way out of the metaphorical paper bag. The college has opened my eyes to many new paths
The tutors were friendly and knowledgeable. I like that the college does not refer to our symptoms as 'conditions
If you want some help to find a course that's right for you or you'd like to put your name down for a course that's not currently running, please get in touch with us!
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