Campaign - New Leaf College

Storytelling is one of the foundations of our culture. We can create connections by sharing stories – especially those that offer inspiration and hope. Recovery in mental health is not always well understood; sharing your story makes personal recovery come alive. It also supports values and strengthens lessons learned from life experiences. It helps to build community and create connections.

You can find lots of inspirational stories; use the search bar at the top to find stories relevant to you. To return to this page after a search, please press the back button in your browser.

Alternatively if you are a registered student and would like to write your story and want to share it, please contact us. You can read about other students experiences on our testimonials page and learn more about getting involved on our student development programme page.

Blog, Campaign, Children's mental health

6 mental health recovery-focused techniques to help your child speak up about what matters.

Children's Mental Health Week

Claire

This article provides some tips on how to use recovery-focused tactics to empower yourself and your child and support wellbeing and mental health

Resource, Campaign, Men's health

Men's Heath Week

Health and Wellbeing MOT

Louisa

This year’s theme for men’s health week is carrying on from 2021, where the men’s health forum are seeking to encourage men across the globe to take the best care of their physical and mental health possible. In this article we have discussed how you can complete your own mental health checks and the support available to help you learn how to take the best care of yourself physically and mentally.

Blog, Campaign, Volunteering, Self-care, Giving for wellbeing

Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

Lets Talk About Loneliness

Louisa

This week New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College is raising awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May) hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. This years theme is loneliness. Read more to find out what we're doing, how you can reduce loneliness and how you can get involved to help the people you care about.

Blog, Campaign, Children's mental health

Children's mental health week

Charlene

Last week was childrens' mental health week, and this years theme is growing together, symbolising for children and adults to consider how they have grown and how they can help each other continue to grow.

This blog by one of our experts by experience focuses on this and shares some thoughts about how our students can do this with their children.

Blog, Campaign, Hope and recovery

From grief to hope - there is always hope!

Site Administrator

Well done to everyone who attended and shared their experiences at HPFT NHS's virtual conference for World Suicide Prevention Day 'Creating Hope Through Action'. And a big well done to our expert by experience Louisa, who shared her experience of how the college helped helped her to go from grief to hope.

If you missed it, click to read Louisah’s story.

Blog, Campaign, Men's health

Breaking the silence - men's health

Louisa

This year, the men's health forum are driving men’s health week by drawing on the five ways to wellbeing. In support of this important topic, this article looks at men's health, the impact of COVID-19, how recovery can help and about our break the silence campaign.

Blog, Campaign, Keeping active and physical exercise, Nature and wellbeing

Why Walking Works

Mental Health Awareness Week

Louisa

In our recent blog about nature and wellbeing, some of the recommended nature activitties included ...

Blog, Campaign, Keeping active and physical exercise, Spiritual self-care, Nature and wellbeing

Mental Health Awareness Week

Site Administrator

Today marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week, the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health.