Staying well and healthy

Health services available to young adults.

As young people move to adulthood we want them to keep themselves safe and healthy and know what health services are available to support them - including mental health services, and how to access what they need to maintain or achieve good health and well-being.

Staying well and healthy

Mental Health Hubs (18+ years)

Mental health problems are common and can be treated. Find out how we can help you to maintain good health and wellbeing.

Mental Health Hubs offer adults with mental health issues an opportunity to socialise and take part in groups and activities.

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Assessing your social care needs, extra support to live well (18+ years)

We help adults who need extra support to live well.

Advice and needs assessments are free, but our care and support services usually cost money. If you qualify, you may get help to pay for the care and support you get.

After your needs assessment, we can refer you to see if you qualify for help to pay. Your care can start even if you have not had a financial assessment yet.

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Leisure Centres, Active Leeds (all ages)

Leeds Let’s Get Active supports people to become active through the provision of leisure centre and community sports and activities within a supportive and welcoming environment.

We oversee and support the delivery of the city council leisure centre facilities and all the services and programmes delivered within them. Managing 17 facilities, we operate 22 pools and 12 gyms. Delivering a weekly programme of activities including 400 fitness classes and over 9000 private swim lessons, we currently cater for over 20 000 health and fitness members.

Active Leeds run a disability and inclusive sports programme across Leeds, delivered by both Leeds City Council’s Active Leeds department and all key partners.

This includes children, young people and adults with any disability, and all ability levels. Click here for more information about the disability and inclusive sports programme.

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Better Action for Families (all ages)

Better Action for Families improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families in Leeds.

Better Action for Families support families:

  • run weekly groups to promote health and build confidence for parent/carers, people with learning disabilities and their families.
  • create job opportunities for parent/carers and people with learning disabilities.
  • to promote our work in the community

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Shine Bright (NS) CIC - WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) Peer Support and Recovery Programme

Contact the service to find out what the current group offer is. This will depend on funding and whether a group has closed its recruitment round.  

The WRAP Group offer is a 12-week wellbeing peer support group for any children, young people and young adults up to age 25yrs (depending on what group we have available) in Leeds, that are struggling with their mental health. The wellness group is based upon WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Planning) which is an evidence-based approach that helps children, young people and young adults to get well and stay well. They write their own Wellness Plan and Crisis Plan, develop new protective factors to keep them safe and also benefit greatly from the peer support and new friendships that they will develop.

The WRAP groups will run either on a Tuesday or Thursday evening at  6.30pm - 8.30pm in a location in Leeds. It’s a structured programme that is fun, safe and engaging which supports your young people to understand how to be well be more confident, less isolated, less anxious and happier! The WRAP programme leads onto an ongoing peer support group usually on a Wednesday evening and has the potential for some individuals to train and volunteer as a Peer WRAP facilitator in future groups. 

Shine Bright takes referrals from individuals and families directly as well as professionals and organisations. 

If you are an organisation or professional and have a specific group in mind that could benefit from WRAP please do make contact to discuss options.

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Because We Matter peer support group

As part of the Healthy Lifestyles Project, People in Action Yorkshire will be running a peer support group on Tuesday afternoons from 1:00 until 3:00, for the learning disabled and/ or people with Autism aged 18 years plus. It will be absolutely free to attend, thanks to Lottery Community funding.

The group will discuss topics such as health, wellbeing, physical activity, mental health, access to health services and the like. It will be a fairly small group, with two staff to facilitate discussion, and will look to address inequalities and barriers to health faced by people in the Leeds area, with sessions geared to provide advice and signposting in order to overcome those barriers. We will also have monthly speakers, chatting to the cohort about their field of expertise. Previous speakers include delegates from:

  • 100% Digital Leeds
  • Connect North: Bereavement Team
  • Yorkshire Cancer Community
  • Public Health England
  • West Yorkshire Metro

It will suit people with a degree of independence who might need some help navigating the world of health and wellbeing, medical services, balanced diets, physical fitness, whatever matters most to our attendees.

Location: The Old Fire Station, Gipton, Leeds

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