Wellbeing Resources

We’ve compiled a handy list of resources to help you independently look after your health and wellbeing – a one-stop shop for all things mindfulness, community, charity and more.

Organised around the NHS Five Ways to Wellbeing (with a few bonus resources for good measure), and updated regularly to reflect what’s going on in the world, we hope you’ll find these resources valuable and beneficial.

Check out the links below to give yourself a little boost.

• Join the Facebook Community Group
• Leeds Bereavement Network might be a useful resource for those dealing with loss
• The Suicide Prevention Network aims to support those at risk of suicide
• Coping with Coronavirus features lots of self-help guides on topics such as anxiety, bereavement and setting kind goals for yourself
• Student Space is a fantastic platform for numerous wellbeing resources
• Leeds Mind have launched a peer support group for young black men in Leeds

• The Edge are posting new home workout blogs and videos every week
• Find lots of gym-free exercise routines on the NHS website
• Sport England have some great advice, tips and guidance on staying active in and around the ­house
• Get in touch with our wonderful meditation teacher James if you’d like to take part in his meditation classes online
• Our brilliant Qigong teacher Xiao will be running online classes so feel free to get in touch directly to sign up

• Try the Thriving During Isolation quiz to get an idea of how best you can ensure your wellbeing during lockdown
• Interested in learning some coaching skills? Try the 10 Days to Happiness course by Action for Happiness
• Sign up to the Creative Quarantine newsletter for some daily inspiration
• British Sign have a pay-as-you-feel course designed to teach British Sign Language
• MyTutor has made a guide to help young people and their parents cope with issues arising from lockdown

• You may want to check out the different volunteering opportunities with the NHS
• Contact We Care Leeds to find out more about how you might be able to help locally

• Headspace
• CALM app
• Mind
• Wellbeing and Mental Health during Covid-19 booklet
• Mindwell have support dedicated to helping students during Covid-19

• Official Black Lives Matter Network
• Touchstone
• The Racial Justice Network
• The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)

• Contact our LUU Advice team
• Advice FAQs and online knowledge bank
• University counselling service
• Government guidelines