Guide to recovery
Here we encourage you to think about what recovery means to you and help you identify your opportunities to move forward.
In crisis? Find out how you can get urgent support
If you need support urgently or outside of our working hours, please don’t hesitate to contact
SAMARITANS
Freephone their Veterans Support Hub for the military community on 0808 175 3075 (24/7) or email jo@samaritans.org – to access confidential emotional support for feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts.
SHOUT
A crisis text support service for people in the military community who are struggling and need immediate support to get through a crisis. Text CONTACT to 85258. #TextCONTACT85258
NHS 111
To access medical help fast but when it’s not a 999 emergency, telephone 111 (available 24 hours). To access information from the NHS on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living, visit the NHS website.
COMBAT STRESS
For urgent psychological support, please call 0800 1381619.
SHELTER
For urgent housing support, please call 0808 800 4444.
A wellness action plan is a great tool to help you monitor your wellbeing and identify what helps you and what support you might need.
If you are looking for ways to make positive changes to your wellbeing these courses can help you.
You’ll learn how your environment can affect you and develop strategies to improve your overall wellbeing. You’ll then create your own wellness action plan, which will help you to review your progress and make positive changes.
What Wellness Action Plan Courses do Help for Heroes offer?
Courses are free and offered in two ways:
- Wellness Action Plan - a group course run online via Microsoft Teams. Sessions are co-delivered by our own peer trainers and Recovery staff.
- Making a Wellness Action Plan - an online self-help guide to work through at your own pace, any time.
What will I learn?
Wellness Action Plan
- What a wellness action plan is.
- How things around you can affect your wellbeing.
- Tools and strategies to manage and boost your wellbeing.
- How to create your own wellness action plan.
- How to check in with your progress and make the changes you need.
Course structure and duration
- 1 x meet and greet session.
- 3 x 2.5-hour modules. Each are roughly one month apart.
How do I access the courses?
I love Help for Heroes’ courses. The camaraderie is phenomenal.”
Wellness Action Plan Course
More courses and self-help guides
Goal Setting
Goal setting is important - it helps you to keep moving forwards in your recovery journey.
Nutrition
What you eat and drink can have a big impact on your physical and mental health. Making some small, healthy changes to your diet could bring big benefits.
Recovery College
Our Recovery College is the first to be designed specifically for wounded veterans and their families. Each course will help you identify your ambitions and gain the confidence, knowledge and understanding necessary to achieve them.
Recovery College FAQs
Your questions answered about our Recovery College.
Self-help guides
These easy-to-follow self-help guides will give you useful information and tips to make positive and lasting change in key areas of your life.
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