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Welcome to Bristol Wellbeing College

Put your wellbeing first.

Open to anyone in Bristol aged 18+.

Our free wellbeing workshops and courses take place in community venues and online.

For a list of our workshops and courses, download a copy of our latest Printable Prospectus.

Workshops and courses

We have a colour-coded system so you can see which workshops and courses are most appropriate for your recovery journey.  If you’re unsure, we recommend you start with green workshops.

Green Workshops

Lighter workshops offering an introduction into various ways to improve wellbeing. They are accessible to anyone, encouraging self-expression and self-care.
Find out more here.

Blue Workshops

More detailed workshops that focus on making positive changes to habits, behaviours and lifestyle. Where a series, we recommend learners attend all sessions.
Find out more here.

Pink Courses

In-depth courses encouraging self-reflection, long-term planning and progression. Courses require commitment to attend all dates and a willingness to complete homework.
Find out more here.

Workshop calendar

All our workshops, courses and activities can be found below. Please click on the workshop title for more details.

Online Anxiety Series 1/4 – The Body’s Response

Our anxiety series has been created to explore different aspect of anxiety, identifying levels of anxiety, our response to it, the tools we use and how we gain a sense of empowerment and calm.  We will identify different strategies to try out in the session to help develop our internal resources to better manage our anxiety. 

In this session we focus on what happens in the Body, explore our autonomic nervous system and how to activate our parasympathetic system. We consider our levels of anxiety and practice a breathing technique.


Location: Zoom Online Session Date: 2 November 2021 Time: 14:00 to 15:30
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Green Workshops:  Lighter workshops offering an introduction into various ways to improve wellbeing. They are accessible to anyone, encouraging self-expression and self-care.  Workshops involve techniques, activities, and ways to connect with our senses, to develop a wellbeing toolkit.

Blue Workshops: More detailed workshops that focus on making positive changes to habits, behaviours and lifestyle. The workshops support you to maintain positive change or take steps towards making a change. These more structured workshops aim to provide you with helpful tools and strategies.

Pink Courses: In-depth and encouraging self-reflection, long-term planning and progression. Our courses provide an opportunity to share experiences and support each other. Courses require commitment to attend all sessions and a willingness to complete homework.

News, resources and things to know

One of our learners, Ruth, has written a very helpful resource, writing for wellbeing. It contains simple writing exercises that may help you process your thoughts and feelings.

Our learners are also welcome to join our community Facebook group.

Some learners attended our creative writing course, Poem Brut. We are exhibiting their art, Poetry Without Words, online. You can also read blogs from our learners and tutors.

If you have any questions please get in touch:

bristol.wellbeing.college@second-step.co.uk or 0117 914 5498