Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Your Wellbeing at Leeds Beckett
This page provides information on wellbeing resources, tools and support that is available to you whilst you are studying with us.
Your Student Wellbeing team
Student Wellbeing Support
Student Wellbeing is here to support you with a wide range of concerns and can also help connect you with other useful services and resources.
- If your wellbeing is affecting your life or your studies, reaching out to our team could really help. We’re here to listen and guide you towards the right kind of support for you.
- Scroll down the page to find information and short videos that explain what support is available.
If you need to speak to someone urgently and are worried about your health or wellbeing, it is important that you contact your GP or call NHS 111 for immediate advice. You can also visit our page on Urgent or Out of Hours Support for more information.
We can offer support if you’re struggling with:
- Mental health difficulties (such as low mood and anxiety).
- Academic stress which is making it difficult to engage with your studies.
- Adjusting to university life or settling into placements.
- Relationship difficulties or other personal problems, which are causing emotional or psychological distress (including bereavement or loss).
We can help you to access Specialist Mentor support (if you are eligible) and also support you to access external or specialist services for other difficulties such as:
- Drug, alcohol and gambling addictions.
- Eating disorders.
- Domestic abuse or gendered violence.
Your assessment appointment will provide a confidential space to talk, work through concerns and identify practical steps to overcome difficulties. Following that we might:
- Refer you for further support from Student Wellbeing, either from a mental health practitioner or a counsellor
- Refer you to other areas in our university and / or external services
- Refer you to a range of self-help materials to help work through problems you are experiencing
This short video outlines what happens when you have an assessment with Student Wellbeing and where you might be signposted to afterwards.
As part of your assessment, you may be referred on to one of the following services:
Short-term Mental Health support and advice
Our mental health practitioners provide a range of practical mental health support:
- Positive coping strategies to enable you to better manage your mental health and wellbeing.
- Guidance applying these strategies to work, life and study.
- Help resolving any academic concerns resulting from your mental health.
- Support connecting to other relevant services (internal and external to our university) to ensure your mental health needs are appropriately supported
This short video outlines what is mental health support, who it is for and what happens in an appointment.
Short-term Counselling
Counselling sessions provide a safe one-to-one space for you to:
- Confidentially discuss something on your mind.
- Be listened to by an experienced counsellor.
- Make sense of what is happening.
- Explore options for change.
Our counselling service is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). For more information about our counselling service please see our Counselling page.
This short video outlines what counselling is, how it differs from mental health support and what you can expect in a session.
Specialist Mentoring
Mentors provide longer-term support in the following areas:
- Reflecting upon barriers experienced due to the student’s disability (mental health, autistic spectrum, or condition with lasting psychological impact).
- Help develop strategies to support participation with studies / university life.
- Support confidence building and autonomy.
- Facilitate communication with peers, course team, and other relevant services.
This short video covers what Specialist Mentor support is, who can access it, and what the sessions involve.
Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) provides funding for Specialist Mentor support. More information on how to apply for DSA funding can be found on the Gov.uk website.
We are open Monday-Friday (excluding bank holidays). Monday-Thursday 09:00-17:00, and Friday 09:00-16:30.
If you are concerned about your mental health or wellbeing, it is important that you contact your GP or NHS 111 for advice. You can find information about how to access urgent support, including help for anyone experiencing domestic abuse on our urgent support webpage.
If you’re not already registered with a GP, we strongly encourage you to do so. You may like to consider registering with Leeds Student Medical Practice they specialise in the care of students and are based in the city centre. Find a GP in Leeds.
If you have, or think you will, experience changing or ongoing mental health challenges for 12 months or more, Disability Advice can help you get additional support in place. This applies if you suspect you are neurodiverse, or have an existing diagnosis (e.g. ASC, ADHD, Dyslexia).
Self-referral to Disability Advice
Forward Leeds
If you want to stop misusing alcohol and drugs, or are affected by addiction, we’re here for you.
We’re working with Forward Leeds, the alcohol and drug service for the city, to offer support on campus and online for you and those around you.
Safe Spaces drop-in: Every Friday from 9am until 4pm. City Campus, Calverley 111A (CC CL111A) from the 12th December 2025
The Monday Check-In: Weekly check-in support group for students in recovery or sober curious. Starting on the 3 February 2025.
Where & when: Every Monday from 6:30pm – online group, please email amelia.clark@forwardleeds.co.uk for Zoom link and password.
Recovery Celebration: Bi-weekly topical support group that explores addiction recovery and sobriety as a student. Starting on the 20 February 2025.
Where and when: Every other Thursday at 5pm – online group, please email amelia.clark@forwardleeds.co.uk for Zoom link and password.
