Wellbeing | People Development | Leeds Beckett University

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Our Employee Assistance Provider

Please find below information about our employee assistance provider Spectrum.

Our EAP service offers 24/7 confidential, emotional support when you need it. To access support please contact:-

Freephone 0808 196 2016
Email EmployeeAssistanceProgramme@Spectrum.life

For further information about Spectrum and the support they can provide, please take a look at the Employee Assistance Programme page .

We will be sharing further information about the extensive wellbeing services available from Spectrum, including their Spectrum life platform and their mobile app over the next few months.

Further details for managers about supporting colleagues in your team and making a referral to Spectrum can be found on our Wellbeing for Managers page.

If you have any questions about the change over please contact us at POD@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Student Wellbeing

Information on how best to support the wellbeing of a student can be found on our student wellbeing webpages.

Student wellbeing

key themes

Physical health

Physical health is not only good for our bodies, it can also benefit our mental health.

Mental health

We can experience feelings of contentment and satisfaction with life; and we all have times when we feel down, stressed, or we can struggle to cope.

Male student conducting counselling session

Financial wellbeing

Good levels of financial wellbeing include being able to afford day-to-day expenses, cope with unexpected changes in circumstances, and being able to save for the future.

Community

Our sense of community and our social interactions with others have the potential to impact on all aspects of our general wellbeing.

Group of people doing a group high five cheer

Wellbeing for managers

Supportive management can play an important part in helping colleagues to look after their own wellbeing.

Wellbeing Assessment

From June 2023, the Wellbeing Assessment supports the Stress Risk Assessment process.

University mental health charter

Working together to create positive change and a mentally healthy university where all members of our community can maintain good mental health and thrive.

Employee Assistance Programme

Confidential, 24/7 mental health support in seconds: by phone or email. Speak to information experts on legal, financial, housing and family related issues.