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January - March 2024

Read Sarahleigh’s Story

Sarahleigh was struggling with hopelessness and depression before receiving support from Life Links. Find out more about her recovery journey here.

Read Rachel’s Story

Rachel has paralysing anxiety and struggled in social situations, read how RF Life Links helped her overcome her mental health issues…read her story

A Thank You Letter...

Someone using our services sent us this lovely thank you letter…read it here

Read CF’s Story

CF was struggling with severe depression and couldn’t see light at the end of the tunnel. Find out how Life Links helped her…read her story

Read Stephen’s Story

Stephen was struggling with anxiety and his mood, causing him to leave his job. Read how Life Links supported him to build his confidence…read his story

ABOUT US

Life Links provides a wellness recovery service tailored to meet your needs.

​Our information, advice and navigation services can help you find community and digital resources that will help you to achieve your recovery outcomes, make your independence more sustainable and support you in developing your own support networks.

Our community recovery support is available to you as an individual or as part of a wider group and can be provided at a community venue local to you.

The support we offer focuses on your strengths, needs and future aspirations.

Life Links is operated by national mental health charity Richmond Fellowship in partnership with:

Leicestershire County Council

LLR Health and Wellbeing Partnership

Richmond Fellowship is a national mental health charity making recovery reality for thousands of people every year.

Richmond Fellowship provides a wide range of services including residential support, supported housing, employment services, community support and crisis support.

‘Great time at Life Links for Mental health awareness week, it means a lot thanks’.

Paul - Peer Support Attendee

“My advice to anyone who suffers from mental health difficulties is to use any support Richmond Fellowship offers because it works!”

A Life Links Client

“The CRS course I participated in was extremely well delivered by the recovery workers and I have benefited hugely.”

Managing Anxiety Group CRS Attendee

‘Life Links has been a huge help to me personally, regarding my mental health issues. Not only have they helped me to exceed my initial goal, but have strongly helped me to gain confidence and engage with others. Not only this but they have given me valuable and vital information to help me sustain this. Also, they have been very caring and understanding from day one. In particular Brooke and Izabela who are absolutely amazing. I hope to attend several of their peer group classes as a continuation of the course. I’m certain that anyone who uses this service will be as pleased as I am. Keep up the good work and big thanks again’

Jason - Managing Low Mood Course

“I can’t speak highly enough of the Life Links safety plan. After the crisis team have worked with someone we support, I always follow up with the Life Links one”

A Suicide Prevention Workshop Attendee

“The workshop we had last week connecting to nature was so good and the group seemed to really get a lot from it”.

Connecting with Nature Workshop Attendee

WHAT WE OFFER

Life Links provides a number of different support networks offering you the flexibility to choose how you receive support dependent on your own personal needs.

The different support options we offer include:

FACE TO FACE SUPPORT

 Information, advice and navigation services delivered in many community locations 

One to one sessions delivered at a nearby community venue

 Group support sessions delivered in a range of community venues local to you 

Tailored information to meet your needs and preferences 

We also run regular open access surgeries at our offices and at various community venues.

Contact us for latest dates. 

ONLINE SUPPORT

This site contains a directory of local services that can be easily browsed and filtered for what you need.

It also includes an automated self help assistant (chatbot) available 24/7 that allows you to ask questions online to get a better understanding of the support you might need.

We also offer a self referral service where you can make a request for one of our specialist trained staff to contact you to provide you with a more detailed assessment of your needs.

FREEPHONE SERVICES

Our Freephone support line is staffed Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm. Our specialist trained staff can provide you with support and advice on your personal needs. You can contact our team by calling 0800 0234 575.

If you are calling our support line out of hours, you will be provided with a list of other services that are available to you.