Recovery College Newsletter - Spring Edition 2023

The Recovery College Newsletter: Spring Edition

Welcome to the Spring Edition of our Newsletter.

College news

Page 1: Pages 2 & 3:

Welcome

Student articles

Dates

The Recovery College has had a fantastic start to the year. It has been lovely to welcome even more students to our growing number of face to face courses

We are happy to announce that our social media marketing has now returned. So keep an eye out for our upcoming courses, week by week

Also sharing some feedback from our Evaluation forms (that students have given their permission to share) & student photography

We have been fortunate to have received art work from a student who attended our Connecting with Creativity course This features on Page 3

Mental Health First Aid Training

We are pleased to announce that all our staff have now completed the Mental Health First Aid Course This was a two day course where staff are trained as part of England's largest community of trained Mental Health First Aiders, with Mental Health

First Aid England

Both Kate Sault & Julia Arrigo Azzopardi are trained facilitators and delivered the training The course is aimed at gaining the knowledge and skills, to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health. To be confident to start a conversation and signpost a person to appropriate support, whilst out in the community Page 1

The Recovery College are pleased to announce that Vicky May, an Associate Peer Trainer here at the college, is starting her new role as a Peer Trainer in April 2023 She started her journey in 2017 as a student and is now ecstatic to be a permanent member of our team!

Recovery College Student articles:

Anonymous Recovery College Student

Hope"

College

"I can't live without

Mukaddes Recovery

Student

"I have been struggling but this course has really helped open my eyes and made me think of the things out there to help support me whilst reminding me of the steps and goals I can take."

Recovery College Student on the Crisis planning for Difficult times course.

Connecting With Creativity Course

During the Spring Term, we held a two day course called Connecting with Creativity. This course provides an opportunity to engage in practical creative exercise and experience the potential benefits of creativity on your mental health

Here follows, two pieces of work that a student, Neil T, has created during this course:

A Year of Growth Collage: On the course we were asked to create a piece of art depicting aspects of our recovery My collage, progressing from left to right, depicts my story

(Based on Patricia Deegan's flower): interpretation being the 3D flowers with my recovery written on the leaves The flowers are my recovery blooming

Upcoming Calendar Events

Recovery College 10 Year Birthday - April 2023

Easter Holidays - 3rd April - 14th April

Student Voice Social - 27th April 10-12 with Vicky May & Rosie Simpson

Student Voice Meeting - 28th April 1-3

All of the Recovery College Team would like to wish our students a pleasant Easter break, however you may be celebrating, and we are looking forward to seeing you all once we return to training :)