This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.

This course introduces you to the concept of hope in the context of recovery. It helps you to consider ways to activate and hold hope for yourself and others in daily life.

This course provides an understanding of the course category: ‘Developing Tools and Strategies’. It will explain courses and the difference between them. You will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you.

This course provides an understanding of the Recovery College curriculum category: ‘Community Connections and Belonging’. It will explain each one, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you.

This course explores the social definition of recovery in mental health and how this can be adopted as a positive mindset that can help with each individuals personal journey.

This course provides an understanding of the courses within the category: ‘Holistic Wellbeing’. It will explain each one, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you

This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.

This course helps to gain a greater understanding of mindfulness, it’s history and benefits. It will include an exploration of the difference between mindfulness and mindlessness.

This course provides an understanding of the category: ‘Understanding and Living with Health Conditions’. It will explain the range of courses,  and you will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you.

This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.

This course helps students to explore the idea of personal responsibility in relation to recovery. The course covers key topics such as the benefits and challenges of taking personal responsibility and the role of support and collaboration with others in enabling someone to take personal responsibility.

This session will explain what the CHIME framework is, where it came from, and why it matters for mental health recovery. The session will describe the model's five components - Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment, and show how they support personal recovery.

This course explores the cycle of depression and how this can affect recovery. It will explore strategies to help you both identify and recognise thinking styles most common to depression and to challenge and overcome these.

This course aims to help students understand the benefits of goal setting for their recovery and to learn a technique used to set meaningful goals that are personalised to your own needs and experience.

This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.

This 1-day course enables students to develop their skills and confidence as a Recovery College trainer. The course equips students with a foundation in the recovery approach and CHIME framework as well as practical training exercises and feedback. The course is currently only open to registered health professionals based on the current needs of the college at this time.

This session aims to help learners define empowerment through CHIME principles and reflect on its personal meaning in recovery. The session will help learners to explore personal responsibility in one’s own life and explore how the Circle of Control can help. During the session we will utilise a strengths-based approach and examine supportive roles to strengthen empowerment.

This 2-day course is co-delivered with the Southampton IPS employment service. The course aims to support students to gain skills and confidence related to employment, within a recovery-focused setting. The course covers key employment-related topics including overcoming employment-related obstacles, effective ways to search for work and exploring disclosure and wellbeing in the workplace.

This 2-day course is co-delivered with the Southampton IPS employment service. The course aims to support students to gain skills and confidence related to employment, within a recovery-focused setting. The course covers key employment-related topics including overcoming employment-related obstacles, effective ways to search for work and exploring disclosure and wellbeing in the workplace.

This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.

This course will introduce the key recovery concept of self-advocacy. You will learn tools and techniques to speak up and advocate for yourself in ways that will support your recovery journey.

This course helps students to gain an understanding of what anxiety is. The course explores what happens when we get anxious, how anxiety can affect us in our daily lives as well as practical strategies for managing anxiety and supporting an individual’s recovery.

This course aims to help learners to understand the concept of Recovery Storytelling, including the benefits of sharing your recovery story and how to support your wellbeing and the wellbeing of others when sharing recovery stories. This course is particularly useful as a foundation for those who are considering attending the Step 3 Recovery Storytelling course or for those want to signpost others to recovery storytelling opportunities.