GMW Recovery Academy Autumn/Winter 2014/15 Prospectus

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‘‘...had a major impact on turning my life around”

“I can honestly say that attending the sessions I’ve done so far has had a major impact on turning my life around rather than it continuing to ‘bump along’ for the past seventeen years when, for a good deal of the time, I’ve been struggling with low mood and anxiety! Close friends of mine who’ve always been there when I slide into depression have said that they can tell ‘it’s so different this time’ so I’m chuffed to say the least!”

Some of the fantastic photographs in this prospectus were taken by members from Start in Salford – a charity using creativity to help vulnerable people from all walks of life

improve their skills and gain in confidence.

Becky Thompson, a photography student working with the Trust’s Communications Team, kindly took and contributed photos from our courses for use in this prospectus.

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ContentsWelcome and Introduction ....................................................................................................... 6

Core Principles of our Academy ............................................................................................... 7

How to register with us and book on our courses ................................................................ 8

The Library and Knowledge Centre ......................................................................................... 9

Sign up to the Academy newsletter ........................................................................................ 9

Research study to explore the effects of the Recovery Academy ....................................... 10

Courses table in date chronological order .............................................................................. 12

Lived Experience Courses

• Deaf Awareness Training - neW! ........................................................................................ 17

• Living with Addiction ............................................................................................................. 18

• Living with Anxiety and Depression .................................................................................... 19

• Living with Bipolar Disorder ................................................................................................. 20

• Living with Blood Borne Viruses - neW! ............................................................................ 21

• Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder - neW! ................................................................ 22

• Living Well with Dementia - Updated ................................................................................ 23

• Living with Dual Diagnosis - neW! ..................................................................................... 24

• Living with Eating Disorders ................................................................................................. 25

• Living with OCD ...................................................................................................................... 26

• Living with Personality Disorder .......................................................................................... 27

• Living with Psychosis .............................................................................................................. 28

• Living with Self-Harm ............................................................................................................ 29

• Recovering from Domestic Abuse ....................................................................................... 30

• Women and Mental Health - neW! ................................................................................... 31

Supporting Recovery Courses

• Advocacy in Mental Health ................................................................................................... 33

• An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ......................................................... 34

• An Introduction to Life Story Work - neW! ...................................................................... 35

• An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills ........................................................ 36

• An Introduction to Solution Focussed Therapy ................................................................. 37

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• Creative Writing - neW! ....................................................................................................... 38

• Completing an Advance Decision ........................................................................................ 39

• Dementia Friends .................................................................................................................... 40

• Facilitating Self-Help Groups ................................................................................................ 41

• Health and Wellbeing for Carers - Updated ..................................................................... 42

• Mindfulness and Compassion Focussed Therapy - neW! ................................................ 43

• Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation ............................................................. 44

• Personality Disorder, National KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme ........................................................................... 45

• Recovery Star ........................................................................................................................... 47

• Supporting the Recovery Process ......................................................................................... 48

Developing Knowledge and Life Skills Courses

• Assertiveness Skills .................................................................................................................. 51

• Basic English Skills ................................................................................................................... 52

• Basic IT Skills ............................................................................................................................. 54

• Basic Maths Skills ..................................................................................................................... 56

• Essential Life Skills - neW! .................................................................................................... 58

• Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship ...................................................................................... 59

• Read to Lead ............................................................................................................................ 60

Getting Involved with the Academy Courses

• Creative Facilitation Skills ...................................................................................................... 63

• Train the Trainer ..................................................................................................................... 64

Meet the Tutors ........................................................................................................................... 65

Student Registration and Course Booking Form ................................................................... 77

Student Charter ........................................................................................................................... 79

How to find us ............................................................................................................................. 82


Welcome and introduction

A very warm welcome to Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust’s Recovery Academy. We provide a range of free educational courses and resources for people with mental health and substance misuse problems, their

families and carers as well as health care professionals.

This prospectus will show you why we believe recovery education not only equips people with new skills to support the recovery process and an understanding of mental health challenges, but provides people with the confidence to get back into work or go on to further study.

All our courses are friendly and welcoming, focus on supporting people with their recovery and promote good health and wellbeing. We offer accredited courses and collaborate with partners like The University of Manchester, Alzheimer’s Society, the National Personality Disorder Development Programme, The Reader Organisation, the Octagon Theatre Bolton and Start in Salford.

On top of that, all of our courses are co-written and co-delivered by professionals and people with mental health or substance misuse problems, which means that our courses are enriched by professional expertise and lived experience.

The Recovery Academy is now in its second year, and we know from our tutor and student feedback that the most popular courses are the ones where there is equal representation from people with lived experience, family members, and professionals, so that people can learn from one another.

Courses vary in length from one-off workshops to those that take place weekly for a number of weeks. Courses currently on offer come under one of four categories: Lived experience, Supporting Recovery, Developing Knowledge and Life Skills and Getting Involved with the Academy.

With each of our prospectuses we have expanded the range of courses on offer. If you have an idea for a course that is not currently provided, please let us know. Equally, if you would like to get involved in co-producing and co-facilitating a course, we would love to hear from you.

We are constantly investing in our estate and are currently in the process of spending £6 million on a state of the art, new education and training facility on our Prestwich Hospital site. This unique and landmark facility will house the Recovery Academy as well as accommodating wider education, training and development activities, new library and meeting facilities. Work has already begun on this exciting development, which is expected to be completed in September 2015.

We hope you will be able to attend one of the great range of courses on offer soon, learn new skills, increase your awareness of mental health and substance misuse problems and meet our enthusiastic staff and volunteers who are passionate about inspiring you to make sense and meaning out of your experiences.

Over 1,000 students have registered with us within our first 18 months


Core principles of our Academy1. Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation

Trust is committed to the following:

• Equalconsultationwithpeoplewithlivedexperience(including service users, families and carers) and professionals in planning and developing the Recovery Academy (the Academy) and its prospectuses.

• Activelyengagingwithpeoplewithlivedexperienceand professionals in the development, delivery, and evaluation of education programmes.

• Supportingtutorstogaintheconfidenceandskillstheyneed to be able to truly co-facilitate learning events.

• ThesettingupofaTrainerBankforpeoplewithlivedexperiencetojoinsothatthey receive fair pay for their contribution to the development, delivery, and evaluation of education programmes.

• ActivelysupportingthoseontheAcademyTrainerBankbyprovidingregularsupport, supervision, annual appraisal, and personal development opportunities to support people to achieve their education/training/employment goals.

2. There will be a physical base. At the time of writing, work is underway to construct a new purpose built building which will house the Academy on the Prestwich site. This building will also accommodate our existing Knowledge and Library services. Whilst this building will provide the Academy with a base, and excellent resources to support the delivery of education programmes, we are certain that the Academy will continue to provide satellite services in full recognition of the geographical spread of our services.

3. The Academy will operate on college principles. Students (from whatever background) will be able to select courses from a prospectus. There is a Student Charter describing what a person can expect to gain, and what the Academy expects from them in terms of attendance and behaviour.

4. The Academy is for everyone. Service users, families, carers and professionals can be both tutors and students. The idea is to learn from one another and recognise with equal importance both professional expertise and lived experience.

5. Individuals will be able to access one to one support as well as group learning in order to define and fulfil their hopes and aspirations. We will make links with local colleges, education and employment initiatives, and employers to ensure students can access further opportunities and fulfil their long-term ambitions.

6. The Academy is not a substitute for treatment. It will complement treatment/therapy by helping people to understand their problems and learn how to manage these better in order to pursue their aspirations.

7. The Academy is not a substitute for mainstream colleges. It will promote participation and citizenship, and provide routes to further education, training and/or employment.

8. The Academy will reflect recovery principles in all aspects of its culture and operation. The physical environment and language used will portray messages of hope, empowerment, possibility, and aspirations. Success will be celebrated with all those involved.


How to register with us and book on our courses

Detailed information about our courses, dates and locations accompanies this prospectus, and is available on our website.

The first time you book on one of our courses, you will be asked to complete a student registration form which will ask for your name, background, contact details, and any specific requirements in relation to the support you may need.

To make accessing courses even easier, we have introduced an online student registration form and course booking form, which are available on our website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery.

Our student registration and course booking form can also be found on page 77 of this prospectus. If you don’t have online access, you can complete this and post it to us at the following address:

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Recovery Academy Harrop House Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL

If you are a member of staff, you will need your manager’s permission to attend if you are planning to do so in work time. This is to ensure your shifts are covered, and to ensure the learning you undertake is in line with your Personal Development Plan.

You will also be asked to sign our Student Charter which provides details of what you can expect from us, and what we can expect from you in terms of attendance and behaviour. Thiscanbefoundonpage79ofthisprospectus.Ifyouareregisteringonlineyouwilljustbe asked to confirm that you have read and agree to abide by our Student Charter.

In return, we will send you confirmation of your place, with full details of course learning outcomes, start and finish times, course venue etc. Please note that we are unable to provide lunch for all day training events.

If you are interested in attending a course, and would like more information, advice, or support, please contact us on:-

Tel: 0161 772 3782 Email: [email protected]

Courses and workshops can fill up fast so please take a look at the wide range of activities on offer, complete our registration and course booking form and send it to us as soon as possible.

In the event that you are unable to attend a course or workshop you have booked onto, we would really appreciate it if you would contact us and let us know, giving as much notice as possible. By doing so, you will enable us to offer your place to somebody else.

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The Library & Knowledge Centre

The Library and Knowledge Centre is open to all students of the Recovery Academy.

We have resources to support mental health and substance misuse services, as well as resources to support education and training programmes.

You can access electronic books and journals,webbasedresources,literaturesearching databases and many other useful resources using our computers. Guest access is available for personal laptops, tablets and other similar mobile devices.

There are two computers designated to our ‘Internet Café’. Anyone can use these computers to research on the internet and to use self-help websites. Printing and photocopying resources are also available.

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Library and Knowledge Centre, Harrop House, Bury New Road, Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL.

Email: [email protected] Tel: 0161 772 3618 Fax: 0161 772 3947

Opening Times: Monday – Friday: 8.30am – 5pm

Sign up to the Academy newsletterThe Recovery Academy produces a quarterly newsletter to keep you updated about what's going on and ways you can get involved.

You can download our Branching Out newsletter from our website as an interactive eMag PDF file or read it online using Issuu – a publishing site that attempts to stimulate the experience of reading a print publication online.

Subscribe to our newsletter here: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery-news

By signing up to the newsletter you will be automatically kept up-to-date with all Recovery Academy news, information and events via email. As a subscriber, you will receive our quarterly e-newsletter featuring details of courses, events, news and activities at the Recovery Academy. You can opt out of receiving e-newsletters at any time by clicking on the 'unsubscribe' link at the bottom of the e-newsletter you are sent.Page

1Branching Out Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Newsletter Spring 2014

Our brand new-look prospectus is out nowThe Recovery Academy’s Spring/Summer term prospectus for courses from May – September 2014 is out now!

It will be useful if you are looking to increase your knowledge and understanding of mental health, improve your mental wellbeing, or simply want to meet new people while learning something new.

There are around 35 free courses available, which are held in community centres, local hospitals, theatres and learning centres across Greater Manchester.

This term’s prospectus introduces seven new courses.

In response to feedback from students, photography showing the tutors, courses and venues has been added, along with quotes from students who’ve attended courses to give new students a

feel for what they might get out of attending a course.

Printed supplies of the prospectus are winging their way to services across the Trust’s patch. To get your personal copy, together with information you need about the

Recovery Academy experience and our new research study, visit www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery.

If you’d prefer a copy in the post, please contact us and we’ll get one out to you right away. For further information contact [email protected] or call 0161 772 3782.

Inside: this issueCelebration of learning event .......... P2

Offender rehabilitation ..................... P2

Dementia awareness ........................ P2

New study – the effects of learning on wellbeing ...................... P3

We care. Do you? ............................ P3

Recovery and beyond ...................... P4

University collaboration .................... P4

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“exploring the effects of the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy”: A Research Study

We would like to take this opportunity

to say a massive thank you to everyone who has completed and returned our questionnaires. With your help we hope to find out what impact the Recovery Academy has on the lives of the students who attend our courses.

We have had a great response so far with over 50 students taking part, and will continue to invite people who enrol with the Recovery Academy to get involved with our research study.

Just to recap, we are looking for people with lived experience of mental health problems, health care professionals and family members or carers who have not attended Recovery Academy courses before.

The research involves completing questionnaires, which are posted to you before you attend your first course and at different time points. This is so we can look at the effect of the Recovery Academy over time.

We are interested in looking at how the Recovery Academy can affect the personal journeyofrecovery,attitudestowardsrecovery,stigma,servicechangeandotherthemes.

If you are interested in taking part, we will send you a ‘research study pack’ after you have registered with the Academy, which will include an information sheet for you to read before you decide whether or not to take part.

We’ll also provide you with some instructions, questionnaires and consent forms to complete before you attend your first course. If you don’t want to take part you can simply discard the pack.

The research study is entirely voluntary and will not affect your experience of the Recovery Academy or its courses.


This research has been developed with help from people with lived experience of mental health problems who have been on our courses and is supported by the staff involved with setting up the Recovery Academy.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Research Assistant if you have any questions, or would like to discusstheresearchprojectfurther.

If you have already enrolled with the Recovery Academy but have not yet attended your first course and would be interested in receiving a research study pack, please contact Elisabeth Zabel, Research Assistant, on 0161 358 1397 or email: [email protected].

Thank you,

The Recovery Academy Research Team

elisabeth Zabel Research Assistant

Tel: 0161 358 1397 Email: [email protected]

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Table of coursesin date chronological order with venues

OCTOBeR 2014

2 Caring with Confidence (3rd Prospectus final day) Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

16, 23 & 30 Read to Lead Waterdale Conference Suite, Prestwich site

30 Dementia Friends Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site

nOVeMBeR 2014

3 PD, National KUF Programme - Day 1 Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site

4 & 5 Node Link Mapping & Behavioural Activation Room 2 and Room 4, Trust HQ, Prestwich site

7 Living with OCD Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

7 IT Skills - Day 1 Shaw IT Suite, Prestwich site

10 Living with Eating Disorders Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Bolton

11An Introduction to Mindfulness & Compassion Focussed Therapy

J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

12 Living with Dual Diagnosis Room 2, Trust HQ, Prestwich site

12 A Solution Focused Approach Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

14 Living with Addiction J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

14 Advocacy in Mental Health Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital



21 Assertiveness Skills blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester


21 Living with Psychosis Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Bolton

21 Living Well with Dementia Blake Room, Ivy House, Prestwich site

21 & 22 An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

25 Dementia Friends Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

26 Health and Wellbeing for Carers blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester

28 Living with Self Harm Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

28 Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship - Day 1 Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester


DeCeMBeR 2014

1 Recovering from Domestic Abuse Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hosptial


2 Assertiveness Skills Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

2 & 3 Living with Anxiety & Depression Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital


4 Living with Blood Borne Viruses J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

4 Deaf Awareness Seminar Room, John Denmark Unit, Prestwich site




8 Health and Wellbeing for Carers Meeting Room 1, J2 Training Room, Royal Bolton Hospital

9 Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital


11 Creative Writing blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester


12 An Introduction to CBT Meeting Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital


15 Completing an Advance Decision Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

16 Living with Personality Disorder Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site

16 An Introduction to Life Story Work J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

18 Recovery Star J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital

19 Living with Bipolar Disorder J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital


JAnUARY 2015

6 & 7 Node Link Mapping & Behavioural Activation Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

7 Essential Life Skills - Day 1 Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester

8 PD, National KUF Programme - Day 1 Prestwich site

9 Completing an Advance Decision Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

9 Supporting the Recovery Process - Day 1 Peel Room, Prestwich site

9 Living with Addiction Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

9 Living with OCD blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester

12 Living with Blood Borne Viruses Crabtree Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

13 Literacy Skills - Day 1 Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester.


Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site

14 Living with Self Harm Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

14 Living with Dual Diagnosis Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester


16 Supporting the Recovery Process - Day 2 Peel Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

16 Advocacy in Mental Health Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

19 Living with Eating Disorders Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site

20 Living with Psychosis Crabtree Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

20 A Solution Focused Approach blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester


20 Literacy Skills - Day 2 Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

21 Health and Wellbeing for Carers Eccles Gateway, Salford, Manchester

21 Numeracy Skills - Day 1 Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site



22 & 23 Living with Anxiety & Depression blueSCI, Broomwood Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley

22 Women and Mental Health Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Bolton



28 An Introduction to CBT Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester




30 Living with Personality Disorder Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester


FeBRUARY 2015

2 Recovering from Domestic Abuse Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester





5 & 6 An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester

6 Supporting the Recovery Process - Day 5 Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester


10 Women and Mental Health Peel Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site



12 Recovery Star Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

13 Living Well with Dementia Eccles Gateway, Barton Road, Salford, Manchester


13 An Introduction to Life Story Work Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

16 Living with Bipolar Disorder Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester


17 Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder Crabtree Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

17 & 18 Facilitating Self Help Groups Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester

19 Living with Blood Borne Viruses Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

20 Dementia Friends Conference Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford General

20 Advocacy in Mental Health Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester


20 Assertiveness Skills Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester


24 Living with Self Harm blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester

25 Health and Wellbeing for Carers Room 2, Trust HQ, Prestwich site

MARCH 2015

2 Creative Facilitation Skills Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester

3 A Solution Focused Approach Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

4 An Introduction to Life Story Work Conference Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford

4 Recovery Star Room 2, Trust HQ, Prestwich site

4 Living with Addiction blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester


5 Recovering from Domestic Abuse Crabtree Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site


6 Living with OCD Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester


9 Living with Eating Disorders Conference Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford

9 Living with Psychosis Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site



Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Bolton

10 An Introduction to CBT Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site


11 & 12 An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills blueSCI, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester

12 Living with Bipolar Disorder Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Prestwich site

12 Living with Personality Disorder Conference Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford

12 Creative Writing Crabtree Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site


17 Completing an Advance Decision Eccles Gateway, Barton Lane, Eccles, Salford, Manchester

17 & 18 Node Link Mapping & Behavioural Activation Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Bolton

18 Living with Dual Diagnosis Multi-Purpose Room 3, Moorside Unit, Trafford

20 Train the Trainers Start in Salford, Broad Street, Salford, Manchester



25 Dementia Friends Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester


26 Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder blueSCI, Broomwood Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley

26 Health and Wellbeing for Carers Carer’s Room, Rivington Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital

26 & 27 Living with Anxiety & Depression Crabtree Room, Waterdale, Prestwich site

31 Women and Mental Health Gloucester House, Salford, Manchester

Lived Experience


Deaf Awareness TrainingDeafness on its own can be a traumatic experience but to have additional mental health problems as well can turn a person’s life upside down.

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn about mental health and deafness. It is an opportunity to learn about different degrees of deafness and the impact this has on everyday life.

By the end of the course you will:

• Understandanddemonstratehowyoucan engage and communicate with people who are deaf or have a hearing loss

• Gainsomeunderstandingofdeafculture

• Bemoreawareoftheimportanceofbody language, facial expression and non-verbal communication

• Experiencedifficultiesincommunicatingfrom a deaf perspective

• Haveanincreasedawarenessofdeafnessand mental health

• Lookedattheprevalenceofdeafnessand mental health as well as contributing factors

• HaveanunderstandingoftheroleofBSL(British Sign Language) interpreters.

Who should attend? This is a free course that is particularly useful for professionals who have regular contact with clients or colleagues who are deaf or have hearing loss to gain an introduction to understanding mental health and deafness. It is also useful for anyone who is deaf or has family/friends who are deaf and experiencing mental health problems.

Duration Half a day (4 hours)

Lead Tutors Marilyn Hoggard and Helen Higginson with Registered Qualified BSL interpreters: Sarah Glendenning and Christian Leyland

Date and Time: 4 December 2014 – 9am to 1pm Date and Time: 29 January 2015 – 9am to 1pm Date and Time: 5 March 2015 -– 9am to 1pm

Venue for all the above: Seminar Room, John Denmark Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Lived Experience

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“Enjoyed the interactive exercises and gaining insight to the world from a deaf perspective”


Lived Experience

Living with Addiction“Addiction is a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behaviour or substance.” (FRANK)

If you have an addiction or know someone who has an addiction, you’re not alone. An estimated two million people in the UK are fighting an addiction.

As part of this interactive day you will explore the experiences of people living with addiction and how this affects those close to them. We will also look at how people overcome addiction and what helps the recovery process.

By the end of this course, you will:

• Gainanunderstandingofwhatit’sliketo live with an addiction or support someone with an addiction

• Considertherangeofexperiencessomeone may have

• Haveabetterunderstandingofwhatrecovery is, how recovery comes about and how it’s maintained

• Explorewhathelpswhensomeoneisliving with addiction and what support is available.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about addiction, particularly anyone with experience of addiction. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members and professionals supporting people with addiction.

Duration One full day (7 hours)

Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney and Nick Bell

Date and Time: 14 November 2014 – 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR.

Date and Time: 9 January 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY

Date and Time: 4 March 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: blueSCI, 54-56 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0LN.

“I found hearing “real” experiences of addiction very moving and informative”


Living with Anxiety and Depression“Anxiety and depression are something we all experience from time to time. If the anxiety or depression stays at a high level for a long time, people may feel that it is difficult to deal with everyday life.” (Mind)

This course will help you to understand more about anxiety and depression by sharing information and experiences to raise awareness and provide solutions to help you manage the difficulties associated with the conditions.


• Haveanunderstandingofwhatanxiety and depression is

• Beawareofthedifferenttypesof anxiety and depression and the different experiences people may have

• Beawareofthesimilaritiesanddifferences between anxiety and depression

• Beabletorecognisesomeofthesignsand symptoms of anxiety and depression

• Knowsomeofthetheoreticalexplanations for anxiety and depression

• Beawareofthestigmaassociatedwithanxiety and depression both internally and externally

• Understandrecovery,andtheindividualnature of it

• Understandsomeoftheblockstorecovery

• Beintroducedtodifferentchangestrategies and interventions that can support the recovery process for people with anxiety and depression

• Knowthedifferentsupportoptionsand services available for service users, families and carers.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about anxiety and depression, particularly anyone who is experiencing anxiety or depression, or feels that they might be. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with anxiety and/or depression.

Duration: Two full days (6.5 hours)

Lead tutors: Dr Sandra Neil, Rosie Beck, Lesley Spencer and Margaret Harper

Date and Time: 2 and 3 December 2014 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR.

Date and Time: 22 and 23 January 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: blueSCI, Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU.

Date and Time: 26 and 27 March 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: Crabtree Room, Waterdale Conference Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Lived Experience

“Blimey! I don’t think I’ve ever learned so much in two days – brilliant facilitators – one of the best courses I’ve ever been on.”


Living with Bipolar Disorder“People who have bipolar disorder experience extreme swings in mood – from periods of overactive, excited behaviour – known as ‘mania’ or ‘manic episodes’ – to deep depression. Between these severe highs and lows, people may have stable times.” (Mind)

The aim of this interactive session is to describe the symptoms of bipolar disorder and equip you with a better understanding of what it’s like to have bipolar disorder.

The course will also identify a range of behaviours and skills that can help you to manage the symptoms of bipolar disorder and support mental health and wellbeing.


• Befamiliarwiththesymptomsassociatedwith bipolar disorder and mood swings

• Haveconsideredtherangeofexperiences individuals, family and friends might have

• Haveconsideredtheeffectsoflabellingand stigma on those living with bipolar disorder, and the way it is represented in the media

• Befamiliarwithsomeoftheresearchand theories relating to bipolar disorder and mood swings

• Considersomeoftheinterventionsandapproaches used to help people living with bipolar disorder, including:

o The ways that we can help to promote recovery from a bipolar disorder

o The barriers to recovery and ways to overcome them.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about bipolar disorder, particularly anyone who has bipolar disorder, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with bipolar disorder.

Duration: One full day (6 hours)

Lead tutors: Phillip Brawn and Heather Peel

Date and Time: 19 December 2014 – 10am to 4pm

Venue: J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 16 February 2015 – 10am to 4pm


Date and Time: 12 March 2015 – 10am to 4pm


“Rich discussion with first person narratives.”

Lived Experience


Living with Blood Borne VirusesBlood borne viruses (BBVs) such as Hepatitis and HIV continue to have a detrimental effect on the health of the population, despite the fact that effective prevention and treatment options are available. Some people with mental health problems may be more at risk from developing a BBV because of their lifestyle, for example drug use, homelessness, abuse, and lack of exposure to health education.

This course will provide you with information about blood borne viruses (BBVs) and the treatment options available as well as exploring the ways friends, family and professionals can support someone living with BBVs.


• BeawareofhowHepatitisA,HepatitisB, Hepatitis C and HIV are/are not transmitted; their signs and symptoms

• Understandtheissuesassociatedwithdisclosing BBV status to others

• Lookatwaysofovercomingstigmaassociated with BBVs

• Knowthetreatmentoptionsavailable

• Considerthesupportneedsofindividualsliving with BBV’s whether they are/are not receiving treatment

• Understandhowtostayashealthyas possible before, during and after treatment.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who has been diagnosed with a BBV or thinks that they might be. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with BBVs.


Lead tutors: Sheila Wilson and Stewart Moors

Date and Time: 4 December 2014 – 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR



Date and Time: 19 February 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm


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Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder“Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an anxiety disorder related to body image. If you have BDD, you experience concerns about your appearance that cause you significant anxiety and have a disruptive effect on your life. You may also develop routines and habits, such as excessive use of mirrors or picking your skin, to deal with the worries you have about the way you look. These habits usually have a significant impact on your ability to carry on with your day-to-day life.” (Mind)

This course aims to break down the misconceptions related to BDD by exploring the nature of the condition, how it can develop, and the impact it has on people’s lives. We will also explore the different treatment options you can access and look at the ways friends, family and professionals can support someone living with BDD.

By the end of the course, you will:

• BeabletodefineBDDandexplorecommon misconceptions of the disorder

• Understandsomeofthebeliefsandbehaviours associated with the disorder

• Discussthebiologicalandpsychologicaltheories behind the development of BDD

• Considerhowculture,societyandmediacan influence and exacerbate BDD

• Understandtheprogressionandlong-term effects of BDD and the effect it has on individuals and their families

• Considerarangeoftreatmentoptionsthat can be helpful to people living with BDD

• Lookathowwecanbestsupportpeopleliving with this condition.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know more about BDD, particularly anyone who has BDD, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with BDD.

Duration: One full day (6.5 hours)

Lead tutors: Martin O’Doherty and Carolyn Sellers.

Date and Time: 9 December 2014 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 17 February 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm


Date and Time: 26 March 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: blueSCI, Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU

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Living Well with Dementia Dementia is caused by a number of diseases that affect the brain. The most common is Alzheimer’s but there are many different types of dementia, which affect the brain at different rates and in different ways.

The aim of this course is to provide you with facts about dementia, common symptoms, treatments available, and techniques that will help you to cope with the effects of dementia.

You will learn a range of skills that will help you handle day-to-day challenges, maximise your independence and live an active, meaningful life.

The course will also help carers, family members and professionals understand people’s experiences of living with dementia and find out what support is available.

This course is run by Dementia Friends Champions.

By the end of this course, you will learn about:

• Theimpactoftheenvironmentondementia and what support is available to help you maintain independence e.g. tele-care

• Cognitivecopingstrategiese.g.coping with forgetting

• Emotionalcopingstrategiese.g.managing stress and feelings associated with dementia

• Theimportanceofmaintainingsupportive relationships and networks in your local community

• Planningforthefuture

• Researchaboutdementiaandhowtoget involved.

Who should attend? This free course is for people with a recent diagnosis of dementia, their carers, relatives, friends and professionals who support people with dementia.


Lead tutors: Gill Drummond, Ann Collins, Dr Nathalie Whittle and Sarah Monks


Venue: Blake Room, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL


Venue: Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester M30 0TU

“Everything was very informative; it was good to hear from carer’s and people with dementia.”

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Living with a Dual DiagnosisIf you have mental health and substance misuse problems, doctors sometimes call this ‘dual diagnosis’.

“A large proportion of people in England with mental health problems have co-occurring problems with drug or alcohol misuse. Likewise poor mental health is commonplace in people who are dependent on or have problems with drugs and alcohol. And, for many people, mental ill health and substance misuse combine with a range of other needs including poor physical health, insecure housing and offending.”1.

During this course you will hear what it is like to live with a dual diagnosis and explore the different misconceptions within the wider community. We will also look at how having a dual diagnosis impacts on people’s everyday lives and the benefit of continued support to aid recovery.

By the end of the course, you will:

• Gainanunderstandingofthemeaningof dual diagnosis and what it is like to live with a dual diagnosis

• Haveagreaterawarenessofthesigns,symptoms and possible causes of dual diagnosis

• Gainanunderstandingofthedifferencesbetween drug induced and drug related psychosis

• Haveabetterunderstandingofwhypeople often self- medicate/use alcohol and illicit substances

• Gaininsightintotherecoveryprocess

• Knowhowtosupportsomeonewithadual diagnosis and the services available.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn more about dual diagnosis, particularly anyone who has mental health and substance misuse problems. We strongly urge friends, family members and professionals to attend in order toenhancetheirabilitytosupportothersintheirrecoveryjourney.


Lead Tutors: Paul Johnston, Lyndsey Chadderton and Martin Elder

Date and Time: 12 November 2014 – 10am to 4pm

Venue: Room 2, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Date and Time: 14 January 2015 – 10am to 4pm



Venue: Multi-Purpose Room 3, Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

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Living with eating Disorders“Eatingdisordersaren’tjustaboutfoodandeating.Theyareaboutdifficultproblemsandpainful feelings, which you may be finding hard to express, face or resolve. Focusing on food is a way of disguising these problems, even from yourself.” (Mind)

This course will increase your awareness of what it is like to live with an eating disorder, and outline strategies that enable people to cope with long-term eating disorders.


• UnderstandwhatismeantbythetermEating Disorder

• Befamiliarwithsomeofthesignsandsymptoms of the main eating disorders

• Considerthepossiblecausesofanorexia,bulimia and binge eating

• Considerhowparticulareatingdisorders make the individual experiencing them feel

• Thinkaboutwhathelpsandwhatdoesn’t help people living with an eating disorder

• Considertherangeofdifferentinterventions and services available

• Appreciatepeople’sstoriesandjourneysof recovery.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about eating disorders, particularly anyone who has an eating disorder, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with eating disorders.


Lead tutors: Mita Sykes, Dr Magdalene Sampson and Jean Haslam


Venue: Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB


Venue: Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL


Venue: Conference Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

“I enjoyed everything about the training. I found it really informative and the delivery was clear and understandable.”


Living with OCDObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterised by frequent unwanted, uninvited and intrusive thoughts, images, urges, impulses and doubts which cause marked and significant distress. They are accompanied by compulsive and ritualistic behaviours which act to reduce the distress.

This course aims to increase your awareness and understanding of this often misunderstood and secretive disorder. We look at common misconceptions and explore the wider context of OCD to help you manage the symptoms of OCD and know how to support people living with the disorder.


• BeabletodefineOCDandexplorecommon misconceptions of the disorder

• Knowthedifferencebetweenobsessionsand compulsions

• Haveabetterunderstandingofthenature of intrusive thoughts, images, impulses, urges and the obsessive compulsive cycle

• UnderstandthelongtermeffectsofOCDon individuals, their families and carers

• UnderstandtheuseofCognitiveBehavioural Therapy

• Understandtheuseofmedication

• UnderstandhowOCDaffectspeopleand learn techniques that help reduce anxiety and distress

• Understandtherolethatfriendsandfamily play in supporting people in their recovery.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about obsessive compulsive disorders, particularly anyone who has OCD, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with OCD.


Lead tutors: Martin O’Doherty and Yvonne Slater

Date and Time: 7 November 2014 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, External Entrance, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 9 January 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: blueSCI, 54-56 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0LN



“The trainers were very knowledgeable and the course was well delivered.”

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Living with Personality Disorder“People who have a personality disorder, may find that their beliefs and attitudes are different from others. Their patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving are more difficult to change and they will have a more limited range of emotions, attitudes and behaviours with which to cope with everyday life. This can make things difficult for them or for other people.” (Mind)

This course will help you to understand personality disorder better and provide you with practical advice to help manage the condition and feel more equipped to support yourself and others to achieve greater emotional wellbeing.


• Knowwhatpersonalitydisorderisandthe different types of personality disorder

• Lookatthedifferentthoughts,emotions, and behaviours displayed by people with personality disorder

• Discusstheimpactthesethoughts,emotions, and behaviours have for individuals and their families and friends

• Considersomeofthelifeexperienceswhich may affect personality development

• Understandthecopingmechanismsthatpeople with personality disorder may use

• Consideryourownemotionalresponsesto people with personality disorder and how these responses may affect others

• Considersomeofthechallengestoaccessing support for individuals and families and carers

• Exploredifferentwaystowellbeingthat can support people through their recoveryjourney.

Who should attend?

This free course is for anyone who wants to know about personality disorder, particularly anyone who has personality disorder, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with personality disorder.

For professionals and those helping people with personality disorder, who want to gain more skills supporting people with a diagnosis, you may find it helpful to attend the Personality Disorder; National KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme.


Lead tutors: Colin Mattinson, Kelly Sweeney and Christine Partlett







“I enjoyed the course because I have personality disorder and learnt a lot.”


Living with Psychosis“Psychosis is when people perceive or interpret events differently from other people. This could include experiencing hallucinations, delusions or flight of ideas.” (Mind)

This course will help you to gain an understanding of what it’s like to live with psychosis and its possible causes. Using a variety of group work discussion from lived experience and research, the course will also explore toolkits that support people living with psychosis in theirrecoveryjourney.


• Haveabetterunderstandingofwhatpsychosis means

• Knowsomeofthepotentialcausesofpsychosis

• Discusshowpsychosisaffectsdailylifeand know how to cope with distressing experiences

• Beabletosupportpeopleexperiencingdistressing symptoms

• Haveabetterunderstandingofhowtoaddress stigma

• Knowhowtosupportpeopleintheirrecoveryjourney.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about psychosis, particularly anyone who has experienced psychosis, or feels that they might have. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with psychosis.


Lead tutors: Professor Paul French, Deb Stefanovic, Graham Lee and representatives from the Bolton Hearing Voices Group.


Venue: Octagon Theatre, Hospitality Suite, Howell Croft South, Bolton, Lancs. BL1 1SB





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“The whole day has educated me with more understanding to help my son recover from his first episode of psychosis.”


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Living with Self-Harm“Self-harm is a way of expressing very deep distress. Often, people don’t know why they self-harm.”(Mind)Peoplewhoself-harmmayinjurethemselvesinavarietyofways.

This course will help you to understand why people self-harm and what support is available. It also aims to dispel the most common myths surrounding self-harm and addresses the feelings of fear, guilt and shame that self-harm can bring up due to the stigma around it.

Thecourseincludestipsforhelpingyourselfandprovidesnon-judgemental,compassionate advice for friends, family members and professionals when encountering self-harming behaviour.


• Haveagreaterunderstandingofself-harm and what can trigger it

• Understandwhypeopleharmthemselves and the purpose it serves

• Understandhowself-harmingbehaviourinteracts with other mental health conditions

• Understandthestigma,shameandtaboo of self-harm

• Beawareoftreatment,interventions,recovery and support

• Beabletoofferappropriatesupporttothose that engage in self-harm

• Understandhowtosupportsomeonethat engages in self-harm.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about self-harm, particularly anyone who is self-harming, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who self-harm.


Lead tutors: Dr Gemma Trainor and Colin Mattinson

Dates and Time: 28 November 2014 – 10am to 4pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 14 January 2015 - 10am to 4pm

Venue: Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale Conference Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BL


Venue: blueSCI, 54-56 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0LN

“The trainers were absolutely excellent and delivered it in a clear and interesting way.”


Recovering from Domestic AbuseDomestic abuse is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behavior, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.

This course will help you to understand about domestic abuse and provide you with practical advice to help stay safe as well as equipping you with knowledge about how best to support victims of domestic abuse.


• Beabletodefinedomesticabuse,andthe possible indicators

• Beawareoftheprevalenceofdomesticabuse, including its links to substance misuse

• Understandwhypeoplemaystayinabusive relationships

• Understandsurvivors’copingandrecovery strategies

• Beabletoidentifywaysofsupportingvictims of domestic abuse

• Beawareoflegislationregardingdomestic abuse

• Knowwherevictimscangethelpandwhat support is available.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about domestic abuse, or feels that they might be experiencing it. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing domestic abuse.


Lead tutors: Sheila Wilson and Joanne Wilson







“I enjoyed the group discussions and the interactive exercises.”

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Women and Mental Health“The same numbers of women and men experience mental health problems overall, but some problems are more common in women than men, and vice versa. For example, depression affects women twice as much as men.

“Various social factors put women at greater risk of poor mental health than men. However, women’s readiness to talk about their feelings and their strong social networks can help protect their mental health.” (Mental Health Foundation)

This course raises awareness of the specific issues that can affect women’s mental health, and explores the different ways you can help protect your mental health and supportwomenintheirrecoveryjourney.


• Explorethehistoryofwomenandmental health through the ages

• Discussthedifferentrolesofwomenintoday’s society and the impact these roles have on women’s mental health

• Considersomeofthedifferentinternalcoping strategies that women may use, including drinking, dieting, binge eating, and self-harm

• Considertheparticularissuesthatcanaffect women and the relationship between hormones and mental health e.g. menstrual cycles, childbirth, and menopause

• Understandthepossibleeffectsofmental health medication on women

• Considersomeoftheculturalissuesthataffect women and their mental health

• Celebratethestrengthsthatwomenhave to manage everyday stresses and longer-term mental health problems

• Discussthedifferentsupportoptionsandservices available to support women.

Who should attend? This free course is open to anyone who wants to learn more about women’s experience of mental health. Women who are experiencing/have experienced mental distress and are struggling to make sense of things are welcome to attend, as are family members and professionals who are supporting women with mental health problems.


Lead Tutors: Claire Watson, Deb Stefanovic and Jane Aldred




Venue: Peel Room, Waterdale Conference Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL



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Advocacy in Mental HealthIndependent Mental Health Advocates support people with mental health problems and their families to exercise their basic human rights, and to assist public services in avoiding breaches of human rights.

This course looks at what our basic human rights are and how advocates can assist people with mental health problems and their families to take control of the decisions that affect their care. Any person who, without reasonable cause, obstructs the rights of people to see an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), or obstructs an advocate in their duties is guilty of an offence.

This course offers everything service users, their families, and professionals need to know about advocacy, demonstrates how staff and volunteers can support people to have a ‘voice’ and lets you know how to access advocacy services in your local area.


• Understandthevaluesandprinciplesunderpinning the Human Rights Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

• Considertherolesandresponsibilitiesofprofessionals, carers, family and service users themselves in relation to this legislation

• Understandtheethosandprinciplesof advocacy, and the varied roles and responsibilities of mental health advocates

• Haveanawarenessofcircumstanceswhereadvocates must be involved and where they may be involved to protect service users’ rights

• Considerhowadvocatesmayhelpinsituations where people face losing or have lost their liberty

• Beawareofadvocacyservicesandhowtheymay be accessed across all Trust services.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about mental health advocacy, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Lead tutors: Robin Jamil and Lynn Agnew

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Venue: Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale Conference Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL


Venue: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ

“Trainers were both first class – gave clear explanations, answered questions, very clear, thorough and interesting day – ace”


An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a type of talking therapy that can help people manage a wide range of problems across a broad spectrum of mental health issues.

It involves analysing thoughts, thinking processes, and current behaviour patterns to help people make changes. The aim of CBT is to reduce the experience of problematic emotions and to increase more life enriching adaptive behaviours.

This one day introductory course will introduce you to the principles and underlying core values of CBT.


• UnderstandthebasicprinciplesofCBT

• HaveheardexamplesofhowCBTcanbeapplied in practice and in everyday life

• Havebeenintroducedtospecificapplications of CBT

• KnowtheevidencebaseforCBT.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Lead tutors: Sara Whitehead and members of staff from our Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training Centre.

The Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre was set up by the Trust with the aim of developing and delivering high quality CBT training in the North West. Since then, CBT training courses have been offered to hundreds of mental health practitioners working with a wide range of service user groups across many settings. The Training Centre has gained a reputation for its quality and standards and all our staff are accredited and highly experienced clinicians, supervisors and trainers.

“I enjoyed the use of practical examples in the form of exercises – thought provoking and useful.”







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An Introduction to Life Story WorkLife Story Work provides individuals with the opportunity to talk about their life experiences, memories and hopes for the future and records this in a creative way.

A number of different methods for capturing the information are explored – whether this is a DVD, photograph album, collage, life story books, photo-story boards or a memory box – so that you can choose whatever method suits you best.

This course will help you to share your life experiences and provide you with the opportunity to create a Life Story piece of work. Your individuality, identity, mental stimulation and style of communication will be explored in a fun and yet meaningful way.

This is an interactive session which will require you to bring an openness to share your positive life experiences in a group setting along with some materials such as valued photographs, or maybe one or two small items that hold meaning for you that you then feel comfortable discussing and sharing.


• HaveanunderstandingofwhatLife Story is and how this can help you to retain your wishes, values and beliefs

• ConsiderhowhavingaLifeStorycan stimulate long term and short term memory

• ExplorehowhavingaLifeStorycan improve communication and conversations with those close to you, to further strengthen relationships and support networks that maintain your recovery

• ProduceapieceofindividualisedLifeStory to take home with you which can be added to.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about Life Story. We hope this will be useful to anyone with lived experience of dementia or anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. This course is also useful for those providing care who want to learn how to collect information about the person they care for to work with them to build up a record of their life.

Duration: Half a day (3.5 hours)

Lead Tutor: Sarah Page

Date and Time: 16 December 2014 – 1pm to 4.30pm

Venue: J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton. BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 13 February 2015 – 1pm to 4.30pm


Date and Time: 4 March 2015 – 1pm to 4.30pm


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An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing SkillsMotivational Interviewing (MI) is a type of talking therapy that strengthens people’s own motivation and commitment to change by using collaborative conversation to explore people’s own reasons for change.

The rationale for this approach is that people are more likely to change if they have been encouraged to make their own decisions to do this.

This two day introductory course will introduce you to the principles and underlying spirit of MI.


• UnderstandthebasicprinciplesofMI

• Becomefamiliarwiththefundamentalspirit of MI

• KnowabouttheeffectivenessofMI

• DirectlyexperienceanMIapproachandcontrast it with other approaches

• KnowthepracticalguidelinesforusingMI

• Gaindirectexperienceandinitialpracticeof MI

• LearntheprocessesusedwithinMIsessions.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Motivational Interviewing, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.

Duration: Two full days (7 hours)

Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney and Joanne Wilson “Fantastic two days.

Steve was an excellent trainer – clear and enabled practice of ‘techniques’.”

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Date and Time: 20 and 21 November 2014 – 9.30am to 4.30pm


Date and Time: 5 and 6 February 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm


Date and Time: 11 and 12 March 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm



An Introduction to Solution Focussed Therapy Solution Focussed Therapy is a type of talking therapy that focuses on what people want to achieve in therapy rather than on past problems, or possible causes of those problems.

This approach is often referred to as “brief therapy” because it assumes that people already possess the resources to manage their own problems.

This course will help you to understand solution focussed therapy and will help you to develop some basic skills to use this approach for managing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


• UnderstandwhatSolutionFocussedTherapy is and the approach used

• Haveseentheapproachinaction

• Knowthevalueofthequestioningstyle of this approach, and reflect on its suitability for different mental health and/or substance misuse problems

• Becomefamiliarwiththe“MiracleQuestion”, which the approach promotes

• Learnthespiritofusingthisapproachwith respect to the following key themes:

o Viewingthepersonasmorethanjusttheir problem(s)

o Exploring people’s strengths and resources, rather than problems

o Exploring people’s short and long-term goals for the future

o Exploring what resources someone has to contribute to achieving their long-term goals

o Assuming people are the experts in their own lives

o Taking a respectful, brief and non-intrusive form of questioning.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Solution Focussed Therapy, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Lead tutor: Chris McGowan

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“Enjoyed the role plays, and how we are able to convert the training into practice.”


Venue: Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, External Entrance, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR










Creative WritingThere is growing evidence to suggest that the physical act of writing has a positive effect on our wellbeing. Many people feel drawn to write down their feelings and experiences in diaries, poems and songs especially when they’re feeling strong emotions suchasgrief,despair,loveorjoy.

This course aims to introduce people to creative writing and explore the effects it can have on mental wellbeing. It is the act of writing itself that is beneficial to us, not the quality, so don’t be put off if you don’t consider yourself to be creative or are exploring creative writing for the first time. We will learn together how to use our experiences and imagination to develop poems and stories.

Course facilitators will encourage a safe, respectful environment and there will be no pressure to share any writing you produce if you do not wish to do so.


• Haveagreaterunderstandingofwhatcreative writing is and what it can do for you

• Considerdifferentformatsforcreativewriting

• Practisedevelopingapieceofcreativewriting

• Befamiliarwithdifferenttoolsandtechniques that can help you write creatively

• Experienceperformancesofpoetryand live music from people with lived experience of mental health problems

• Learnaboutdifferentorganisationsthat can help you if you wish to pursue publishing opportunities

• Feelinspiredandmotivatedtoexploreyour own creativity.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about creative writing to improve their own mental health. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members, as well as professionals who are working with people who are struggling to see their problems clearly and find a way to work through them.


Lead Tutors: Lynne Curran, Andrew Aldred, Leanne Roberts and Paul Johnston

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Completing an Advance DecisionAdvance decisions enable you to make choices and decisions about future care to ensure your wishes are taken into account in the future, in case there is a time when these decisions cannot be made.

This course is specifically aimed at demonstrating how people with mental health problems (like depression or psychosis) can make advance decisions.


• Understandwhatismeantbytheterm“loss of capacity”

• Beawareoftherangeofwaysbywhich service-users with mental health problems can influence future clinical decision-making should they lose capacity

• Beabletocompleteavalidadvancedecision to refuse treatment

• Understandthecircumstancesunderwhich an advance decision might be disregarded

• Beawareofwaysofincreasingthechances that an advance decision will shape future service responses.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about advance decisions. In particular, the course is tailored towards people with mental health problems (like depression or psychosis) who may temporarily lose the ability to make their own decisions. Less emphasis is given to situations where decision- making is permanently impaired, such as ‘end-of-life’ or where someone is suffering from dementia.

We strongly encourage service users to attend, as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users.

Duration: Half a day (3 hours)

Lead tutors: Gary Sidley and Wendy Broderick

“I enjoyed how interactive the learning style was and that there was someone explaining about Advance Decisions who actually had one and it had been used whilst under a service.”


Venue: Meeting Room 1, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 9 January 2015 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Venue: Ernest Rutherford Room, Waterdale Conference Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL


Venue: Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester M30 0TU

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Dementia FriendsDementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative to help members of the public understand what it might be like to live with dementia and then turn that understanding into action. Anyone can become a Dementia Friend and make a difference.

This information session aims to raise awareness about dementia and how it affects people, as well as the practical actions that Dementia Friends can take that could help someone with dementia living in their community.

The session will provide you with information and resources so you feel confident in understanding people’s questions about dementia and where you can direct them to for further information and support.

The sessions are run by Dementia Friends Champions and are fully endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Society.


• Learnaboutdementiaandunderstandits affects.

• Understandtheimpactofdementiaonthe wider community

• BecomefamiliarwiththeDementiaFriends campaign and the Prime Ministers challenge on dementia

• Feelmoreconfidentinsupportingpeople living with dementia

• BeeligibletoregisterasaNationalDementia Friend and be an integral part of the Dementia Friends campaign.

Who should attend? This free information session is for the general public, carers and staff who support people with dementia.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Lead tutors: Tracy Collard and Gill Drummond

Date and Time: 30 October 2014 – 2.30pm to 4pm


Date and Time: 25 November 2014 – 10am to 11.30am


Date and Time: 20 February 2015 – 10am to 11.30am

Venue: Conference Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester. M41 5SL

Date and Time: 25 March 2015 – 2.30pm to 4pm


“Even after 20 years working with older people it’s a pleasure to keep learning more and improving my level of care.”


Facilitating Self-Help GroupsPeople often find it helpful to come together to share their experiences and get support in a group setting.

The aim of this course is to help you run effective groups. The main emphasis is on developing and practising group work skills that are applicable across a wide range of types of group work.


• Beabletoshareideasforpreparing and running groups

• Knowtheimportanceof establishing and maintaining group rules

• Considerdifferentgroupdynamicsandways of encouraging equal participation

• Knowarangeoffacilitatorstylesandwhen to use different styles in different situations

• Feelconfidentaboutrunningyourowngroup

• Beabletoreflectongroupprogressandplan for people moving on.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who is interested in running their own self-help group, whether they are a service user, carer, family member or professional supporting people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney, Chris McGowan and Mike Wilson

Date and Time: 17 and 18 February 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm


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“I learned so much, it encouraged me out of my comfort zone, got me ready and inspired me for group work – bloody brill”


Health and Wellbeing for CarersLearning new skills or improving your existing knowledge can make life as a carer much easier. Health and Wellbeing for Carers gives you a better understanding of the problems you may face as a carer and helps you find new ways to tackle them.

This course has been developed in partnership with a number of the Trust’s carers to make the course specific for people who care for people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


• Discoverhowcaringaffectsyourlifeandhow to balance your commitments better

• Communicatemoreeffectivelywiththeperson you care for as well as health professionals

• Understandtheemotionsyoumayfeelwhen caring and find practical ways to deal with them

• Learnhowtorelaxandtaketimeforyourself.

Who should attend? This free course is for carers of someone with a mental health and/or substance misuse problem. We hope it will also be helpful for carer’s friends and family members.

We define a carer as “A person who provides unpaid practical or emotional support to someone with a disability, addiction or illness. The person may be a relative, partner, friend or neighbour. A carer can be of any age and may be a young person providing assistance to a parent or another person. A carer may live with the person they care for or provide support from a distance.”


Lead tutors: Patricia Goodwin and Suzanne Grundy

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Venue: blueSCI 54-56 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester. M16 0LN


Venue: Meeting Room 1, J2 Training Room, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR


Venue: Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester. M30 0TU


Venue: Room 2, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester. M25 3BL


Venue: Carer’s Room, Rivington Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR

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Mindfulness and Compassion Focussed TherapyMindfulnesscanhelpusenjoytheworldmoreandunderstandourselvesbetterbychanging the way we think, feel and act. Mindfulness and compassion are psychological skills, which we can all develop. These skills have their roots in meditative practice and have recently become the focus of considerable scientific research efforts.

Developingandstrengtheningyourabilitytobenon-judgementallyreceptivetoeventswithin the present moment has been found to be beneficial for people who experience depression, and for people who are struggling with stress.

This course will help you to gain an awareness of how common it is to go through life on automatic pilot, rather than living with full awareness, and how we become overly attached to our own self attacking patterns, especially when we are struggling with feelings of great sadness or threat.


• Havedirectexperienceofmindfulnesstechniques for coping with stress, anxiety, addictive behaviour and depression

• Haveatheoreticalunderstandingofmindfulness and how it can be helpful for people with mental health and alcohol and drugs problems

• Haveagreaterunderstandingofself-attacking, its role, and its consequences

• Gainanunderstandingofwhatcompassion is and what it is not

• Thinkaboutyourownambivalencetobeing more compassionate about your struggles

• Haveexperiencedanumberofwayswhich will help you to strengthen your ability to engage in compassion

• Learnhowcompassionandmindfulnessstrengthen each other.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about mindfulness and compassion to improve their own mental health. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members, as well as professionals who are supporting people who are struggling to see their problems clearly and find a way to work through them.


Lead Tutors: Martin O’Doherty, Tobyn Bell, Ian Lowens and Marcelina Watkinson


Venue: J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR





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node-Link Mapping and Behavioural ActivationNode-Link Mapping is a visual communication tool for clarifying shared information between people. It helps people to look at the causes and effects of their behaviour and helps them to problem solve. As the information is presented in the form of a diagram it also helps people to monitor their progress.

Behavioural Activation is a brief talking therapy that uses mapping to encourage people to approach activities that they are avoiding and is particularly helpful for people experiencing anxiety and depression.

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to be able to use node-link mapping on yourself and with others.


• Understandandbeabletousenode-linkmapping

• Understandandbeabletousethe‘Working towards change’ package developed for this course

• Explorehowthisapproachmaybeused for different mental health and/or substance misuse problems

• Beabletousedifferentmapstospecifically promote recovery and be able to support people in overcoming barriers to recovery

• BefamiliarwithBehaviouralActivationand its effectiveness for working with people experiencing depression and anxiety

• Developskills,confidenceandexperiencein using node-link mapping and behavioural activation.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Lead tutors: Chris McGowan “I enjoyed the practice – completing the maps in groups using the case studies provided.”

Date and Time: 4 and 5 November 2014 – 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: Room 2 and Room 4, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3GL

Date and Time: 6 and 7 January 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm


Date and Time: 17 and 18 March 2015 – 9.30am to 4.30pm



Personality Disorder; national KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme“People who have a personality disorder, may find that their beliefs and attitudes are different from others. Their patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving are more difficult to change and they will have a more limited range of emotions, attitudes and behaviours with which to cope with everyday life. This can make things difficult for them or for other people.” (Mind)

This awareness level programme is the foundation element of the Knowledge and Understanding Framework that has been developed and agreed in partnership with the Department of Health, The National Offender Management Service, and the KUF Central Team (The Institute of Mental Health and Emergence).

It provides you with the underpinning knowledge and understanding required to support people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. The three day programme is supported by six awareness level e-learning modules, which must be completed in your own time during the programme.

This programme builds on the ‘Living with Personality Disorder’ course by exploring in more depth how to support people with personality disorder and what skills are required to do this effectively.


• Knowwhatpersonalitydisorderis,thedifferent types and how many people are affected

• Beawareofthedebatesanddisputessurrounding personality disorder

• Haveconsideredthefactorsthatmightlead to personality disorder

• Knowhowpersonalitydisorderisdiagnosed and the impact of labelling and stigma

• Beawareofthemisconceptionsofpersonality disorder and the impact this has on individuals

• Beabletounderstandyourownvalues, beliefs and needs and use this knowledge to find better ways of

responding to and engaging with people who have personality disorder

• Knowhowsupportingsomeonewithpersonality disorder is different from supporting someone with other mental health difficulties and understand how it will affect you and the help you may need

• Knowhowtosupportpeoplewhoself-harm

• Knowhowtorespondeffectivelytopeople who have emotional distress and know how to manage anger and hostility

• Havelookedatdifferentperspectivesaround recovery.

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Who should attend? This free course is predominately for professionals working with people with personality disorder or those supporting people with a diagnosis. If anyone who has personality disorder would like to become a trainer for this programme they are also welcome to attend.

Those with a personality disorder or the friends and family members of those with a disorder may find it more helpful to attend our ‘Living with Personality Disorder’ course.

Lead tutors: Colin Mattinson, Martin O’Doherty, Mani Mehdikhani and Ben Ottiwell

“I enjoyed the group work and the opportunity to listen to others experiences – staff and ex-service users.”

Cohort One:

Date and Time: 3 November, 17 November and 1 December 2014 - 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: Various rooms on the Prestwich site, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Cohort Two:

Date and Time: 8 January, 22 January and 5 February 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm


Cohort Three:

Date and Time: 23 February, 9 March and 23 March 2015 – 10am to 4.30pm



Recovery StarThe Recovery Star is a tool for people using mental health services to chart their own recovery progress with the help of mental health workers, their families, friends and carers. The ‘star’ contains ten areas covering the main aspects of people’s lives, including relationships, work, living skills, self-esteem and hope.

This course will introduce the Recovery Star as an aid to identifying people’s strengths and goals and show you how it can be used as a tool to help you gain a sense of purpose and hope to achieve your short and long term ambitions.


• BefamiliarwiththeRecoveryStarasanaid to encouraging recovery-orientated conversations

• UnderstandhowtheRecoveryStarcanpromote hope, active engagement, positive self-view, forward planning, and behaviour change

• UnderstandhowtheRecoveryStarcanmeasure, support, and demonstrate both individual and service progress

• Gainpracticeusingthetoolandthinkabout how you can use it to chart recovery progress.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the Recovery Star, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.

Duration: Half a day (3.5 hours)

Lead tutors: Teresa Grogan and Wendy Broderick.

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Date and Time: 18 December 2014 – 1pm to 4.30pm

Venue: J2 Training Room, Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road. Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR

Date and Time: 12 February 2015 – 9.30am to 1pm


Date and Time: 4 March 2015 – 9.30am to 1pm

Venue: Room 2, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Supporting the Recovery ProcessIn mental health, ‘recovery’ means the process through which people find ways of living meaningful lives with or without ongoing symptoms of their condition.

Although the concept of recovery in mental health is not new, everybody’s experiences are different and very personal to them.

This course will help you to learn about those different experiences and the factors which help and hinder recovery. The more we learn about people’s experiences, the better equipped we are as individuals to support one another.


• Understandwhatwemeanby‘recovery’

• Beawareofthepositiveandnegativeeffects of labelling

• Considermedicalandsocialmodelformental health provision and how these fit with today’s recovery agenda

• Understandwhatsupportsrecoveryandwhat tools and theories there are to help service users and mental health services e.g. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

• Reviewcurrentserviceprovisionandidentify ways to help make services more recovery focussed.


As well as the five classroom sessions, there is also an opportunity to visit Manchester Museum to explore our human history and mental health from different perspectives, both past and present.

Themuseum’s‘ObjectsinMind’twohourtourhasbeendevelopedtoencouragevisitorsto use the museum in a way that promotes and aids their recovery from mental health problems.

Travelling through the museum galleries you will explore the theme of personal experience,howweviewourselves,andthejourneyswetakethroughlifethatrevealasense of identity.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about recovery, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people in their recovery.

Duration: Six 3 hour sessions on a weekly basis. Participants should aim to attend all six sessions to get the most out of this programme.

Lead tutor: Jane Aldred

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Date and Time: 6 February 2015 – 1pm to 4.30pm

Venue: Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL

Date and Time: 13 February 2015 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm


“The course was very good and interesting. I enjoyed the interactiveness of the sessions.”


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Assertiveness SkillsWe all can benefit from learning to get the most from working with others whilst ensuring that our own views are considered. Assertiveness is about having self-confidence without being aggressive.

Being assertive is an important communication skill which could help you to reduce stress and anxiety, control anger as well as improve your self-esteem.

This course will help you to gain assertiveness skills and will provide you with practical techniques to feel more confident in different situations.


• Understandwhatassertivenessmeans

• Identifybarrierstoassertivenessandexplore ways to overcome them

• Recognisethedifferentcommunicationstyles we and others use

• Understandwhyweusethecommunication styles we do

• Exploredifferentself-managementtechniques which promote assertiveness

• Explorethebestwaytocommunicatewith others to achieve common goals

• Shareyourexperiencestopromoteshared learning within the group.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn assertiveness skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals.


Lead tutor: Bethany Darbyshire

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Venue: Meeting Room 1, J2, Linden Ward, External Entrance, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR




Basic english Skills Whatever the current level of your English skills, this free English course will develop your confidence and skills in a vast range of everyday and workplace situations.

Improving your English skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) can also leadtoabetterjobortofurtherstudylikeapprenticeships or QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) awards.

Our ‘basic skills’ qualifications (Level 1 and Level 2) are based on national standards recognised by employers and colleges.

If you would like to take a national qualification in Functional English you should attend all nine sessions, or depending on what you would like to learn, you can pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend (everyone attends session 1). The sessions are:

Session Topic Description

1 Discover your English skillsA fun introduction to learning and using English through practical activities

2Speaking and listening confidently and successfully

Introduction to debates, discussions, interview skills and presentations through practical activities

3 English in the mediaLooking at different styles of spoken and written English in TV, music, newspapers and books

4From Facebook to formalities

What type of written and spoken language do we use in different situations? Friendly, formal, texting, letter writing, emails...

5 "What do I put here?"

Successfulwrittencommunicationskillsforjobapplications, form filling (benefits, passports, utilities, and phones etc., both on paper and online).

6How to spell and punctuate using technology and other things...

Using the internet (websites, apps, online dictionaries) and even books to improve your English.

7Describe! Instruct! Persuade! Inform!

Explore and use the various styles of English used in different situations - creative writing, flyers, newsletters, writing instructions, reports and records.

8 Finding out information

Using leaflets, timetables, the internet, advertisements, newspapers, brochures and reference books to find the information we need.

9Everything you need to do for a Qualification in English

Practical activities in writing, reading, speaking, and listening which will help you towards a formal qualification in Functional English

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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn basic English skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users as well as professionals.

Duration: This course runs once a week for three hours over a nine week period.

Course tutors: Maria Clifton and Heather Peel

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Date and Time: 3 February 2015 – 1pm to 4pm



Date and Time: 10 March 2015 – 1pm to 4pm



Venue for all the above training: Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY

Please note participants MUST attend all 9 days to receive accreditation


Basic Information Technology (IT) SkillsThis course will help you to develop transferable IT skills and will stimulate your interestandenjoymentinIT.

Improving your IT skills can also lead to a better jobortofurtherstudylikeapprenticeships or QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) awards.


If you would like to take a national qualification in Functional IT you should attend all seven sessions, or depending on what you would like to learn, you can pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend (everyone attends session 1). The sessions are:


1 Get switched on!A fun introduction to computers to build your confidence – from the ‘on button’ to ‘surfing the net’

2Say ‘hello’ to the world wide web

Usetheinternettoapplyforajob,buygoodsonline, pay for a holiday and learn how to protect yourself and your computer from viruses

4Be computer-creative (without glue, scissors or sticky-back plastic)

Create a professional and artistic look for your online documents by using Word or Publisher for leaflets, invitations, letters etc.

5 Spread the wordUse PowerPoint to create successful presentations

6Organise stuff easily and electronically

Learn how to manage finances, bills, timetables and household expenses with easy spreadsheets, timetables and schedules using Excel

7Preparing for your qualification

Revise and prepare for a national qualification at Level 1 or 2 in Functional IT

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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn basic information technology skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users as well as professionals.

Duration: This course runs once a week for three hours over a seven week period.

Lead tutors: Maria Clifton and Andrew Aldred

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Venue for all the above: Shaw IT Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BLPlease note participants MUST attend all 7 days to receive accreditation


Basic Maths Skills This course will help you to develop the maths skills you need to use in everyday situations whether at home or at work.

You will gain confidence in your maths skills by using familiar situations to learn and build onpriorknowledge.Improvingyourmathsskillscanalsoleadtoabetterjobortofurtherstudy like apprenticeships or QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) awards.


If you would like to take a national qualification in Functional Maths you should attend all seven sessions, or depending on what you would like to learn, you can pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend (everyone attends session 1). The sessions are:


1 Discover your maths skillsA fun introduction to learning and using maths in everyday situations through practical activities

2Equip yourself! Calculators, rulers

Use maths resources and tools to solve everyday problems

3One potato, two potato, three potato, four

Making sums and calculations easy; using numbers to add, subtract, multiply and divide

4 All shapes and sizesHow big is a football pitch? How much wallpaper do I need to decorate my bedroom and other important questions

5 How many, how much?Using weights and measures and comparing metric and imperial units in real life situations

6 Money, money, moneyWork out budgets for home, spends, savings and holidays

7 Maths is everywhereUsing real life information to create and interpret graphs and charts

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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn basic maths skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users as well as professionals.

Duration: This course runs once a week for three hours over a seven week period.

Course tutor: Maria Clifton

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Venue for all the above training: Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Please note participants MUST attend all 7 days to receive accreditation


essential Life SkillsLife Skills refers to some of the essential skills that we all need to maintain good mental health and sustain a sense of wellbeing.

Scientific evidence suggests that building five actions into our everyday lives can make us feel happier, more positive and able to get the most from life. The five ways to wellbeing are: connecting with others; being active; taking notice; learning; and giving to others.

This course focuses on identifying and developing some of the practical skills you might need to achieve these actions and meet some of the challenges that life presents.


• Identifypersonalstrengthsandskills

• Explorewhatconstitutesahealthyrelationship and identify ways to develop and sustain healthy relationships with others

• Knowthebenefitofstructuringyourtime and the value of education, work, and leisure for yourself, your family, and the community

• Havelearntstrategiesforapplyingforvolunteerroles,jobs,andeducationprogrammes to increase your chances of success

• Learnpracticalskillstobettermanageyour finances

• Havelearntstrategiestohelpmanagestress and develop resilience when things don’t go to plan

• Furtherimproveyourabilitytoexpressthoughts and opinions in a constructive way

• Applythelearningfromthiscoursebysetting yourself personal targets for the future.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to develop essential life skills in order to improve or maintain their mental wellbeing.

Duration: This course runs once a week for three hours over a six week period.

Lead tutors: Sue Bell and Claire Watson

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Venue for all the above: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ

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Level 2 Award in Peer MentorshipPeermentoringhastraditionallybeendefinedasaonetoonenon-judgmentalrelationship between people of a similar age or with similar shared experience. Peer mentors offer support from a position of real understanding.

Developing their own skills, knowledge, understanding and practice, those involved in peer mentoring make an important contribution to the continuous improvement of learning and have a significant impact on achievement.

This accredited course will help you learn the transferrable skills you need to become a peer mentor and how this role can provide valuable support to others. It will equip you with knowledge and skills to be able to mentor others or volunteer in services to support people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


• UnderstandtheroleofPeerMentor,and the importance of professional boundaries

• Understandtheimportanceofpoliciesand protocols for volunteering in mental health and substance misuse services

• Understandthenatureofmental health and addiction

• BecomefamiliarwithMotivational Interviewing skills and their use as a talking therapy for working with service users

• Beabletousenode-linkmapping

• Understandtheuseofgroupfacilitationskills

• Knowhowtoempowerindividualsinmoving on to wider recovery networks.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who is volunteering in mental health and/or substance misuse services and wants to learn about peer mentoring to develop their role. This is an accredited course so as a bare minimum participants should have basic written and spoken communication skills as well as an established volunteering role to apply and develop the skills learnt in the course.

Duration: Participants must attend all five full days (7 hours) to receive accreditation.

Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney and Deb Stefanovic

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Venue for all the above: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZPlease note participants MUST attend all 5 days to receive accreditation

“The delivery of the information was informal and all questions were given time for an answer and further discussion where necessary.”


Read to LeadRead to Lead is the only course that introduces you to the working practice of shared reading.

A stimulating, enriching and inspiring three-day course, followed by twelve-month access to exclusive and tailored Ongoing Learning provision, Read to Lead will enable you to run shared reading sessions informed by The Reader Organisation’s (TRO) visionary practice.

TRO believe that reading is not a luxury for few, but an essential part of life for us all. Led by The Reader Organisation’s inspirational trainers, Read to Lead will equip you with the basic skills to run shared reading groups, bringing books to life for others.

Completion of Read to Lead gives you direct access to TRO’s extensive experience, passing on practical skills and the ethos that is driving an international Reading Revolution. Their experiential, ‘learning by doing’, approach makes Read to Lead a powerful experience in its own right, and a real investment in yourself, personally and professionally.

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By the end of this course, you will have:

• Apracticalappreciationofliteratureanditssocialvalue

• Greaterconfidenceinreadingaloud

• Groupfacilitationskills

• Improvedcommunicationskills

• Improvedsocialawareness

• Accesstoawideandgrowingnetworkoftrainedfacilitators

• TwelvemonthsaccesstoTheReaderOrganisation’snationalprogrammeofcontinuingprofessional development.

Who should attend? The Reader Organisation is more interested in passion, enthusiasm andarespectforpeoplefromallwalksoflifeoverandabovequalifications,currentjobroleor literary knowledge. If you believe in literature as a potentially therapeutic tool and are able to commit to running a weekly shared reading group then please do apply for a place.

Duration: Three full days (7 hours)

Facilitated by: The Reader Organisation.

The Reader Organisation is a charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature through shared reading. See more at: www.thereader.org.uk.

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Date and Time: 16, 23 and 30 October 2014 - 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: Waterdale Conference Suite, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BLThis is the only course in this prospectus where lunch IS provided.

Please note: this is the only course in this prospectus where the booking arrangements are different. To book, contact JulieHalfordatTheReaderOrganisationon01512077221oremail:[email protected] 2014.

“It moves you – I mean, it hits you deep inside where it means something.”

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Creative Facilitation SkillsA facilitator is a person who skilfully assists a group of people tounderstandtheircommonobjectivesandtohelpthemlearnfrom one another.

This course will help you to develop facilitation and leadership skills so that you can effectively guide both small and large groups in the future. The course will explore a variety of art forms designed to develop your confidence and will show you a range of interactive techniques to effectively engage with others and manage different group dynamics.

For those who want to go on to co-facilitate training as part of the Recovery Academy, it is recommended you attend the Train the Trainers course following this programme.


• Haveexploredtheleadership/facilitation qualities you already have

• Havedevelopedintheareasyouwanted to work on

• Discusseddifferentsituationsthatyou may encounter when working with other people

• Developedstrategiestoovercomedifficult moments.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to develop their creative facilitation skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Facilitated by: Headspace

Headspace is a service user run organisation from the Octagon Theatre Bolton. By using artistic interventions, they aim to provide a holistic approach to the recovery process. As partoftheproject,Headspaceoffersapracticalleadershipcoursethatenablesanyonetolearn the skills required to communicate with a group of people in a leadership role.

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Train the TrainersWould you like to become a course tutor at GMW’s Recovery Academy?

This course aims to teach participants the skills required to effectively deliver courses as part of the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy.

This course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and planning skills to be able to develop, deliver and evaluate training and learning activities. This course also aims to develop your presentation skills, although further training/shadowing/coaching is recommended.


• Knowtheimportanceofplanning

• Havelookedatdifferentdeliverymethods to encourage participation and learning

• Haveconsideredarangeofassessmenttechniques to assess whether learning is taking place

• Practisedandfurtherdevelopedconfidence in delivering training

• Lookedatbestpracticeintermsofevaluating training.

Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn the skills to become a course facilitator, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems.


Lead tutor: Claire Watson “Interactive course – encouraged participation from group but was informal and relaxed.”

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Meet the tutors(in alphabetical order):Lynn Agnew - Lynn Agnew is Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust’s (the Trust) Assistant Director for Integrated Governance. Lynn works to make sure staff have the policy, guidance and training they need to meet some important requirements of modern mental health care. These include taking the right steps to safeguard people, using the framework of the Mental Capacity Act to make sure people’s rights are protected when they are at their most vulnerable, and making sure that care plans always have the person at their centre.

Since qualifying as a social worker (more than thirty years ago) Lynn has been a practitioner, trainer and manager in mental health services. On a personal note, Lynn has been involved in caring for her mother who has severe dementia, which has given her a great insight into mental health services from a carer’s perspective.

Andrew Aldred - Andy has been a service user for almost thirty years. He became unwell in the Army in 1985 after a Falklands tour. He spent six years at the Trust’s Edenfield Centre in Prestwich. He passed a Higher National Diploma in Computer Studies in 1992, and has a teaching certificate. He has worked for Bolton Steps promoting Day Services for people with mental health problems and also teaching Information Technology on a voluntary basis. He is currently taking additional qualifications in teaching and I.T. at Bolton College.

Jane Aldred - Jane has a BA (Hon) Degree in Philosophy and is currently undertaking a PGDE at the University of Bolton. She has worked extensively promoting the ethics ofrecoverytoserviceusersoverthepastfewyearsaspartofherjobasDayServiceChampion for Move Forward Bolton. Jane believes that the recovery model can not only benefit service users by providing a model by which they can become more active in their treatment but also revolutionise the way mental health services are provided in the future.

Rosie Beck - Rosie is a recently qualified Clinical Psychologist, having completed her doctorate in 2013. Her doctoral research focused on the psychological processes occurring in paranoia and contemporary “third wave” psychological therapies targeting paranoia. She has worked on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded ‘Recovery’ programme of research investigating recovery from psychosis and has published papers onthesubject.

Rosie is passionate about providing recovery orientated services and has worked in an Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (EIP) and a Recovery Team, the latter having a particular focus on recovery in personality difficulties. She has special interests in psychosis and difficulties often described as personality disorder. In her current role in a Community MentalHealthTeam(CMHT),sheenjoysworkingwithmembersofthemulti-disciplinaryteam to support them in reaching a psychological understanding of the service users they work with and promote psychologically-informed care planning.


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nick Bell - Nick is 47 years old, and from the ages of 13 to 45 was dependent on substances, mainly alcohol. He spent a few years in the army before his affair with alcohol and chaos became priority, and was admitted to the Trust’s Chapman Barker Unit (CBU) on April Fool’s day 2011 (as he puts it - quite ironic really!). From there he embarked on nine months of rehab and this was the beginning of the rest of his life in recovery. He relocated from Preston to Bury and now works for the Trust as a Support Worker at Bramley Street. He also volunteers at the CBU and is passionate about the recovery of others as well as maintaining his own recovery.

Sue Bell - Sue has first-hand experience of living with family members who have been affected by dyslexia, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, mental health issues; addiction and critical illness at various times. As a result of her experiences, she is passionate about the importanceofsupporting,notjustthosediagnosedorsuffering,butthefamiliesandloved ones surrounding them too.

Sue started her career in the late 80’s as an RNMH (Registered Nurse for the Mentally Handicapped); she now holds a Dip. in Leadership (Social Health Care), BSc in Psychology, Post Graduate Certificate in Education and recently became a Recovery Coach. She currently co-runs a Drop In for people in recovery (or looking for recovery) from alcohol and substance misuse, supports families affected by addiction and is a part time tutor in Adult Education.

Tobyn Bell - Tobyn is a Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist working for the Trust’s Psychological Therapies Service in Trafford. Originally trained as mental health nurse, Tobyn has a longstanding interest in integrating mindfulness and compassion-based practices into mental health care. He is part of the training executive for the Compassionate Mind Foundation and specialises in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). Tobyn is currently completing the teacher training course in mindfulness-based approaches at Bangor University.

Phillip Brawn - Phil is a Clinical Psychologist working on a research study called TEAMS (Think Effectively About Mood Swings) for the Trust and the University of Manchester. Phil is the lead therapist on TEAMS, which means he regularly delivers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to a range of people who experience distressing mood swings and bipolar disorder. He also works with the Early Intervention Psychosis Service based in Bolton. Other work related interests include the use of physical activity in mental health recovery and transdiagnostic approaches to mental health problems.

Wendy Broderick - Wendy describes herself as a 47 year old “recycled teenager” with a passion for promoting recovery in mental health services. Wendy started her career as a driver in the army at 17 years of age. She left the army at 19 years and returned to SalfordgettingajobwithSalfordCouncilfor“CareonCall”whichinvolveddealingwithemergencies for people in their own homes. Wendy continued with them until she was 43.

Following a series of stresses Wendy’s self-esteem lowered which impacted on her work, relationships and other key aspects of her life, which culminated in Wendy using mental health services. She was an inpatient for a year and is more recently a user of community services. Wendy became involved in running the Recovery group at Ramsgate House, taking part in Patient Environment Action Teams (PEAT) and interviewing staff for inpatient services. She also runs a weekly ‘Speakeasy’ group at the Meadowbrook Unit.


Lyndsey Chadderton - Lyndsey qualified as a Social Worker in 2005 focusing on working with Adults within mental health services. Upon qualifying, she started working in substance misuse services and since then has worked within community and inpatient settings. She continues to have an interest in working within dual diagnosis.

Maria Clifton - Maria is the Functional Skills Teacher for the Trust and teaches English, Maths and Information & Communication Technology (ICT). Maria has worked in the ‘Learning & Development’ and ‘HR & Learning’ teams for the last four and a half years. She is extremely enthusiastic about developing the potential of each person through building on prior skills and life experience.

Maria gained a PGDE qualification in order to promote learning in the fundamental areas of everyday life and work – those which enable you to feel proud and motivated in your achievements. Maria’s teaching uses her knowledge to draw on everyday experience to helpstudentsunderstandthesubjects.

Tracy Collard (AMBCS, MIfL) - Tracy is the C.A.R.E (Compassion and Recovery-focussed Everytime) Hub Lead for the Trust. The C.A.R.E Hub works in partnership with carers, service users, volunteers, staff and external customer based organisations to develop the care we provide. The Hub has a proactive role in influencing the quality and experience of care at the Trust by developing systems for seeking and acting upon feedback as well as creating robust communication networks internally and externally. Tracy works across the Trust overseeing the carer agenda, and is the lead for the Triangle of Care initiative.

Ann Collins - Ann qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in 1988 and has dedicated her career to working with older people with mental health needs. After completing an MSc in Dementia Care at the University of Manchester in 2007, Ann focused her career on working specifically with people with dementia. She has more recently completed a PGD in Advanced Practice to support her current role as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Dementia Care.

Ann’s clinical role supports the dementia in-reach team working with care homes to prevent hospital admission and facilitate hospital discharge. She also has strategic and service development roles with an important focus of her work being training and education.

Lynne Curran - Lynne is a qualified ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Tutor and has taught English Language for 10 years. She teaches adults and has mostly worked in Adult Education with people who need to learn English to get on with their lives in the UK. Some of the people she has taught have suffered traumas in their own countries and been displaced, arriving in the UK as a refugee or asylum seeker and often resulting in mental health difficulties.

Lynne works with private language schools and teaches English to a range of adults who want to improve their English and come to stay in the UK for short periods of time todothis.Sheenjoysworkingwithpeoplefromdifferentculturesandlearningabouttheir lives and customs. She currently works as an Education Tutor for the Trust, teaching English Language and Literacy, Maths and some Information and Communications Technology(ICT).Sheenjoysworkingwithpatientstoenablethemtodeveloptheirconfidence, skills and potential.


Bethany Darbyshire - Bethany is the Trust’s Specialist Services Network Organisational Development&TrainingManager.AsaqualifiedTeacher,ProjectManager,MBTIPractitioner and Fitness Instructor, Bethany brings with her a broad range of experience in education and the NHS. Bethany previously worked as Head of Drama in a Secondary school, and then for eight years in various roles in a Primary Care Trust and acute setting.

Bethany has experience of delivering Leadership & Management training as well as facilitating service development days to encourage open communication, improved ways of working and continuous service improvement. She is a Mentor Champion for the North West Mentoring Scheme and is a believer in the power of a good mentoring/coaching relationship to help develop people.

Gillian Drummond - Gill is the Dementia Quality Lead for the Trust. Gill’s role is to support clinical teams in the development and delivery of services and in achieving best practice in line with national priorities across the whole dementia spectrum. She has been aMentalHealthNursesince1985andforthemajorityofhercareerhasworkedwithindementia services across inpatient, community and day hospital settings. For six years she worked as the Matron at Woodlands Hospital in Little Hulton. Gill has a BSc (Hons) in psychosocial treatments and has a keen interest in the delivery of training completing a PGCE (Practice Educator) qualification in 2006.

Martin elder - Martin is a Substance Misuse Practitioner who has been working in the Trust’s community mental health services for 10 years. Martin is a trained integrative counsellor and supervisor of counsellors. Martin has previously been involved in the Talking Therapies Network within the Alcohol & Drugs Directorate. During that time he was part of a team developing and delivering training to practitioners and other professionals. Whilst working as a practitioner he has developed a keen interest in the link between mental health and substance misuse.

Professor Paul French - Paul is Associate Director of Early Intervention services and the Psychosis Research Unit for the Trust and Honorary Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool. His background is in mental health nursing and he completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 2007. He was an investigator on the recently published EDIE trial of CBT in At Risk Mental States, and is co-investigator on several grants examining psychosocial treatments for psychosis.

Sarah Glendenning - Sarah is a qualified sign language interpreter registered with the National Register for Communication Professionals working with Deaf/Deafblind people (NRCPD). Sarah works at the Trust’s John Denmark Unit in Prestwich, which is one of only three specialist services in the UK for deaf people with mental health problems. As someone who is self-employed, Sarah has experience of working in a variety of settings including; law, TV, media, conferences, offices, education and community settings. In her spare time, she can often be found working in youth clubs and teaching self-defence to youngsters.

Patricia Goodwin - Trish is part of the C.A.R.E (Compassion and Recovery-focussed Everytime) Hub and is the Carer Awareness Trainer for the Trust. A qualified Complementary Therapist and Mindfulness practitioner, she has worked with carers across the Trust and set-up and ran a Carers Complementary Therapy Service in part of the Alcohol & Drugs Directorate. Trish has also worked in Domestic Abuse Services supporting not only the victims but also the close family and friends. Trish is a carer herself, so can empathise with the worries and anxieties that this role can bring.


Teresa Grogan - Teresa is the Unit Manager for Bramley Street, which is part of the Trust’s Salford Mental Health Services. Teresa has a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Psychology, which she gained midway through her nursing career. She has been a Registered Mental Health Nurse for 31 years, having initially started working with young people on probation and with homeless people in London. Members of Teresa’s family have experienced mental health difficulties, one to the extent of requiring inpatient services giving her a personal insight into services.

Teresa worked with later life adults, adults of working age and adolescents whilst working with John Denmark at the Department of Psychiatry for the Deaf, Whittingham Hospital. She has worked in Burnley and Jersey, for Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust and for Environmental Health services.

Suzanne Grundy - Suzanne is a Senior Carer Support Coordinator for the Trust’s Bolton mental health directorate. She is a qualified trainer and works closely with carers offering emotional support on an individual basis tailored to each carer’s circumstances.

Suzanne leads the Bolton Carer Champions and Carer Support workers, supporting them to be proactive in their roles, and to thoroughly understand the stress and worries experienced by carers on a daily basis. She has worked with carers for over five years and is empathic to their needs and supportive in helping their health and wellbeing.

Margaret Harper - Margaret is someone with lived experience of mental health and substance misuse problems and has had depression and anxiety since she was nine years old. She is now fifty seven. Her mum had depression and anxiety all her life as did hertwin.Shehasapassionforlearningasmuchasshecanaboutthesubjecttohelpherself and others. Her mental health problems led her to becoming addicted to codeine phosphate for ten years and she successfully completed a detox last year with the Trust’s Salford Drug and Alcohol Service. Since then she has become a Peer Mentor for this service and a volunteer at Trafford General Mental Health Unit.

Jean Haslam - Jean started with anorexia nervosa at the age of 15 in the early 1960s. Jean’s symptoms were at this time thought to have a physical cause and it was not until her early twenties that she received treatment specifically for her eating disorder; at this stage she was aware that she needed help. The treatment she received included hypnotherapy, which Jean found very beneficial. After a lengthy stay in hospital, Jean went to Tower House in Chester, part of the Richmond Fellowship, for a period of rehabilitation.

Jean now considers herself to be a recovered anorexic and has been an active campaigner for the rights of mental health service users for many years, including several years working with Mita Sykes at Bolton Patients’ Council.

Helen Higginson - Helen qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2001 and since 2002 has been based at the Trust’s Special Mental Health and Deafness Service based at the John Denmark Unit. Helen is deaf and has progressed from working on a rotation at North Manchester General Hospital to specialising in mental health and deafness.

Helen has achieved NVQ level British Sign Language, which is important for clinical interventions, and is currently co-facilitating Deaf Awareness Training with Marilyn Hoggard (Art Psychotherapist) for staff within the Trust. Helen is keen to promote deaf awareness and mental health and deafness through the Recovery Academy.


Marilyn Hoggard - Marilyn has worked for the Trust for nearly 35 years in a wide range of roles starting as an Occupational Therapy Support Worker, working on the Creative Art team as a technical instructor before gaining her teaching qualification to become ‘Creative Activities Teacher’. Since qualifying as an Art Psychotherapist in 2003, she has worked with a wide range of deaf clients with complex needs and has a passion to supportthemontheirrecoveryjourney.

Marilyn is deaf herself with NVQ level 3 in British Sign Language and is well aware of the barriers that deaf people face in everyday life.

Robin Jamil - Robin is an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) working mainly in medium secure mental health settings. He has been providing advocacy for 13 years and for some of this time has also supervised and managed other staff. He is currently employed by Salford Mental Health Services Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and is the Training Lead for his organisation.

As well as the Advocacy in Mental Health course which he delivers for the Recovery Academy, he also co-delivers training for the Academy’s Adult Forensic Services Campus. Robin’s focus and main interest in mental health is the service user’s experience and that this should be at the centre of all care and treatment.

Paul Johnston - Paul is a service user volunteer who has worked in various voluntary capacities, including the Citizens Advice Bureau, peer mentoring and as a nursing assistant working with adolescents who have mental health difficulties. Paul is a member of the Recovery Academy Steering Group and has been involved with the development of the Academy. He believes the Academy will have a significant impact to the lives of the Trust’s patients in the Edenfield Centre in particular.

Graham Lee - Graham is a 40 year old service user with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and depression which varies from day to day. He is able to live with his illness and lead a normal life with controlled medication. He finds talking about it to professionals and attending Bolton Hearing Voices Group helps both himself and others in similar positions. His confidence and self-esteem has improved a great deal by being able to talk about it, hence why he has chosen to talk about it with the Recovery Academy without people beingjudgemental.Hisambitionforthefollowing12monthsistogethisdrivinglicenceback so he can go touring Great Britain and Europe in his VW campervan with his partner and son and carry on living a good life with his illness.

Christian Leyland - Christian is a registered qualified British Sign Language interpreter. He started his career working within the insurance industry but retrained as an interpreter after seeking a change in career.

After eight years of training he qualified as an interpreter and is now working freelance acrosstheNorthWest.Heenjoysspecialisinginmentalhealthsettingsandduringhisyears as a freelance interpreter his experience has mainly come from working closely with staff and patients at the Trust’s John Denmark Unit.

Ian Lowens - Ian is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working within primary and secondary care for the Trust. He has a long standing interest in cognitive behavioural approaches to working with distress, especially ‘third wave’ approaches such as Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).


Stephen Maloney - Stephen is a Specialist Psychosocial Interventions (PSI) Trainer, and has been involved in substance misuse services as a service user, volunteer, and paid worker since 1987. He attained a degree in Philosophy in 2000 and then went on to achieve a post-graduate diploma in counselling (CBT Model) in 2004. Since then he has practiced as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Shared Care Practitioner, Group Development Worker, Service User Involvement Lead, and Psychosocial Intervention Lead. He has a great deal of experience in practicing and training others in both Node-Link Mapping and Motivational Interviewing.

Colin Mattinson - Colin’s interest in mental health began while studying Chinese medicine, which gave him a strong belief in achieving better health through understanding ourselves more. His own experiences of mental health issues have been thedrivingforceinjoiningtheRecoveryAcademyandhisdesiretoraiseawarenessandeducateothers.Colinenjoysthechallengeofexamininghealthissuesthatpeopleoftenfind difficult to talk about.

Chris McGowan - Chris is a dual qualified nurse, having achieved his Registered General Nurse qualification in 1988 and his Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification in 1993. He has worked as a senior nurse in a variety of settings, both ward based and community. Chris is presently seconded to the Trust’s Alcohol & Drugs Directorate Training Team for three days a week, while continuing to practice as a Senior Substance Misuse Practitioner for Community Services for two days a week. He has particular experience in brief interventions, dual diagnosis, and community assisted alcohol withdrawal; and has a special interest in the solution focused approach to recovery from substance addiction.

Mani Mehdikhani - Mani is a Principal Clinical Psychologist for the Trust’s Alcohol & Drugs Directorate. He has worked in the field of addiction and substance misuse since qualifying as a clinical psychologist in 2007. In addition to his clinical experience, he has also had over four years pre-qualification experience working as a researcher in the field of addiction.

Mani has obtained Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is a member in good standing with the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Faculty of Addiction. He is also registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). He has an interest in evolutionary psychology, and is currently working towards obtaining an MSc in Personality Disorders at the University of Central Lancashire. Mani also regularly teaches on Clinical Psychology doctorate training courses at Liverpool and Lancaster Universities onthesubjectofaddiction.

Stewart Moors - Stewart is a Support, Time and Recovery Worker for the Trust’s Salford Substance Misuse Service. Prior to this, he worked in HIV, Hepatitis C & Sexual Health Prevention & Awareness as a Community Development Officer for three years. He is a trained Mindfulness Teacher and likes to combine this training and his prevention and awareness experience with his Support, Time and Recovery work.


Sarah Monks - Sarah is passionate about Dementia Care. It was this passion that led her to become a Registered Mental Health Nurse going on to work both in community and inpatient settings. Sarah now works in the Trust’s Memory Assessment Team in Bolton as a Memory Assessment Nurse, taking the lead in Physical Health Care and acting as a Research Champion.

Sarah is due to start her Msc in Dementia Care this year and continues to find new opportunities to enrich her knowledge and experience with the aim of benefitting her patients, families and carers. Sarah strives to find new ways of improving practice and improving the lives of those affected by dementia.

Martin O’Doherty - Martin trained as an occupational therapist, graduating in 2009. His goal was to specialise specifically in acute mental health, but in 2010 he became unwell with his own mental health and has been slowly working his way through his own recovery. His goal is to get back into meaningful employment as an occupational therapist and use his personal experiences of mental health to help others, especially those who experience anxiety disorders. He runs a self-help group at Mental Health Independent Support Team (MhIST) in Bolton for people living with OCD where he utilises his occupational therapy skills to help others to work through their own recovery.

Dr Sandra neil - Sandra is a Clinical Psychologist who currently works in the Trust’s Community Mental Health Team in Salford. She has also worked for the Trust’s Bolton Early Intervention Team and the Salford EDIT Team. She has a special interest in psychosis and related difficulties such as anxiety and depression.

Sandra is passionate about working collaboratively with service users and developing recovery orientated services. For her Doctoral thesis she worked with the Trust’s service users to develop a measure of recovery from psychosis. She also worked on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded ‘Recovery Programme’ of research investigating recovery from psychosis and bipolar disorder. Sandra has published papers on recovery and working collaboratively with service users and has provided workshops and training on recovery to a range of audiences both in the UK and internationally.

Ben Ottiwell - Ben is a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) based at a Community Mental Health Team in Salford. He has worked for the Trust in various settings including substance misuse and adult acute admissions and for the past nine years in the community. He has developedaspecialinterestinthesubjectofpersonalitydisorderoveryearsofworkingasa CPN and has co-authored a paper based on effective case management for Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, which is in the process of being reviewed for publication. He has spoken at the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder. He is developing a clinical pathway for people who are newly referred to the Community Mental Health Team with a colleague.

Sarah Page - Sarah is an Occupational Therapist with a background working in physical and mental health settings. She is the lead for the progression of Life Story work in the Trust’s mental health directorate in Bolton. Sarah has presented on this topic at a variety of conferences and has embedded Life Story in the Post Diagnostic Support Group that she is currently leading, which has been shared across the Trust.

Sarah is part way through an MSc in Dementia at The University of Manchester and has many years’ experience of working with people with dementia, their carers and staff. She has shared Life Story training with commissioners and senior managers, the Stroke Association, carers groups, Parkinson’s Disease Society and people with experience of adult mental health conditions.


Christine Partlett - Christine is a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), currently working as a senior nurse for the Trust’s Adult Forensic Services. She started her career at Prestwich Hospital in 1981 and has worked in several different areas of nursing including, adolescent, adult acute, forensic, and the personality disorder assessment and liaison team.

Christine has worked in both the NHS and private sector during her career. She is currentlyinvolvedinajointpartnershipventurebetweentheTrustandthePrioryknownas Recovery First based at Widnes. Her role includes undertaking clinical assessments, providing clinical guidance, education and training, supervision and leadership. Christine has been involved in developments in nursing and mental health care practice throughout her career and has a special interest in personality disorder, hence being a KUF trainer.

Heather Peel - Heather is a 30 year old service user volunteer with a degree in English and a background in teaching English abroad. She started using services following a particularly severe episode. Now in recovery, she does Patient-led assessments of the care environment(PLACE)inspectionsandinterviewsprospectiveTruststaff.Heatherenjoysknitting in her free time and has campaign marketing experience as a representative of a young members marketing team. She feels strongly about supporting mental health service users on their path to recovery.

Leanne Roberts - Leanne is 35 years old and is a mental health support worker who has many years of experience in the field. She has used creative writing amongst other tools throughout life in all its glory.

Dr Magdalene Sampson - Magdalene is a clinical psychologist and has worked with service users in the Trust’s Eating Disorder Service for the past 14 years. She completed her post graduate doctorate in clinical psychology in 2001 and completed a Diploma in Cognitive Therapy in 2004. In recent years, she has developed expertise in Compassion Focused Therapy and the application within eating disorders, both with service users and carers. She teaches on postgraduate courses at Manchester University and is currently Acting Service Manager for the Eating Disorder Service.

Carolyn Sellers - Carolyn is the operational lead for the Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) at the Trust’s Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre. She is involved in teaching and supervising students on this course, as well as for the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapies. She has a background in general and mental health nursing and trained as a behavioural psychotherapist with Sheffield University in 1997.

Carolyn has worked as a CBT therapist in an occupational health setting as well as a primary care setting. She currently combines her teaching and supervisory role with her clinical practice in Yorkshire.

Gary Sidley - Gary is a retired Professional Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist who worked in mental health services for 33 years, initially as a psychiatric nurse and, since 1989, as a clinical psychologist. In 2000, he obtained his PhD for a thesis exploring the psychological predictors of suicidal behaviour. His area of expertise is in the area of severe and complex mental health problems.

Throughout his career, Gary has presented workshops on a range of topics including cognitive-behaviour therapy for depression and understanding deliberate self-harm. More recently, he has been involved in promoting recovery-orientated services and has provided training sessions on the Recovery STAR assessment tool and Advance Decisions.


Yvonne Slater - Yvonne is the Operational Lead for the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (CBT Pathway) at the Trust’s Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre, and has been involved with the Centre since its inception in 2000.

She has a background in mental health nursing and trained as a behavioural psychotherapist with Brighton University in 1995 before going on to complete her postgraduate diploma in cognitive therapy in Newcastle. Yvonne’s primary responsibility is that of leading the High Intensity Diploma training programme, she also teaches and supervises on other programmes at the Centre. She combines her teaching and supervisory role with a clinical role in Primary Care. She has a particular interest in working with OCD.

Lesley Spencer - Lesley is a former service user of the Trust. The Recovery Academy and the blueSCI Arts, Cultural and Well-Being Service in Trafford have featured heavily in her recovery.Lesleyisenthusiasticaboutherownrecoveryandenjoyshelpingotherstogainand maintain their own recovery by volunteering at blueSCI and delivering courses as part of the Academy’s Trainer Bank.

Deb Stefanovic - Deb is currently an outpatient and lead for the Trust’s women’s services whereshehopestouseherskillstosupportothersintheirjourneytorecovery.Priortothissheworkedinavarietyofjobsincludingyouthwork,andeducationwithyoungpeople excluded from school. During her involvement with the Recovery Academy she has completed courses on confidence building, leadership skills, and using Microsoft Power Point. This has enabled her to be involved in the co-production and co-facilitation of courses.

Mita Sykes - Mita has been involved with mental health and Eating Disorders in particular for over 30 years. Having suffered from anorexia for over 12 years, she became chair of Anorexic Aid for several years and subsequently became a trustee of the Eating Disorders Association (forerunner of current BEAT). Professionally, her early career was in institutional management before retraining in mental health and later as a teacher of adults with learning difficulties (P.G.C.E.). She managed Patients Council for Mental Health (for the involvement of service users in the monitoring and development of services) for 12 years before taking early retirement for a family business venture. Mita has continued to have recurrent episodes of Eating Disorders throughout her life.

Kelly Sweeney - Kelly is a clinical psychologist currently working in the Trust’s Adult Forensic Service (AFS). She obtained an undergraduate degree in psychology in 2000 and Doctoral in Clinical Psychology in 2008. She is currently studying for an MSc in Forensic Mental Health. Kelly has been working within AFS for the last four years in low and medium secure services and within Greater Manchester Probation Trust. Prior to this she worked for many years within a variety of adolescent services. Kelly is particularly interestedinthedevelopmentandemergenceofpersonalitydisorderandenjoysworkingwith staff to develop formulations in order to better understand behaviour.


Dr Gemma Trainor - Gemma is a Consultant Nurse specialising in young people who self-harm. She has over 30 years’ experience working with people with complex mental health difficulties and is currently Clinical Lead for the Trust’s day and outpatient service based at Junction 17 - a Tier 4 setting in North West England.

She has spent the last 18 years actively researching. In 2001, she completed her PhD in the group treatment and therapy she designed, which is referenced in 2004 NICE Guidelines on self-harm. Since then she was the lead clinician in a large randomised controlled trial andhaspublishedinpeerreviewedjournals.Sheco-authoredarecentlypublishedbook“Helping Children and Young People Who Self Harm” and is currently on the NICE Expert Topic Group, which will finalise the NICE Quality Standards on Self Harm.

Marcelina Watkinson - Marcelina, known as Marz to most people, is a mum of two and a trainee clinical psychologist who is very passionate and curious about people, their life stories and how life has shaped them into the people they are today.

Over the past 10 years, Marz has been working in a setting with vulnerable individuals in various educational, residential and mental health settings. She is currently two-thirds through her clinical training and particularly interested in the Compassionate Mind Training approach.

Claire Watson - Claire is the Trust Lead for the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy. After studying Psychology at University she worked in Hull with HIV & AIDS services and in supported housing for people with mental health problems. After becoming involved in an education initiative aimed at widening participation, she was inspired by the hope and opportunities education brings, and completed her teacher training. Since then she has worked with Local Education Authorities to support PSHE & Citizenship Education in schools, Youth & Community groups, and substance misuse services, facilitating training with both service users, and staff.

Claire is passionate about delivering and organising learning activities that help service users, families & carers, and professionals to develop their knowledge, behaviours, and skills to be able to manage and promote health and wellbeing.

Sara Whitehead - Sara is a former service user who has battled with mental health issues for years and has become an avid learner and supporter of recovery and wellbeing. Having a management background, Sara has refocused her career to mental health and now works as a support worker on one of the Trust’s adolescent mental health wards as well as delivering courses as part of the Academy’s Trainer Bank. Her own recovery has aidedhertobeabletohelpandsupportothersontheirjourney.Sheiscurrentlystudyingsocial work and psychology to further her knowledge in this field.

Dr nathalie Whittle - Nathalie is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in mental health services, predominantly with older people, for 13 years. She completed her doctorate in 2006 where she carried out her thesis on the experience of having a parent with early-onset dementia. She is keen to learn more about how living with dementia affects whole families and so she is currently studying for a post-graduate certificate in systemic practice/family therapy.

Her day to day work involves meeting with older people for assessments and therapy, in the community and on hospital wards, including people with dementia and their families. Nathalie regularly delivers training about dementia to staff to help them understand and know how to support people with this diagnosis.


Joanne Wilson - Joanne is a former service user of the Trust’s alcohol and drug services and has experienced first-hand the issues and concerns that arise from that lifestyle. She is now a Governor for the Trust representing alcohol and drug service users and sits on many Trust Committees.

Joanne is passionate about ‘recovery’ and the service user and carer ‘voice’ being heard and acted upon. She has delivered courses, sat on various assessment panels, shortlisted and interviewed staff and led the service user aspect of recent Patient-led assessments of the care environment (PLACE).

Mike Wilson - Mike is celebrating 15 years since his discharge from the Trust’s inpatient services. He manages his recovery by working alongside mental health staff, and facilitating groups in mental health services across Greater Manchester. These include Creative Movement, Reading Aloud, and co-leading therapeutic/self-help groups.

He has trained people through the Mental Health Independent Support Team (MhIST) in Bolton to facilitate recovery groups. Since 2007, he has trained Trust staff and beyond in the recovery model. Just recently he has co-led the Values into Action training which has been developed by the Trust to promote our core values. In addition to his mental health work, Mike has gained many qualifications to support his other voluntary experience, including Level 4 Youth and Community work, Level 3 Children’s & Young Peoples Workforce, and Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Creative Play. All this has helped him to gain employment on a part time basis and so he is passionate about supporting others in theirrecoveryjourneys.

Sheila Wilson - Sheila has been employed as a Training Coordinator by the Trust since May 2003. She was initially based at Trafford Community Drug Team and then Salford’s StructuredDayProgrammebeforemovingtothePrestwichsitein2008.PriortojoiningtheTrust,sheworkedasasupportworkerwithyoungpeoplewithdisabilities;aprojectworker in supported housing; volunteered in drug services; worked in HIV and sexual health; and latterly managed a Structured Day Programme.

Sheila is also involved in carrying out research into how former service users make the transitiontobecomepaidworkersinthesubstancemisusefieldandhasjoinedtheSalford Integration Team to co-facilitate group work.


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Recovery Academy Student Charter

The Recovery Academy seeks to provide a caring learning environment for all students where ‘professional expertise’ and ‘lived experience’ are recognised with equal importance. This Charter is designed to help students to understand their

entitlements and obligations.

The Academy aims to provide every student with:

• Avarietyoflearningopportunitiestoeithermanageyourownrecovery,healthandwellbeing,or,supportothersintheirrecoveryjourney.

• ClearinformationaboutthecoursesonofferviaanAcademyProspectus.

• Welldesigned,welltaughtcourseswhichareinformedbyup-to-dateresearch,andboth professional and lived experience.

• Supporttoidentifyandaddressyourlearningneeds.

• Opportunitiesforregularreview,planning,targetsettingandrecordingofprogressand achievement.

• Suitablytrainedteachingandsupportstaff/volunteerswhoarecommittedtothequality of your experience and to their own professional development.

• Encouragementtotakeresponsibilityforyourownlearninganddevelopment.

• Linkstoyourlocalcolleges,educationandemploymentservicessothatyoucanaccessfurther opportunities and fulfil your long term ambitions.

• Ahealthyandsafelearningenvironmentwhichfocusesonreinforcinganddevelopingpeople’s strengths and inspiring hope so that people can feel empowered to achieve their aspirations.

• Accesstoappropriatefacilitiesandequipment,includingtheLibraryandKnowledgeCentre.

• Opportunitiestocommentonandreviewthecoursesandfacilitiesonoffer.

• Afriendly,supportive,efficient,andconfidentialservice.Howeverallstudentsneedtobe aware that if they disclose a wish to harm self/others that this will be disclosed to an appropriate member of Trust staff.

• Equalityofopportunity,freeofharassmentanddiscrimination.

• Thechancetocelebratesuccess.

The Academy expects every student to:

• Bepoliteandrespectfultoothers.

• Avoidtheuseoflanguageandterminologythatmightoffendothers.

• Takeresponsibilityforyourownlearningandactivelyparticipateincourseactivities.


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• BepunctualandinformtheAcademystaffifyouhavetocancelyourplaceonacourse,or are going to be late/need to leave early for any reason.

• Familiariseyourselfwithallofthepre-courseinformationgivensothatyouarefullyprepared.

• Ensurethatmobilephonesareswitchedoffbeforeenteringanyteachingorlearningspace.

• Wherecoursesareaccredited,tohandinanyassessmentactivitiesontime.

• RespecttheAcademyenvironmentandequipment.

• Seekearlyadviceandsupportwheneveryouneedclarification,orifyouhaveaproblem.

• Keepusinformedofanychangeofcircumstancessothatwecankeepourrecordsup-to-date and keep you informed of course information and Academy developments.

• Keepusinformedofanyspecialneedsorrequirementsyouhavesowecansupportyouin the best way possible.

• Giveconstructivefeedbacksothatwecancontinuallyimproveprovision.

• AcceptanyreasonableactiontakenbytheAcademywhichresultsfromyournon-fulfilment of these expectations.

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Alan Maden, GMW Chair, commented at the Trust’s Celebration of Learning Event as part of Adult Learners’ Week:

“I believe that training and learning new skills is essential and key to a person’s role in developing their future.”

A Octagon Theatre Howell Croft South, Bolton, Lancs. BL1 1SB

B J2 Training Room and Meeting Room 1 Linden Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs. BL4 0JR

C Moorside Unit Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

D Start in Salford Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ

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F Greater Manchester West Mental Health nHS Foundation Trust Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

G eccles Gateway 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester M30 0TU

H blueSCI Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU

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blueSCI Broomwood Centre - Harmony Café is a community café in the heart of the Broomwood Centre. The café is open Monday to Friday between 9am and 2.30pm serving refreshments and lunch. To look at their menu in advance, please visit: www.broomwoodwellbeingcentre.org.uk/harmony-cafe/.

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