Sunderland Recovery College Prospectus

Free Courses

Autumn & Winter2015-16

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What is Recovery?

Recovery is a personal journey and hence you may already have, or at least be developing, your own definition of what recovery is. There are however some themes that are generally common to recovery.

Recovery: has different meaning to different people. When we use this term we mean having the ability to live a satisfying and meaningful life, whether or not you have continuing difficulties with your mental health. Three of the key elements in the narratives of people with lived experience are hope, opportunity and self management and you will see references to these throughout this prospectus.

Hope: is central to recovery and getting through very difficult times can be extremely challenging, to help with this we may need something that gives us hope for the future.

Opportunity: to develop ourselves and help create meaning in our lives we need the opportunity to do so.

Self Management: is something we all do. It is whatever we do to make the most of our lives by coping with our difficulties and making the most of what we have.

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Your Sunderland Recovery College

Welcome to Sunderland Recovery College offering a range of free recovery focused educational courses for people with lived mental health experience, their friends and family. The courses are free and designed to contribute to recovery and wellbeing, supporting people to recognise their own talent and resourcefulness in order to become experts in their own self management; make informed choices and achieve the things they want to in life.

The Sunderland Recovery College is committed to customer and carer involvement in all aspects of its development, including feedback from students attending courses. We envisage the recovery courses will develop and increase over time and we look forward to your help in doing this. Sunderland Recovery College has a philosophy of developing and delivering and shared decision making.

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Foreword“Sunderland Mental Health User Voice welcomes this great opportunity for people who access services and their carers/family/friends to be at the heart of co-producing and co-facilitating courses which support people on their recovery journeys. We think it is vital that people feel in control of their own recovery and wellbeing. Being able to wholly embrace the power of being able to give and receive peer support is crucial”.

Helen Clay Sunderland Mental Health User Voice

“Sunderland Care and Support is delighted to be supporting the Recovery College with the purpose of offering a wide range of recovery focused educational courses and resources aimed at supporting people in recognising and making the most of their talents ,and through self-management, to deal with the mental health challenges they experience and to achieve the things they want to in life”.

Philip Foster Chief Operating Officer for Sunderland Care and Support

“Sunderland Recovery College offers a real opportunity to provide support and hope to learners.  At NTW we are really excited about the College.  It is designed and led by service users and their carers to enable people to support themselves and each other on their personal road to recovery.  The idea behind the Recovery College has really taken off now and is becoming a key part of the service.   Along with partner organisations, I’m proud to be involved and to support the College, and look forward to seeing where the journey takes us over the coming years.”

John Lawlor Chief Executive Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation NHS Trust.

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Contents

FREE COURSES Page

Mindfulness taster 18th November15 7

Wellbeing sessions:Assertiveness 2nd &9th December 15 7Depression and Low Mood 4th&11th November 15 7Panic Awareness 18th&25th November15 7Medication Awareness 16th December 15 7

Cooking on a budget – Washington 9th Oct-20th Nov 15 8

Cooking on a budget – Fulwell 28th Sept-9th Nov 15 8

How to be a gardener 17th Sept-3rd Dec 15 9

Basic Computer Skills – Washington 5th- 26thNovember 15 9

Taste of Volunteering 24th Sep -29th Oct 15 10

Understanding Voices and Disturbing 2nd-23rd November 15 10Beliefs Awareness

Moving on from Alcohol and Commencing 7th Sept 15 11Substance Misuse, including legal highs

Train the Trainer Commencing January 16 11

Getting involvedHow to Enrol 12Useful Resources 13-14

Thanks 15Acknowledgement 15Venue Addresses 15

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Mindfulness TasterThis session has the potential to be life changing and is based on meditation techniques. This also gives you an opportunity to find peace in a frantic society. You will practise techniques in a relaxed environment and develop an understanding and practise good breathing techniques. This is a practical based programme supported by the book and CD – “Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman‟.

Taster Session Date: Wednesday 18th NovemberTime: 2.00pm – 4.00pmVenue: Fulwell Community Resource Centre

Mindfulness CourseAn eight week course due to commence in January 16, details to follow.Look out for one of our flyers.

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Wellbeing sessionsAssertiveness Monday 2nd & 9th DecemberDepression and Low Mood Wednesday 4th & 11th NovemberPanic Awareness Wednesday 18th & 25th NovemberMedication Awareness Wednesday 16th DecemberTime: 1.00pm-3.00pmVenue: Fulwell Community Resource Centre

“Gave me techniques that will help improve myself”.“Provided important information about my condition”.

“Very informative and helpful”

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Free Courses

Cooking on a Budget

This course will look at developing skills around nutrition on a low cost budget. Each session will include practical cooking skills

There will be a minimal charge towards ingredients, approximately £2.50 per session.

Date: Mondays starting 28th September - 9th November Time: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Venue: Fulwell Community Resource Centre

Date: Fridays starting 9th October – 20th November Time: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Venue: Washington Community Resource Centre

“Meeting other people same as me”.

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Free Courses How to be a gardener, getting more from your garden

If you enjoy gardening, this gardening course will help you get the most from it. It doesn't matter whether you have a small town garden or an allotment. Both present their own challenges. And both are just as satisfying. With our help, you'll have the confidence to embark upon new projects. Perhaps you haven't tried tackling your garden before? Possibly you'd like to try container gardening, cultivation, or producing plants from cuttings? By enrolling on this gardening course, all these things are possible.

Date: 17th September – 3rd December

Time: 4 pm – 6 pm

Venue: Washington Community Resource Centre

Developing Computer Skills

This course is aimed at developing your computer skills. It will enable you to improve on your skills on a computer and iPad/tablet. There will be an opportunity for you to continue learning after this 4 week course and this will include one to one sessions and courses to meet individual needs.

Date: Thursday 5th - 26th November

Time: 10.00am – 12.00noon

Venue: Washington Community Resource Centre

“Taught me things I could use in everyday life”.

“ I found this course very beneficial”.

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Taste of Volunteering

These sessions are aimed at individuals who would like to find out about volunteering in the local area and what support is available when accessing them. Over the 6 weeks learners will look at their individual skills and strengths, engage in confidence building and be supported to identify suitable volunteering opportunities . Learners will also have the opportunity to take part in some volunteering tasters.

Date: Thursdays starting 24th September – 29th October

Time: 10.00 -12.00noon

Venue: Washington Resource Centre

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Understanding Voices and Disturbing Beliefs Awareness

These session are for people who experience voices or disturbing beliefs. The sessions will cover what the early days are like the voices themselves, what the experience may be like and learning how to recognise early patterns.

Date: 2nd – 23rd November 15

Time: 1:30 pm – 3 pm

Venue: The Mowbray Park Lodge

“The whole course was friendly and welcoming”.

“I’d like to do this again”.

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Free Courses

Moving on from Alcohol and Substance Misuse, including legal highs

Learn about the most common illicit drugs, their effect on the user as well as society. Novel Psychoactive Substances, or legal highs, what are they? Also, is alcohol the worst legal high?

Date: Commences 7th September

Time: 1 pm – 3 pm

Venue: Fulwell Community Resource Centre

Train the Trainer

This Training the Trainer course gives you the opportunity and confidence you need to succeed as a co-producer or facilitator of a course.

Whether you’ve been training for a while or never stepped onto a platform before, this training for trainers workshop will show you how to become a course facilitator, build confidence and keep your audience engaged from the beginning to the end.

Look out for one of our update flyers.

Date: Commencing January 16

Time: TBC

Venue: Fulwell Community Resource Centre

“Good real life situations” “Gave me techniques that will help improve myself”.

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If you wish to attend a course or courses , you will first need to enrol with Sunderland Recovery College.

Once enrolled we will be in touch with you to discuss your chosen courses and any support you may need in order to attend.

This can be done face to face or over the phone.

Go on give us a call on 0191 5615822

Monday – Friday

8.30am – 4.30pm

How to Enrol

“Deep understanding of the problems involved”.

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Useful ResourcesSunderland Wellbeing Info

This online guide was designed to give advice and information about how to keep your mind and body healthy and where to find help if you have a problem. There are two aspects of wellbeing; feeling good and functioning well, both of these are an important part of being healthy.

Whether you have a health concern yourself, are helping a friend or simply curious about emotional health and wellbeing we hope that you find the guides useful. We appreciate your feedback about the site and you can send any comments or suggestions to: admin@wellbeinginfo.org or call Washington Mind on 0191 417 8043.www.wellbeinginfo.org

Test the City

Test the City is a programme ran by Sunderland College offering a personalised program to help get Sunderland qualified in English and Maths.

By completing a Test the City course you could:•Improve your job prospects•Get a certificate•Boost your confidence•Prepare for further study•Gain a variety of qualifications at levels to suit you

The tests are free for most people and the appointments are flexible to suit your needs, subject to opening times and availability.To start you journey and book an appointment with Test the City call 0191 511 6780 or email ttc@sunderlandcollege.ac.uk

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The Health Champion programme aims to develop community leadership skills with FREE courses, so that passionate individuals can make a difference to health in their work, community and social networks.

Who can become a Health Champion? We are looking for people who work or volunteer in Sunderland, who are concerned about current health issues and are interested in promoting healthy lifestyles.

Why it’s a good idea to become a Health Champion? The benefits of completing the five training courses are that you can get involved in your community and gain new skills through access to training opportunities. You may improve your own health as well as friends and families.

How do I become a Health Champion? The FREE training courses should be viewed like a jigsaw. You can do them in any order, at your own pace, and you can do just one or two courses, but to become a fully trained Health Champion you need to do ALL five training courses over a 12 month period.

EmotionalHealth and

Resilience Training

Healthy Money, Health You

Understanding Health Improvement Training

Tobacco Brief

Intervention Training

Alcoholand Legal Highs Brief

Intervention Training

For more information contact Live Life Well Sunderland on 0191 5653482 cdda-tr.HealthChampions@nhs.net

Provided by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust in Partnership with NECA

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Useful Resources

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We like to extend our thanks to everyone who has contributed and been involved in the development of the Recovery College. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the time given by service users and carers at the workshops.

AspireSunderland Care and SupportNorthumberland, Tyne and Wear, NHS Foundation TrustWashington MindSunderland MindVolunteer Centre SunderlandSunderland Carers CentreSunderland CollegeMental Health MattersHeadlight

Acknowledgement

Our thanks to the Research Project Group “is there a pathway to recovery through care co-ordination?” who support this initiative and have kindly agreed to us using the image throughout this prospectus.

Venue Addresses

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Fulwell, SR6 9QW. 0191 5532255

Washington Community Resource Centre, Ayton Road, Oxclose, Washington, NE38 0DA. 0191 2193530

The Mowbray Park Lodge, Toward Road, Sunderland, SR2 8DP

Thanks

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