Guides/Workbooks/Leaflets - The Recovery College

All Veteran Wellbeing Project

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:23:11 +0000

This project is open to ALL Veterans, Family members of Veterans and those for care for Veterans. Participants must be living within the Black Country (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton).

Are you an Armed Forces Forces Veteran, Veteran family member or do you care for a veteran living in the Black Country?

Tough Enough To Care are offering free mental health and emotional wellbeing training for you. Funded by Thrive Together, this project offers: Mental Health awareness training sessions 12 week programme to develop personal empowerment

Regular Peer to Peer Support groups

Access to a growing network of Veteran Ambassadors Veterans, family members and carers can access the project for FREE via:

Email: info@toughenoughtocare.org Phone: 01384 270359 Website: https://toughenoughtocare.help/training/all-veteran-wellbeing-project/

Mental Health First Aid Training

edward.wakefield@nhs.net (Edward Wakefield) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:53:02 +0000

Talking about your mental health can be difficult, and it can be especially tough to reach out and ask for help in times of crisis. Stigma and discrimination still cloud many people’s perceptions of poor mental health and mental illness, and it can be easy to worry about assumptions and judgements that might follow after reaching out for support. Furthermore, it can be hard to know what to look for if someone is experiencing a dip in their wellbeing, or what to say when someone says “actually, I’m not ok”. It can feel like a huge pressure to say the right thing and offer the right support, and know where to suggest people turn to for help.

At Black Country Healthcare, our aim is to train as many people as we can with the skills to support and signpost anyone having a tough time with their mental health, or who might be at crisis point. Our training aims to raise awareness, which helps to break down stigma, as well as to spot early warning signs to ensure early intervention. This in turn helps to make a conversation around mental health more organic, and nurtures a safe environment where people feel comfortable to open up and talk.

This document provides invaluable mental health training opportunities directed at individuals, organisations and charities.

World Menopause Day - Menopause Hormonal Therapy (MHT)

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:12:03 +0000

The 5 Ws of Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT)

World Menopause Day 2024 Booklet

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:11:02 +0000

The International Menopause Society - founder of World Menopause Day (celebrated every year on 18th October) - brings together the world’s leading experts on menopause and midlife women’s health to improve the experience of women globally.

Gordon Moody Residential Treatment for gambling-related harms

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:14:09 +0000

Gordon Moody provide residential treatment programmes specifically designed for those with severe gambling-related harms.

Residential Treatment
Lived Experience
Retreat & Counselling
Affected Others

www.gordonmoody.org.uk

Aquarius Gambling Support in English

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:18:26 +0000

Aquarius are a charity with services across the Midlands, supporting people affected by alcohol, drugs and gambling.

Aquarius Gambling Support in Hindi

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:17:26 +0000

Aquarius Gambling Support in Urdu

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:17:01 +0000

Aquarius Gambling Support in Polish

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:16:16 +0000

Aquarius Gambling Support in Punjabi

lauren.oconnor10@nhs.net (Lauren O'Connor) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:15:10 +0000

Become a change maker | SupportED

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:23:10 +0000

Top Tips for supporting a friend

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:55:45 +0000

Top tips on connecting with nature to improve your mental health

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:29:18 +0000

5 Top Tips for your mental wellbeing | Mental Health UK

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:01:04 +0000

Bipolar UK Mood Diary

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:59:24 +0000

How to use the mood scale and mood diary

Select the score from the mood scale that matches how you are feeling and write that in under the date of the month in the section with red (cause for concern) yellow (moving away from a neutral mood) and green (neutral mood)
Record how many hours sleep you had the night before
Record any medication you are taking and the dosage
On the second sheet record additional notes; what foods you ate and drinks you had; whether or not you exercised; any events that had a noticeable affect on your mood

Bipolar UK Mood Scale

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:50:36 +0000

How to use the mood scale and mood diary

Select the score from the mood scale that matches how you are feeling and write that in under the date of the month in the section with red (cause for concern) yellow (moving away from a neutral mood) and green (neutral mood)
Record how many hours of sleep you had the night before
Record any medication you are taking and the dosage
On the second sheet there's room to record any additional notes: what foods you ate and drinks you had; whether or not you exercised; any notable events especially any that had a particularly noticeable affect on your mood

Anxiety Technique

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:43:15 +0000

The Alphabet Game - Grounding Technique

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:41:13 +0000

Feeling anxious try this grounding technique.

Thriving with Nature | Mental Health Foundation

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:32:26 +0000

WWF and the Mental Health Foundation have come together to produce this guide for you. We want you to thrive and for nature to thrive around you. We think the two are mutually supportive. From forests and rivers, to parks and gardens, to window boxes or
even house plants, we can find nature wherever we are. Interacting with nature can be not just enjoyable, but also beneficial to our mental health and wellbeing, aspects of our health that are particularly important to look after

Our Best Mental Health Tips backed by research | Mental Health Foundation

c.jones94@nhs.net (Charlotte Jones) — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:26:24 +0000

Protecting our mental health is easier than you might think. We can all do it, every day and with simple activities that help us feel OK, we’re better able to cope with life.