Ho-Ho Ho Merry Christmas! We're delighted to share our Recovery College Christmas Newsletter. As we wrap up the year this winter edition features a reflection of our last term, updates on Recovery College activities, tips and tricks to help you cope with the winter season and much more.  Click here to have a read: http...

Dear Students, we need your thoughts and opinions! An opportunity has been brought to The Recovery College for us to deliver a "Floristry For Wellbeing" session. We would like to ask if this is something that may interest you? There may be a contribution needed in order to participate (roughly £10) Please answer the poll below. Any questions, pleas...

The next video in our 10 Year Celebration series features Melvena, Melvena is the Deputy Director for Planned Care Services Adult Mental Health. She was part of the original team who brought The Recovery College to Sandwell, in this video she talks about those early days and how The Recovery College continues to support people in the...

The Recovery College are excited to release the next video in our 10 Years of The Recovery College series. Meet Carolyn Green, Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We asked Carolyn a few questions about The Recovery College, the value it brings to the black country community and Black Co...

We have a great new opportunity available at The Recovery College.. Join us to co-produce an important new workshop!  The aim of the new EUPD* workshop will be to provide people with information on the diagnosis of EUPD/BPD*, to debunk some common misconceptions and to explore what support is available. If you are interested, please ...

*This event is open to all students and volunteers of The Recovery College for the Black Country. Also our partners and Black Country Healthcare NHS Professionals. Dear Students,  We are delighted to invite you to our Autumn/Winter End of Term Celebration, where we will be celebrating your successes and showcasing all your great...

Are you searching for a volunteering opportunity?  We are sharing these opportunities on behalf of Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust  🎨Ward Activities Volunteer – Penn Hospital (Female Ward) We are seeking a volunteer to support the team with facilitating activities for patients. Activities may include games, arts/crafts, gard...

It's the end of our Autumn Term so What's next? For our current students we have entered our 'review period'. Each of you will be contacted by one of the team to chat about the term, what you've enjoyed and achieved. If you have not been contacted please be patient as the facilitators will be connecting with you soon! It is  important you...

Up next on our YouTube channel, meet Emma from Black Country Healthcare Spiritual Care Team.  YouTube Link: Celebrate 10 Years of The Recovery College with Emma, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust The spiritual care team offer support through 1-to-1 sessions. These can involve someone talking to them about their life,...

Up next in our YouTube series celebrating 10 Years of The Recovery College meet Sarah, one of our Learning Support Assistants.  Sarah has been involved with The Recovery College for many years and is so passionate about personal mental health recovery. Here she discusses CHIME, gives advice for anyone interested in joining the college and her ...

As our Autumn Term draws to a close we are excited to share our new timetable that begins in January! Our Spring Timetable is jampacked with courses that you can attended Face to Face at one of our Recovery College Bases or you can attend online via Zoom. Click here for our new timetable: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/bd66c98497.html If you ha...

Celebrate 10 years of The Recovery College with Kuli Kaur Wilson

 To celebrate 10 Years of The Recovery College for the Black Country we sat down with past and present members of our team along with Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust executives to reflect on their experiences and the impact of The Recovery College over the last decade.  In our latest video release meet Kuli Kaur-Wilson, Chie...

Come and Join us for our final Information Session in November. These will take place at Quayside House, Rounds Green Road, Oldbury, B69 2DG every other Friday 12:30pm – 1:30pm on the 14th November. You can also join us via Zoom. Everyone is welcome: this applies to potential future students and NHS staff who may want to know a bit more about the s...

 In case you didn't know The Recovery College is 10 years old! Last week we kicked off our celebration with a video featuring past and present members of our team along with Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust executives. This week the videos continue as we sit down with Recovery College Principal Kerry.  Happy Watching!  A...

 We are pleased to share the latest edition of With our communities - a newsletter produced by PCREF at Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust highlighting news, events and opportunities across the Black Country. This edition has a focus on Dudley. With our communities - issue 3 - November 2025 In this edition read about Dudley MP Sonia...

Let's take another dive back into the archives.  Over the last 10 years The Recovery College has experienced incredible transformation. In 2023 The Recovery College expanded out of Sandwell to open physical sites in Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall.   To open our venues we hosted events for members of the public, students ...

We are delighted to be celebrating 10 years of supporting individuals on their mental health recovery journey.  It's been great to take a dive through our archives and see how The Recovery College began. In today's blog post we're sharing this original newsletter from October 2015!  Download PDF File Here 10 Years later we are s...

The Recovery College for the Black Country is 10!  To celebrate 10 Years of The Recovery College for the Black Country we sat down with past and present members of our team along with Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust executives to reflect on their experiences and the impact of The Recovery College over the last decade. Over t...

Do you identify as male? Are you searching for a safe place to connect with others?  Our Men's Wellbeing course starts on Monday 27th of October. If you're interested please contact the college on 0121 543 4061 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. What to expect: A course for men to come together over 4 weeks in a safe space to ta...

Our 10 Year Anniversary celebrations continue this week with another dip into the archives. This time from 2018, where we have a Care and Share Cuppa session, one of our health walks, a taster session with Beat It! Percussion and a visit from the spiritual care team. It goes without saying that we offer a huge range of activities here at the R...