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    Loneliness Awareness Week

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    10th-16th June is Loneliness Awareness Week. The theme for 2024 is Random Acts of Connection, this theme is encouraging everyone to increase those simple, everyday moments of connection which help us feel happier and less lonely.   Loneliness is something that can affect every person at any point in their lifetime. Each exp...

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    We are hiring!! - The Recovery College

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    Great news! We have several job positions available!  Deadline for Learning Support Assistant Roles is Friday 21st June. We have extended the Facilitator Role deadline to Friday 28th June. 3 x Facilitator Roles (Permanent, Full Time)1 x Facilitator Role (Permanent, Part Time)1 x Facilitator Role (12 Month Fixed Contract)2 x Learning ...

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    Accessing help in my Community - RC Hub Highlights

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    Next in our RC Hub Highlights series, I'm going to show you three resources from our next category - Accessing Help in My Community. You can access all of our resources for free, download and save for later! Through this series we are shining a light on the amazing resources you can access on the Hub to help you on your recovery journey. ...

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    Darren's Volunteer Journey - National Volunteer Week 2024

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    For National Volunteer Week we want to express how grateful we are to our volunteers and how they contribute to The Recovery College. Darren is one of our volunteers, he has been with the college for a number of years, helping with co-production and as a volunteer co-facilitator. In April the marketing team sat down with Darren to di...

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    Louise's Volunteering Journey - National Volunteers Week 2024

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    Louise has been a volunteer for The Recovery College for a number of years and she wants to share her volunteering journey and perhaps inspire others to volunteer too! In this fantastic video for National Volunteer Week you can read Louise's journey, how she discovered The Recovery College, why she enjoys volunteering and how she would describ...

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    Donna's Story - National Volunteers Week

    Donna-English-Day A Day in the Life of..Donna English A Recovery College Volunteer

    At The Recovery College, our Volunteers are an important part of the college. Earlier this year, we sat down with Donna to film a series of videos about her time at the college as a volunteer.  In our conversation with Donna we covered topics such as what she has learned as a volunteer, her previous volunteering experi...

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    National Volunteers Week, 2024

    Volunteers Week Celebration

    It's the 40th anniversary of Volunteers Week! We are celebrating the amazing contributions volunteers make to communities across the UK and most importantly for the Recovery College. The celebration starts on the first Monday in June every year. It's a chance to recognise, celebrate and thank the UK's incredible volunteers for all they co...

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    RC Hub Highlights: Learning about My Mental Illness

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    Continuing with our series about our RC Hub, the next category is Learning about my mental illness.  The Recovery College Hub (shortened to RC Hub) is a mental health, recovery, health and wellbeing resource library, for people living in the Black Country. Every resource that is uploaded to our hub has you in mind. If you have any resourc...

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    Gardening with The Recovery College

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    Our Gardening students are working very hard to transform our green spaces, have a look at the photos below to see the difference two sessions can make!  Did you know?...At each of our bases we have a garden patch that students can access. If you would like to learn more please get in touch. Call 0121 543 4061 or email info@therecoverycol...

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    Staying Safe - RC Hub Highlights

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    The Recovery College Hub (shortened to RC Hub) is a mental health, recovery, health and wellbeing resource library, for people living in the Black Country.  The next category we are going to dive into is Staying Safe.  All of our resources are separated into categories under the RC Hub tab to help you find what you nee...

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    Come and Join our Online Information Session, Friday 31st May!

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    Come and meet members of our friendly team on Zoom, this Friday from 1pm - 2pm. Here you will get to hear a bit about what we do, our ethos and the courses we can provide to help individuals with their recovery journey. We will also discuss where our bases are around the Black Country as well as our social media presence and handy website links. Th...

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    Co-Production Guidance: A Black Country Guide for those looking to Co-produce

    Co-Production Guidance: A Black Country Guide for those looking to Co-produce

    Co-production is one of the most important elements of our work at the Recovery College. Co-production means working together to do something different. It is about people with different views and ideas coming together to make things better for everyone. In the recovery college we take a co-production approach, meaning people with personal exp...

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    Lauren's Message for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

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    Throughout Mental Health Awareness Week We are hearing from different members of the team and how they find #MomentsforMovement in their lives. Today I'm going to write about my experience with running! In April, I travelled down to London to support some of my friends and family who were running the London Marathon. Watching thousands of people ru...

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    Lisa's Message for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

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    At The Recovery College, Our staff love to support and encourage you on every step of your recovery journey. For this Mental Health Awareness Week, our staff want to encourage you to find #MomentsforMovement.  Today's message comes from Lisa, one of our Facilitators, she shares how she finds Moments for Movement i...

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    Living a Healthier Life - RC Hub Highlights

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    Next in our RC Hub Highlights series, I'm going to show you four resources from the fourth category.. Living a Healthier Life. You can access each of these categories on The Recovery College Website under the RC Hub tab. You can download any of these resources and save for later! Through this series we are shining a light o...

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    Kerry's Message for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

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     It's Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme for this year is Movement. #MomentsforMovement Throughout this week, 5 of our staff members will be exploring how physical movement has an impact on their mental health. Our first message is from The Recovery College Principal, Kerry Wilkes. Kerry writes - Movement and physic...

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    Mental Health Awareness Week #MomentsforMovement

    Mental Health Awareness Week

    It's Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme for this year is Movement.  #MomentsforMovement  The Mental Health Foundation have said: "One of the most important things you can do to help protect your mental health is regular movement. Our bodies and our minds are connected. Looking after ourselves physically also helps us prevent probl...

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    RC Hub Highlights - Making Lifestyle Changes

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    Next in our RC Hub Highlights series, I'm going to show you three resources from our third category.. Making Lifestyle Changes. You can access each of these for free, download and save for later! Through this series we are shining a light on the amazing resources you can access on the Hub to help you on your recovery journey. The RC ...

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    National Walking Month

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    It's National Walking Month! Many people choose to go walking as a form of physical exercise but did you know it has some amazing benefits to our mental health? In this blog post you can read why walking has proven benefits to our physical and mental health and learn about the Health Walks that we offer across the Black Country. &nbs...

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    Employment and Recovery Team Induction!

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     Yesterday some of our RC team attended an Induction for the Black Country Trust's Employment and Recovery Team where they learnt about the different services within the team. Our Principal Kerry and one of our Deputy Principal's Stevie popped in to deliver a presentation all about The Recovery College and what we do! It was a great day t...

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