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...

Sonia Kumar MP for Dudley pictured with Kerry Wilkes, Principal, Liane Howe Deputy Principal and Jim Cole Divisional Director of Older Adults for BCHFT NHS

It was great to be visited by Sonia Kumar, MP for Dudley last week at DY1 Community Centre.  Sonia joined us to learn more about our Recovery College and the work Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are doing to transform our Older Adult mental health services across the Black Country.  Following the visit, Sonia ...

The Recovery College reaches it's tenth year!  To celebrate we have reached out to key figures from the Trust to ask them: What value does The Recovery College bring to Black Country Healthcare and the wider community? Interviewees include Melvena Anderson, Deputy Director at Black Country Healthcare NHS Trust, Kuli Kaur Wilson, Chief Strategy...

Come along and meet people who can offer self-care help and support. Join in a variety of sessions including Sound Meditation,  Mental Health Awareness, Self-care for carers and support for parents. Event Details are below: 30th January 3:30pm Beacon Centre, Wolverhampton Road East, Wolverhampton, WV4 6AZ The RC Team --------------------------...

Due to ongoing national tensions the Recovery College for the Black Country has made the decision to close it's bases in Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton until further notice.  We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. Please stay tuned for updates.  If you have any enquiries please contact the college via email:info@t...

The Recovery College for the Black Country is really excited to be able to inform you that "The Commissioning of Community Sector Training Courses Pilot Project" will be continuing and launching a second round!  The Recovery College has been allocated a total of approximately £100K to continue to commission small to large community o...

 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...

Great news! We are recruiting for the following:4 x Facilitator Roles - Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk)1 x Lead Facilitator Role - Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk)2 x Learning Support Assistant Roles - Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk)The deadline for applications is Monday 11th March. Full job descriptions and person specs can be found in the links provide...

Yesterday we had the privilege of filming one of our prior students, Tracey. She opened up about her time at the Recovery College, what courses she enjoyed and life after study. We can't wait to get this up on our YouTube page because it really is a positive gem. Tracey was interviewed by one of our facilitators, Zak. His enthusiasm was s...

Come along on Tuesday 27th February at 10am till 2pm to join the Bridge to health - Wellbeing & Information Event. The event will take place at Central Hall Methodist Church, Ablewell St, Walsall WS1 2EQ.  Giving you the opportunity too... Learn about groups and activities in Walsall.Explore training and course opportunities ...

Do you enjoy improving and developing new services and projects? Do new ideas and solutions to problems come easily to you? If it is a yes… we would be delighted if you would consider joining the Development Group and help to ensure that the Recovery College fully meets the recovery and learning needs of its students and the communities of the Blac...

Do you enjoy evaluating services and projects? Do you enjoy analysing information and looking at the detail? If it is a yes…we would be delighted if you would consider joining the Evaluation Group and help to ensure that the best quality of service is delivered to our students. If you would like more information, please contact Kirstie on 07341 865...

The Recovery College is looking for students interested in the co-design and co-production of course to help co-produce a 4 week course looking at Social Media. Including how social media impacts our Mental Health. Alongside ways to manage and control social media consumption to aid Mental Health recovery. Please note this cours...

Unspoken Word Poetry Events, everyone is welcome to join their friendly poetry events, contribute your own poetry or simply listen. (Un)spoken word is the name given to poetry events Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust held in 2021 and 2022 and their first published volume of poetry, launched on World Poetry Day 2023. They chose the ...

Hanukkah is known as the Jewish festival of lights and is celebrated every year around November or December. This year the festival will begin on the 7th December and finish on the 15th December. Starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the ninth month of the Hebrew Calendar. People celebrate by playing dreidel, singing songs, pr...

Do you enjoy evaluating services and projects? Do you enjoy analysing information and looking at the detail? If it is a yes…we would be delighted if you would consider joining the Evaluation Group and help to ensure that the best quality of service is delivered to our students. If you would like more information, please contact Kirstie on 07341 865...

Do you enjoy improving and developing new services and projects? Do new ideas and solutions to problems come easily to you? If it is a yes… we would be delighted if you would consider joining the Development Group and help to ensure that the Recovery College fully meets the recovery and learning needs of its students and the communities of the Blac...

This November our team have been spreading the word of what we do here at The Recovery College. Friday our team were at the WHG Event in Walsall and at Sanctuary Mental Health & Wellbeing Event at Lifecentral Church Halesowen. To talk about the service & support we provide in the areas of Dudley and Walsall at The Recove...