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    Suicide Awareness Course with Kaleidoscope Plus Group

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    By attending this half day course, it will equip you to feel more confident around the topic of Suicide. They will look at the up to date statistics and the impact it has on people's lives. We identify myths and facts around suicide with our aim being to reduce stigma. Recognising the warning signs and key indicators if someone is considering suici...

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    Meet and Greet Volunteer Opportuntity

    Hello all Active students Please see link for our Meet and Greet volunteering opportunity this will be for the Recovery College Walsall and Wolverhampton base. You will need to apply online via the link below for these roles, best of luck. Interviews will be face to face.  Job vacancy: Volunteer Meet and Greet, Black Country Healthcare NHS Fou...

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    Places of Welcome in Dudley & Wolverhampton

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    Places of Welcome offers your local community a safe welcoming place, where everyone is welcome to come along. Places of welcome are taking place all across the UK in local communities, to provide individuals with support through the connection of meeting others. All sessions are open to everyone and staffed by volunteers. Helping to prevent loneli...

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    New job positions available at the Recovery College!

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    Are you passionate about mental health recovery through learning? If your answer is yes - we have 2 exciting positions available at the Recovery College!3 x Facilitator Role2 x Learning Support Assistant RoleFor more information please see the images attached.Alternatively head here for the Facilitator Role: View current vacancies :: Black Cou...

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    Join our Development Group at The Recovery College

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    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...

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    Join our Evaluation Group at The Recovery College

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    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...

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    Relax & Chat - A Better Mental Health Programme by Beat It Percussion

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    Prepare yourself to be immersed in beautiful relaxing sounds, to help relieve symptoms of stress and recharge your batteries. This session supports good mental health and can help with the management of anxiety and other conditions. Sound relaxation works by creating a live soundscape of calming, gentle instruments that ease the mind into a state o...

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    Just Straight Talk - Platform

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    Come along and join the Just Straight Talk team in Dudley this new year. They have a bunch of sessions available from job support groups, expressing your creativity in their creative writing course, gardening groups, Social & games groups. Interested and would like more information on how to get involved? Why not come along or you can ...

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    New Year, New Career

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    Come along and see what opportunities are available this January at Walsall's job event. This free event will give you a chance to talk to employers and training providers to find out what vacancies and educational courses are available to you. There will be opportunities in the the following areas: Construction, Warehousing, Business Adm...

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    Recover Together Sessions

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    Recover Together is a series of internet and telephone based "connecting and social groups" that are recovery focused and educational.  Please note this sessions are for attending students only. (Online Zoom) Monday 15th January 2024 from 10am - 11am Tuesday 16th January 2024 from 1.30pm - 2.30pm  Thursday 18th January 2024 from 1.30pm - ...

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    Parenting Taster Session

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    Join Vicky Welch & Natalie Mountford from Phrase Trust, where they will be delivering a taster session around the key areas of parenting. To help encourage parents in their parenting skills and their relationship with their child/ teenager.  Please note this sessions are for attending students only.  Tuesday 16th January&nbs...

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    Ramblers Wellbeing Walks

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    Join the Ramblers Wellbeing Walks taking place first Monday of every month. The walks give you chance to unwind in nature, meet new people, at a pace that suits you and right on your doorstep. Being out in nature and enjoying greenspaces has added benefits to your mental health. So why not come along first Monday of every month, at 9...

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    Plus (Positive Lives Using Skills) with The Kaleidoscope+ Group

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    This free programme will give you a deeper understanding of emotions and will equip you with a self-management portfolio, full coping strategies and techniques that will allow you to make positive changes for a happier, healthier life.  Each module links and follows onto the next one. You will gain so much more form this programme if you can a...

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    Social Media Co-production Course

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    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...

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    New job positions available at the Recovery College!

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    Are you passionate about mental health recovery through learning? If your answer is yes - we have 2 exciting positions available at the Recovery College!3 x Facilitator Role2 x Learning Support Assistant RoleFor more information please see the images attached.Alternatively head here for the Facilitator Role: View current vacancies :: Black Cou...

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    UnSpoken Word Poetry Events 2024

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    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 ...

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    The Kaleidoscope+ Group - Open Meetings

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    Do you support a family member or friend? If that's a yes...who is supporting you? The Kaleidoscope Plus Group Open Meetings will provide a social space to access advice and guidance, a chance to participate in activities such as raffles, quizzes and games. The sessions will be led by experienced staff from Kaleidoscope Plus Group with guest s...

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    Starfish Social Hub - January Timetable 2024

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    Starfish Social Hub have released their January 2024 calendar full of different activities for the week. Throughout both weeks all courses will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Set up and run by the charity: Starfish Services Limited, part of the Starfish Partnership. This is a project with a difference, addressing mental health by focusing on soc...

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    What's on Brandhall Library January 2024

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    Find out what's going on in January 2024 at Brandhall Library. Their will be activities and events for all the family so their is something for everyone. From expressing your creativity in their craft course or Knit and Natter Group for adults, to their holiday craft sessions for children there is something for everyone. Their Welcoming S...

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    Warm up this Winter

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    Are you struggling to pay heating bills and keep yourselves warm? Why not come down to the Warm Hub? Providing Wolverhampton Residents with a Warm Space in comfortable welcoming environment. Where activities will be provided to promote life skills and encourage residents to consider participation in training. Every week day from the 27th November u...

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