Support your mental health at the Wellbeing and Recovery College
The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College offers a wide range of courses and workshops designed to support the mental wellbeing of local people.
Led by Community First, in partnership with Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and a variety voluntary and community sector organisations from across the two counties, the college offers variety of courses designed to help people understand and manage their mental health and wellbeing, as well as learning new skills and engaging in meaningful activity.
The college focuses on supportive and encouraging education, rather than therapy, delivered through a variety of courses, including art, volunteering, wellbeing and lifestyle, and cookery.
Its open to everyone living in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, aged 18 and over with no upper age limit.
All courses are developed and delivered by professionals, many of whom will have lived experience of mental or physical illness, and/or experience of supporting someone with a mental or physical illness.
Amanda Wright, Community First Programme Manager Health and Wellbeing said, “We offer a wide range of courses and workshops designed to take each individual on a journey, however short or long, to find not only new skills, but the knowledge and understanding of what health and wellbeing and recovery means to them.
“Whether you have experienced mental health difficulties, want to support your mental wellbeing or just want to learn new skills, the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College is here for you.”
Stephanie Danby, Outreach Coordinator at New Opportunities Worcestershire said: “New Opportunities Worcestershire is an NHS service designed to help people in their mental health recovery through a range of meaningful activities.
“We run courses in small groups to improve social skills, self-confidence, self- esteem, motivation and concentration. Available to those who are unable to access community activities independently, the activities are facilitated by both experts by training and experts by experience.
Being part of the Wellbeing and Recovery College has given us a great shop window to tell more people about what we do, and to be able to show our clients what else is available for the ‘next step’ in their recovery.”
To find out more information about the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College please visit their website: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College | Recovery College (hwwellbeingandrecoverycollege.org.uk)