The Mid-Essex Recovery College runs free courses and workshops that support people’s mental health recovery. The College provides a safe space for people to learn new skills, expand on existing ones, and attend courses developed to support mental health recovery. Co-production is a core feature of recovery college ethos; our courses are all co-produced by experts with lived experience of mental health, as well as individuals with professional experience of working for mental health services. All our sessions have a ‘Pass or Participate’ ethos where students can contribute as much or as little as they want when they are there.
All our courses are free to attend and open to anyone aged 18 and over who lives, work or studies in the Mid Essex area who have experienced or are experiencing mental health challenges themselves, are supporting someone else with their mental health challenges or who just want to learn more about the topics covered.
This summer the College is delivering face to face and online workshops on a variety of topics such as Creating Art in Nature, Mindfulness, Stigma and Navigating Services as well as many more across the Mid Essex region.
Summer Courses:
- New beginnings – every Thursday morning – Braintree
- Finding your voice for carers – 1st August (online)
- Introduction to Recovery – 5th August (online)
- Men and Mental Health – 6th August (online)
- Mindfulness – every Wednesday afternoon – St Mary’s Maldon
- Recovery College Walking Group – Contact for details
- Dismantling Stigma – 9th August (online)
- Ufest – 16th August – Maldon Prom
- Bereavement and Loss – 13th and 20th August – Broomfield
- Navigating Services – 14th August (online)
- Five Ways to Wellbeing – 15th August (online)
- Therapeutic Filmmaking – 21-23rd August – Braintree
- Closing the Gap between mental and physical health:
SWF – 12th August
Great Baddow – 19th August
Braintree – 27th August - Creating Art in Nature:
Danbury – 7th August
Braintree – 14th August
Goldhanger – 21st August
To book a place visit our website at Mid Essex Recovery College website and follow the link in the calendar, contact us via email or phone or complete the booking form Recovery College Booking form
If you are working with someone who you feels would benefit from attending one of our workshops and you would like them to have some support to attend you can either email us or we are on Frontline and you can contact that way. We have supported students to access the college in several ways including them being accompanied to their first session by the professional they are working with.
http://midessexrecoverycollege.co.uk
If you are interested in finding out more please contact us by phone or email
0300 303 9954
