Mid Essex Recovery College – August Timetable

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This month we are going to embrace the outside as much as we can running outside sessions of Mindfulness, Creating Art and Walks as well as our usual range of courses.

  • Mindfulness – join us every Wednesday at the Octagon at St Mary’s. The second session we will be holding an outside session.
  • Creating Art – weekly outside sessions for our very popular Creating Art sessions – come along and have a go in a supportive atmosphere
  • Eating for Wellbeing – after the successful bite-size session this workshop has been lengthened, looking at how eating well can support your Mental Health.
  • Writing for Discovery – very popular sessions that explore how writing can support Mental Health Recovery
  • Recovery College Walks – will be running across Mid Essex
  • Anxiety, taking back control – will be running in The Hive in Southminster this month and uses a CHIME approach to look at Anxiety. If you have completed this course in the past you may be interested in joining the more in-depth online Living Well with Anxiety sessions on the 5 and 7th of August
  • Community Service to Support Recovery – the sessions this month will explore how Volunteering and Keeping Active can support Mental Health Recovery and how to link with Community Services in Mid Essex.
  • Community Events – the College will be going to the opening of The Hive, the new community hub at the United Reformed Church in Southminster on the 9 August and will also be at Ufest in Maldon on the 15 August and look forward to meeting you there

All our courses and workshops are free and provide 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 by experience, individuals with lived experience of mental health, as well as individuals with professional experience of working for mental health services. Our courses are mainly discussion based, and the College operates a ‘pass or participate’ approach whereas students can participate as much or as little as they feel comfortable to when they attend sessions

Courses are available to anyone aged 18 and over who have experienced or are experiencing mental health challenges themselves, who are supporting another person with their mental health challenges or who want to learn more about the topics covered.

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