Dorset Recovery Education

26/11/2025

24/11/2025

Each Term, our trainers really enjoy delivering courses in Sherborne. This Term, the course is Managing Mood in December and there are still places available!

Managing Mood is one of our most popular courses and explores how changes in mood can effect our day-to-day routines and wellbeing. It explores mood and discusses how identifying anchor points can connect us with helpful coping strategies and build resilience when things feel challenging.

If you're interested in attending this course and are already registered and enrolled as a student with us, just give us a call on 01202 584478 or email dhc.recovery.educationcentre@nhs.net to book your place.

Not yet registered and enrolled, take a look at our website https://ow.ly/P6fO50XvPHs for more details.

Mood

19/11/2025

Save the dates for our community pop-ups in and !
Speak with our peer team to explore how connection supports your Wellbeing and Recovery.
Welcoming spaces with time to chat, learn, and reflect.

📅 Wednesday 26 NOVEMBER 2025 | 10 AM–1 PM
Waitrose & Partners Gillingham cafe space

📅 Thursday 4 DECEMBER 2025 | 10 AM–4 PM
Citizens Advice in East Dorset & Purbeck fuel poverty awareness event
GATHER community space, Dolphin Centre Poole

Discover our Sports and Social by Dorset Mental Health Forum regular activities programme, and Dorset Recovery Education Centre courses with a focus on building community and belonging.
All on your doorstep 💚

We'd love to see you there!


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18/11/2025

Members of the REC Team are really looking forward to attending this event on Thursday to talk and connect with carers in the community .

Hope to see you there!

18/11/2025

This week is National Self-Care Week and here at the REC we've been reflecting on why it's important to take care of ourselves and the ways we take time to do this.

One way we can practice self-care is by making the time to attend courses or look at our online resources to support our own health and wellbeing. Take a look at our website for more information https://ow.ly/1M7E50XtoZF.

13/11/2025

We are absolutely delighted this Autumn Term to be offering a face to face course in Swanage for REC students.

This one session Our Mental Health course will run on Tuesday, 25 November and explores how we support ourselves and others. It considers different approaches to mental health and recovery, thinking about what good mental health looks like for us.

If you would like to attend but aren't yet registered and enrolled with us, just complete the simple online registration form https://ow.ly/iwx050Xr8q5 and we'll contact you to arrange an enrolment appointment.

If you are already enrolled as a student with us and would like to book a place, just give us a call on 01202 584478 or email dhc.recovery.educationcentre@nhs.net

11/11/2025

You asked for more activities for young adults – and we took your feedback onboard!
Join us for our new café social brought to you by our Sports and Social and Discovery team, launching this Thursday!
☕ A relaxed space to meet new people, chat, and share what's on locally
📅 Starts Thursday 30 October at Bournemouth, then alternating weekly location of in Poole
🕑 2pm – 4pm
👥 Young adults, 18–25
No booking needed – just drop in! Bring a friend or come solo, everyone’s welcome.
Any questions? Give the team a call on 01305 818595

Events

10/11/2025

We continue to bring opportunities for connection, conversation, and community to you this winter - with two chances to do so before Christmas. First stop: Waitrose Gillingham café!

📅 Wednesday 26 November 2025 | 10 AM–1 PM
📍Waitrose & Partners Gillingham café space

Drop in for a chat with our team and discover how connection can support your Wellbeing and Recovery. Explore our Sports and Social by Dorset Mental Health Forum programme, and learn about Dorset Recovery Education Centre courses - all with a focus on community and belonging.

Ps. Our Sports and Social team host a social group in the cafe every Monday afternoon, all welcome, see link in bio to activities list for further details
We’d love to see you there! 💚

07/11/2025

Each Term on our Community and Belonging course, students come together to reflect on:

🌍Our local communities and how we can find them
🏋️Our own strengths, values and interests and how they can help build a sense of belonging
🧵Opportunities to discover new activities
⛓️Establishing and nurturing connections to support our own recovery and build the life we want

In our Autumn Term, the Community and Belonging three session course begins on Thursday, 20 November and there are currently places available.

If you're already registered and enrolled as a student with us and are interested in attending, give us a call on 01202 584478 or email at dhc.recovery.educationcentre@nhs.net to book your place.

If you're not yet registered, fill in the simple to complete registration form on our website https://ow.ly/avig50XoktC and we'll contact you to arrange an enrolment appointment.

04/11/2025

It's International Stress Awareness Week - stress can be a challenging part of life but there are many ways we can manage.

In the Learn Online section of our website https://ow.ly/yL5G50Xmq6M, we have many resources that can support with stress including a section on Bitesize Skills. This offers videos and worksheets on a variety of short skills and strategies that can really help us identify and relieve the impact of stress on our minds and bodies.

27/10/2025

Did you know that each term we run courses in just under 15 towns across Dorset?

As we are now half way through the term, many courses are now fully booked but there are places still available on:

🍵Mindful Living in Shaftesbury - Tuesdays, 4, 11, 18 and 25 November
🔖Introduction to ADHD in Gillingham - Friday, 7 November
🍂Self-Management in Wareham - Friday, 14 November
📍Community & Belonging in Dorchester - Thursdays, 20, 27 November and 4 December
📝Our Mental Health in Swanage - Tuesday, 25 November
✍️Managing Mood in Sherborne - Mondays, 1 and 8 December
💙Self-Compassion in Bridport - Tuesdays, 2 and 9 December

If you are already registered and enrolled with us and would like to attend any of these courses, give us a ring on 01202 584478 or email dhc.recovery.educationcentre@ns.net to book your place.

Not yet a students with us and would like to know more? Take a look at our website https://ow.ly/o9ko50XfuYR, give us a ring or email for more details.