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02/12/2025

National Grief Awareness Week

The 2nd to 8th December 2025 is National Grief Awareness Week.

Most of us will suffer a loss at some time in our life or know someone personally or professionally who has.

Recovery College Online has a course that can help people deal with the immediate and longer-term effects of this.

You can find our 'Dealing with Loss' course at https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/dealing-with-loss/

You can see a list of our courses at https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/

If you would like to find out more about mental health in general, you can visit https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/

13/11/2025

Today (13th of November 2025) is World Kindness Day.

Do you think kindness is a skill, a behaviour or an emotion? Something you’re just born with or a choice you have to make time and time again.

We have a range of courses that look at love and kindness from a number of different angles.

As how you respectfully but effectively live with other people:
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../meaningful.../
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../dealing-with.../
As part of your spiritual practice:
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../spirituality.../
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../spirituality.../
As something that is good not just for others, but for you too:
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../five-ways-to.../
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../positive.../
• https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../practising.../

So be kind to yourself, make yourself your favourite drink, get comfortable and discover a world of kindness. (And on the subject of being kind to yourself, why not also check out our course on Nature and Wellbeing) https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/nature-and-wellbeing/

03/11/2025

International Stress Awareness Week

The 3rd to the 7th of November 2025 is International Stress Awareness Week.

This is a good time to do our course Exploring Stress. Everyone gets stressed sometimes so it might help you manage stress you’re going through now or in the future. And even if you’re not stressed now, you’ll likely have family, friends or colleagues who are stressed at the moment too.

The course covers:
• What is stress?
• Our genes and the world around us.
• What makes you stressed?
• What stress does to you.
• The Stress Vulnerability Bucket.
• Coping.
• Everyday coping skills.
• What can help?

If you would like to do this course, you can find it here - https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/.../exploring.../ You will need to create a free account with a username and password to access it.

If you would like to find out more about mental health in general, you can visit Recovery College Online at: https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/

23/10/2025

Recovery College Online and ARCH Recovery College are at the TEWV Annual General and Members Meeting today at Teesside University's Student's Union 'The Hub'. If you are there today, pop over and say hi to find out more about what we both do.

20/10/2025

New course ‘Exploring Negative Thoughts’.

We have a brand new course, which is available on our website now, called ‘Exploring Negative Thoughts’.

The course looks at all things negative thoughts and what can help us to deal with them.

This online course has been developed in partnership with ARCH Recovery College which has recently ran its own course exploring negative thoughts.

We would like to say a big thank you to Peter Swan, one of the peer trainers at ARCH Recovery College, for all of his input.

We’ve also worked on this course in partnership with an NHS consultant clinical psychologist working in adult mental health, which we are very grateful for.

The course covers:
• Negative thoughts.
• Negative self-talk (the inner critic).
• Things that can help people to deal with negative thoughts.
• The link between negative thoughts and suicidal thoughts.
• Therapies which can help a person manage their negative thoughts.

If you would like to do this course, click the following link to take you to it https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/exploring-negative-thoughts/

You will need to create a free account with a username and password to access it.

If you would like to find out more about mental health in general, you can visit Recovery College Online at: https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/

16/10/2025

Does the change in weather affect your mood?

Many people experience changes in their mood due to the changing seasons, such as
• Feeling energy levels drop.
• Changes to sleeping patterns.
• Changes to eating patterns.

All of which is very normal and common. It might be due to something called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This is a type of depression. It is more apparent during certain seasons. It is often referred to as ‘winter depression’, as symptoms can often be more severe during the winter months.

If you think you might have Seasonal Affective Disorder, we have some useful information. This includes what SAD is and what can help you.

Head over to the website using this link https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/topics/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad/

10/10/2025

World Mental Health Day 2025

Today (the 10th of October) is World Mental Health Day. This year it’s all about the impact on someone’s mental health of going through a catastrophe or emergency. Recognising that people often need support to process what they have been through.

At Recovery College Online we aren't able to offer therapies or individual support. However, we do have a range of free courses and stories which may be helpful for people who have experienced major incidents.

These are part of our Dealing with a Major Incident series.

Some are for professionals:
• Community or service level responses to trauma.
• Incident preparedness.

Some are for any adult:
• Adults supporting children after a major incident.
• Dealing with the personal Impact of a major incident.
• Interviews with people who have experienced a major incident.

Others are for children and young people:
• For children dealing with the impact of a major incident.
• The story of Bettrys.
• Young people dealing with the impact of a major incident.

These are just a few of over 70 free courses available on our website.

Here you can see a list of our courses https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/

If you would like to find out more about mental health and wellbeing in general, you can visit https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/
This includes a range of information pages and resources.

🚨If you are in a mental health crisis🚨
If you are having a mental health crisis and live in UK, call 111 and pick the mental health option.

Call 999 or go to A&E if someone’s life is at risk and, or you feel unable to keep yourself or someone else safe.

If you need general support about your situation you could contact….
• Samaritans. Ring 116 123 at any time of the day to speak to a trained volunteer. The Samaritans website is https://www.samaritans.org/
• Shout. Text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 if you are struggling with your mental health. Their website is https://giveusashout.org/
• SANE. Ring SANE for emotional support and information between 4pm and 10pm on 0300 304 7000. Their website is https://www.sane.org.uk/
• The Mix (is for people under 25). Go to the www.themix.org.uk to find out more about what they do.
• If you're under 19, you can also call 0800 1111 to talk to Childline. Their website is https://www.childline.org.uk/

06/10/2025

The 6th to the 10th of October is the International Week of Happiness at Work.

If you want to learn about being healthier at work check out our Health, Wellbeing and Employment course. It looks at a range of things including:
• Looking after your mental health.
• Establishing a work life balance.
• Setting boundaries.
• Working from home.
• Working in a team.
• Seeking support and lots more.

It is one of over 70 free courses available on our website. Others include Maintaining Occupational Balance in Uncertain Times and Five Ways to Wellbeing.

You need to create a free online account to be able to do most of our courses. We just ask for a username, email address and password. Anyone can access our courses as long as they are over 13. We also have some open courses which you can do without creating an account.

You can do the courses at any time. They also remember where you’re up to if you want a break.

You can find a list of our courses at https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/

If you would like to find out more about mental health and wellbeing in general, you can visit https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/
This includes a range of information pages and resources.

25/09/2025

Did you know that there's a page on the website where we share people's real life experiences and stories of their mental health? It might be a story about their diagnosis and how that affected them. It might be a story about finding hope in the darkness. Or it might about what gave someone meaning and purpose.

We've recently shared Rob's story about living with his diagnosis of Depersonalisation-Derealisation Disorder (DPDR) - so why not head to the website and have a read?

www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/information/stories

23/09/2025

We've reached a milestone!

Back in December 2024 we launched our brand new website, and today we reached 3,000 online students enrolled. And that's not to mention how many more people will have visited our website to read the information pages!

We're incredibly proud of our team and the hard work we put in each day to make the website and the E-Learning the best they can be. If you'd like to learn more about our team, you can do so on our About Us page.

https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/about/

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Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust ARCH Recovery College

12/09/2025

💻Updated Lifestyle and Recovery Series: Drugs and Alcohol course 💻

We have recently been working with a pharmacist to produce an updated version of our ‘Lifestyle and Recovery Series: Drugs and Alcohol course’ and it’s now available on our website.

The course looks at:
• The types of legal and illegal drugs.
• The classes the drugs belong to.
• The reasons people use drugs.
• The effects of some of the common legal and illegal drugs.
• Advice and guidance for cutting back or quitting if you are considering doing so.

The course also discusses interactions between substances and reasons why medications should not be given or be given with caution.

To access this course go to - https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/drugs-and-alcohol/

(Please note you will need a free online account to access this course)

This course is part of our Lifestyle and Recovery Series of courses. You can choose to do one of the courses, only a few, or all of them.

The rest of the courses in this series are:
• Lifestyle and Recovery Series: What is Health?
• Lifestyle and Recovery Series: Exercise.
• Lifestyle and Recovery Series: Mindfulness of Everyday Life.
• Lifestyle and Recovery Series: Sleep and Relaxation.
• Lifestyle and Recovery Series: The Role of Goal Setting.

(Please note, the Lifestyle and Recovery Series: Nutrition and Wellbeing course is currently unavailable due to being reviewed.)

Or if you would like to find out more about mental health in general, you can visit Recovery College Online at: https://www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk.

10/09/2025

World Su***de Prevention Day 2025

If you are feeling suicidal, support is always at hand.

Here are some things you could do:
• Speak to someone you trust.
• Call Samaritans: 116 123.
• Call SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (4pm to 10pm).
• Call Childline: 0800 1111.
• Call MIND: 0845 766 0163 (Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm).
• Text SHOUT to 85258.
• In a mental health crisis, call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.

Later you could also find out more about how to support your mental health, by checking out Recovery College Online. We have a large number of free courses on mental health topics. Go to www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses
If you would like to find out more about mental health and wellbeing in general, you can visit Recovery College Online at: www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk where we have information pages and resources.

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