Brighton & Hove Recovery College, Brighton and Hove Videos

Here’s a snapshot video of our eight new courses and workshops for our upcoming Spring Term. You can find out more in our Spring prospectus, here: https://bit.ly/3p8fdln New titles are: Building Confidence – Page 5 Emotional Regulation – Page 6 Introduction to Self-Compassion – Page 8 Mindful Photography – Page 9 Chanting and Drumming for Recovery – Page 12 Drama for Confidence – Page 13 Script Reading – Page 14 Self-Care: Why it is important and how do we make it happen? – Page 15 Enrolment will open on Tuesday 4th January when the forms will then be available to complete on our webpage. Do keep an eye on this page for updates. IMPORTANT: Please do not contact the College to try and enrol any earlier than Tuesday 4th January. However, feel free to get in contact with us regarding any other questions you may have about the College or Spring term, or pop them in the comments below. #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #RecoveryCollege #Recovery #Courses #Workshops #BrightonAndHove #Brighton

Art Showcase from RC Autumn Term of Students work
This term saw the return of our face-to-face Art & Craft course. We have run this successfully online for two terms, but we were really pleased to make the transition back to being together in person, in small numbers at the Recovery College. We aim to make this group mindful by creating an artistic community and connecting students after periods of isolation. As well as exploring different creative mediums such as drawing, still life, crafting, painting and collage, we also use breathing techniques and music for relaxation and to encourage creativity. Why not grab yourself a nice cuppa and watch our relaxing two minute video gallery below, which showcases a sample of some of the work created by students this term. We are pleased to announce will be running this group again next term. All materials are provided in the classroom. If you would like to get involved, look out for our prospectus launching late December for our Spring Term starting on January 31st. Quotes form our students: “Kick-started Creativity that lay dormant. Interesting techniques demonstrated and materials I haven’t used for a long time.” Thank you so much for a great course I really appreciate all the open minded advice and positivity. Also of other group members and staff. It’s been great. “I thoroughly enjoyed the Art and Craft course led by Beki and Moose. It helped ease some of my everyday anxiety and it has encouraged me to do art and craft activities by myself. Beki and Moose were fantastic peer trainers who made me feel comfortable and safe. I felt encouraged by their support and positive language. COVID safety precautions were put in place which meant I felt protected and was able to attend face to face. I found being able to go to Frederick House in person very beneficial and it has helped me gain confidence post COVID lockdowns. I am grateful to all those that help run the Recovery College and feel it has been very beneficial in managing my mental health conditions

1 WEEK UNTIL ENROLMENT OPENS DONT MISS OUT !! We are delighted to share a preview of our Autumn Term prospectus with some really exciting news... For the first time since the Coronavirus pandemic, we are pleased to be able to offer some sessions in a socially-distanced classroom setting, as well as continuing to offer online sessions via a software application called Zoom. Classroom-based sessions will take place at our College building at Frederick Place near Brighton Station. You can read all about our Covid safety measures in the prospectus. We’re also excited to introduce four new topics this term, these are: ‘Creativity and Self-Care for Carers’, ‘Living with Grief and Loss’, ‘Money Matters’ and ‘Working for Wellness’. Our new ‘Creativity for Carers’ course is in collaboration with @TheCarersCentreforBrightonandHove We are launching the prospectus earlier than usual to give you more time to take a look through the Autumn term courses and workshops and decide which you’d like to enrol for. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE FULL PROSPECTUS Go to: https://bit.ly/2VQuHy6 See more info on our web page: https://www.southdown.org/recovery-college-brighton-hove Enrolment will open on Tuesday 31st August when the forms will then be available to complete on our webpage. Enrolment forms will need to reach us by no later than Tuesday 14th September. Do keep an eye on this page for updates. IMPORTANT: Please do not contact the College to try and enrol any earlier than 31st August. However do feel free to get in contact with us regarding any other questions you may have about the College or Autumn term, or pop them in the comments below. We look forward to welcoming new and returning students and hope to see some of you in person this term. #MentalHealth #RecoveryCollege #Recovery #BrightonAndHove #Brighton #Courses #Workshops

Show case of students art from Autumn 2021
We wanted to share a sample of some of the artwork created by the extremely talented and inspirational students from the Autumn Term Art and Craft class. They used different mediums, materials and disciplines, to create their art within the safe space of our online course, which formed a positive interactive online community for them to explore their creativity. The Art and Craft course will also be running as part of our Spring Term and we'd love you to come and join us for this and much more. Enrolment closes a week today, on Friday 29th January. For more details of how to enrol and for a copy of our Spring prospectus go to: https://bit.ly/2Nj55FU