
Upcoming Courses
Our courses are published per term and are split into our five course categories. You can book onto upcoming courses by contacting us over phone or email. More can be seen about our themes on the 'Our Course Categories' page.
Course Availability
Courses can book up rather quickly but don’t panic, we often run the same course multiple times a term. We hold Welcome Sessions throughout the term to allow new students to get started.
In any instance that a course is fully booked, we have a waiting list for those interested in case of drop-outs.
* Our full Summer 2026 timetable will be available shortly - keep an eye out in the next few weeks for the updated version.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
11:00 am
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Intro to Developing Tools and Strategies
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 1
Thursday, 3 September 2026
2:30 pm
1 Hour
Online
This course provides an understanding of the course category: ‘Developing Tools and Strategies’. It will explain courses and the difference between them. You will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you.
Intro to Community Connections and Belonging
Community Connections and Belonging
Step 1
Monday, 7 September 2026
2:30 pm
1 Hour
Online
This course provides an understanding of the Wellbeing & Recovery College curriculum category: ‘Community Connections and Belonging’. It will explain each one, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you.
Understanding Recovery
Recovery Themes
Step 2
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course explores the social definition of recovery in mental health and how this can be adopted as a positive mindset that can help with each individuals personal journey.
Understanding Mindfulnesss
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 2
Thursday, 10 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
St Luke's Church, Greetham St, Portsmouth
This course helps to gain a greater understanding of mindfulness, it’s history and benefits. It will include an exploration of the difference between mindfulness and mindlessness.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Friday, 11 September 2026
12:00 pm
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
The Person, not the Label
Recovery Themes
Step 3
Monday, 14 September 2026
11:00 am
2.5 Hours
Cromwell House, Winchester
The person, not the label is a reflective and empowering course designed to shift focus from diagnosis to identity, strengths, and personal meaning. Rather than defining individuals by a mental health label, this programme enables students to explore the whole person—their experiences, values, aspirations, and unique journey.
Exploring my Values
Recovery Themes
Step 1
Monday, 14 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Cromwell House, Winchester
Understanding what truly matters to us can be a powerful anchor during times of change, recovery, or uncertainty. Exploring My Values is a reflective and supportive course designed to help students identify the personal values that guide their choices, shape their relationships, and influence their wellbeing.
Understanding Stress
Holistic Wellbeing
Step 2
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course helps participants understand stress, its impact on well-being, and the personal stressors that contribute to it. Providing practical strategies for effectively managing and reducing stress.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Thursday, 17 September 2026
2:30 pm
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Intro to Understanding and Living with Health Conditions
Understanding and Living with Health Conditions
Step 1
Friday, 18 September 2026
11:00 am
1 Hour
Online
This course provides an understanding of the category: ‘Understanding and Living with Health Conditions’. It will explain the range of courses, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions and assess which ones you are interested in or that feel right for you.
Personal Responsibility: It's my Choice
Recovery Themes
Step 2
Monday, 21 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course helps students to explore the idea of personal responsibility in relation to recovery. The course covers key topics such as the benefits and challenges of taking personal responsibility and the role of support and collaboration with others in enabling someone to take personal responsibility.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Monday, 21 September 2026
11:00 am
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Understanding Hope
Recovery Themes
Step 2
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course introduces you to the concept of hope in the context of recovery. It helps you to consider ways to activate and hold hope for yourself and others in daily life.
Understanding Anxiety
Understanding and Living with Health Conditions
Step 2
Thursday, 24 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course helps students to gain an understanding of what anxiety is. The course explores what happens when we get anxious, how anxiety can affect us in our daily lives as well as practical strategies for managing anxiety and supporting an individual’s recovery.
Intro to Holistic Wellbeing
Holistic Wellbeing
Step 1
Friday, 25 September 2026
11:00 am
1 Hour
Online
This 1-hour course provides an understanding of the Wellbeing & Recovery College curriculum category: ‘Holistic Wellbeing’. Introducing you to courses within this category that could be relevant for your personal recovery education journey.
Understanding Empowerment
Recovery Themes
Step 2
Monday, 28 September 2026
11:00 am
2.5 Hours
Online
This session aims to help learners define empowerment through CHIME principles and reflect on its personal meaning in recovery. The session will help learners to explore personal responsibility in one’s own life and explore how the Circle of Control can help. During the session we will utilise a strengths-based approach and examine supportive roles to strengthen empowerment.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Monday, 28 September 2026
2:30 pm
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Intro to Recovery Themes
Recovery Themes
Step 1
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
11:00 am
1 Hour
Online
This 1-hour course provides an understanding of the Wellbeing & Recovery College curriculum category: ‘Recovery Themes’. Introducing you to courses within this category that could be relevant for your personal recovery education journey.
Understanding Personality Disorder
Understanding and Living with Health Conditions
Step 2
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course explores our understanding of Personality Disorder. Gaining information about treatment and practical strategies to support the recovery of someone with Personality Disorder.
Developing Mindfulness (Day 1)
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 3
Thursday, 1 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
St Luke's Church, Greetham St, Portsmouth
This course is a sequel to our Understanding Mindfulness course. Together, we develop skills which involve paying attention to thoughts, feelings and the body's senses in a way that increases awareness and compassion to manage difficult experiences and make wise choices. The course includes interactive mindfulness exercises which you can utilise in your daily life.
Understanding Sleep
Holistic Wellbeing
Step 2
Monday, 5 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course explores the functions of sleep and its role in mental health and gain information on how to improve our sleep quality.
Supporting Someone Else's Recovery
Recovery Themes
Step 2
Monday, 5 October 2026
11:00 am
2.5 Hours
Online
This course draws parallels between the recovery process for carer and cared for, explore supportive effective relationships and recognise the importance of the carer’s own wellbeing.
Developing Mindfulness (Day 2)
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 3
Thursday, 8 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
St Luke's Church, Greetham St, Portsmouth
This course is a sequel to our Understanding Mindfulness course. Together, we develop skills which involve paying attention to thoughts, feelings and the body's senses in a way that increases awareness and compassion to manage difficult experiences and make wise choices. The course includes interactive mindfulness exercises which you can utilise in your daily life.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Thursday, 8 October 2026
12:00 pm
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Understanding Communication Skills
Holistic Wellbeing
Step 2
Monday, 12 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Cromwell House, Winchester
Understanding Communication Skills is an interactive course designed to help learners build confidence in how they express themselves and connect with others. Through practical activities and guided reflection, participants explore the different ways people communicate and how small changes in approach can strengthen relationships and reduce misunderstandings.
Understanding Depression
Understanding and Living with Health Conditions
Step 2
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
Online
This course explores the cycle of depression and how this can affect recovery. It will explore strategies to help you both identify and recognise thinking styles most common to depression and to challenge and overcome these.
Developing Mindfulness (Day 3)
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 3
Thursday, 15 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
St Luke's Church, Greetham St, Portsmouth
This course is a sequel to our Understanding Mindfulness course. Together, we develop skills which involve paying attention to thoughts, feelings and the body's senses in a way that increases awareness and compassion to manage difficult experiences and make wise choices. The course includes interactive mindfulness exercises which you can utilise in your daily life.
Welcome Session
Welcome Sessions
Step 1
Friday, 16 October 2026
11:00 am
1 Hour
Online
This course introduces you to the Wellbeing & Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Goal Setting for your Recovery
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 2
Monday, 19 October 2026
11:00 am
2.5 Hours
Online
This course aims to help students understand the benefits of goal setting for their recovery and to learn a technique used to set meaningful goals that are personalised to your own needs and experience.
Intro to CHIME
Recovery Themes
Step 1
Monday, 19 October 2026
2:30 pm
1 Hour
Online
This session will explain what the CHIME framework is, where it came from, and why it matters for mental health recovery. The session will describe the model's five components - Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment, and show how they support personal recovery.
Creativity for your Wellbeing
Holistic Wellbeing
Step 3
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
11:00 am
6 Hours
Cromwell House, Winchester
This interactive course discovers the powerful connection between creativity and mental health, exploring how engaging in creative activities can positively influence learners’ overall wellbeing. Whether creativity is already part of participants lives or it’s something completely new to them, this course offers accessible and enjoyable ways to use creative practices to manage stress, improve mood, and enhance emotional wellbeing.
Developing Mindfulness (Day 4)
Developing Tools and Strategies
Step 3
Thursday, 22 October 2026
2:30 pm
2.5 Hours
St Luke's Church, Greetham St, Portsmouth
This course is a sequel to our Understanding Mindfulness course. Together, we develop skills which involve paying attention to thoughts, feelings and the body's senses in a way that increases awareness and compassion to manage difficult experiences and make wise choices. The course includes interactive mindfulness exercises which you can utilise in your daily life.
Student Voice
The Wellbeing & Recovery College welcomes you to attend our Student Voice which is held every term. It’s a great opportunity for you to be involved in shaping the future of the college and be a part of its success! Exploring and developing ideas whilst on occasion, connecting with fellow students. We also welcome voluntarily contributions for our newsletter about your Wellbeing & Recovery College journeys, these could include written articles as well as photography and artwork.
Upcoming Student Voice Opportunities:
We don't currently have a date scheduled, please keep an eye out for any updates on our next Student Voice.
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Monday 5th January 2026
1.30PM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Friday 16th January 2026
11AM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Tuesday 20th January 2026
10AM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Friday 30th January 2026
11AM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Monday 9th February 2026
10AM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Friday 27th February 2026
11AM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Friday 6th March 2026
11AM
Duration:
1 Hour
Welcome Session
This course introduces you to the Recovery College and helps you to understand what to expect as a student, including courses and student support. You will meet members of the team and understand how training is delivered in partnerships between those with clinical expertise and those with expertise from their own lived experience of Mental Health Illness.
Location:
Online
When:
Tuesday 17th March 2026
1.30PM
Duration:
1 Hour


