The Wellbeing & Recovery College is a training and resource centre which develops and delivers education and tools to support wellbeing and the self-management of mental health difficulties. We work with you either to support you in your recovery or to help you support someone for whom you care.
Our wide range of courses are open to those using the Trust’s mental health services, staff, carers, families and supporters. They are also available to local authorities and partner organisations.
Courses are co-produced and delivered by a member of Trust staff and at least one peer trainer, recognising the equal value of professional training and lived experience and expertise.
The college works to an educational rather than a clinical model. We follow the guiding principles for recovery colleges as defined by Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change (ImROC).
Courses we deliver
The college is continuing to run some courses on zoom but is now also running face to face courses. We continue to offer a range of recovery and wellbeing courses and provide useful resources and helpful tips for students to try at home to support and maintain good health and wellbeing. We continue to offer a range of recovery and wellbeing courses and provide useful resources and helpful tips for students to try at home to support and maintain good health and wellbeing.
Our free training programme draws on the experiences and skills of people who’ve used mental health services and those who support them.
The college follows an educational model that seeks to give people the tools and skills to become architects of their own recovery, or to support someone else with their recovery journey.
The college conveys messages of hope, empowerment, possibility and aspiration. We celebrate diversity and recognise the strengths and successes of our students.
We offer a wide range of courses that are designed to give people a better understanding of mental health issues and to develop their life skills.
Courses vary from one-off workshops to 10 session programmes. They are co-produced and co-delivered. This means that groups of service users, carers and staff work together to develop the courses. They’re delivered by a practitioner trainer and a peer trainer as we recognise the expertise of lived experience equally with that of professional training.
We've launched our Spring Term 2025 guide, which you can view here.
You must be enrolled before you can complete a Recovery College course or workshop.
You can enrol online. It takes about approximately five minutes to complete the registration process, and once enrolled, you can book yourself onto any of our courses throughout the year.
Your data
The information collected as part of enrolment helps us better understand who’s using our courses, so we can develop more relevant subject matter. Your information will not be shared with any other parties in compliance with the Trust’s privacy policy and the Data Protection Act.
To book a course, you’ll need to email or call us on:
Email: bookings.recoverycollege@westlondon.nhs.uk
Telephone: 020 8483 1456
You can use our programme in whatever way suits you. You may just want to do a course as a one-off because you are particularly interested in that topic.
If you think a number of courses might help you, but you’re not sure where to start, we can offer individual orientation appointments where you can learn more about the courses available, the philosophy of the college and you can get some help to choose courses, if needed.
Please tell us about any learning needs you may have, and we’ll will try our best to accommodate them.
If you’re unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible. Many courses have waiting lists, so if you don’t let us know, someone else may miss out on a course they want to attend.
If less than four few people turn up for a scheduled training session, we’ll have to cancel it. This is because group interaction is an integral part of all our training, and it doesn’t work with so few participants.
The core team is:
Alison Hoble - Recovery College Lead
Bieza Atlabachew - Operational Manager
Katy Paramor - Senior Peer Trainer
Elisabeth Murphy – Senior Peer Trainer
We also have a number of professional and sessional peer trainers who deliver and co-facilitate various courses throughout the year.
Address:
The Wellbeing and Recovery College
Underwood House
1A Thomas Layton Way
Brentford
TW8 0SB
Telephone: 020 8483 1456
London Underground/Overground
There are eight stations located within a 20-minute walking radius of the stadium.
Overground
The nearest station, Kew Bridge, has one train every 15 minutes on weekdays
Bus Routes 65, 237, 267, 391, H91, 65/N65 and N9 all have a service that serve the stadium.
To find us - Head towards the Box office of the Community Stadium, up Lionel Rd and walk around the stadium to the right until you reach the red tarmac by gate F - we are located directly opposite this. Please press the buzzer and a member of the team will open this for you.
Get directions from Kew Bridge station and watch the helpful video on YouTube.
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