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Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke launch new Recovery College

Last week the team at Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke launched ‘Turning Point’ their new Recovery College. The Recovery College will offer educational courses designed to provide increased understanding of mental health and support people through their recovery by promoting hope, opportunity and aspirations for the future.

A meeting room, decorated with bunting and balloons, was set aside for the launch. Service users and staff were all invited to come and look at prospectuses for the autumn term and even browse the AQA units for individual learning. There were presentations, leaflets and of course refreshments.

The courses on offer for group learning in the autumn term are ‘Introduction to Meditation’, ‘Kindness and Self Esteem’, ‘Introduction to Judo’ and ‘Singing and Percussion’. There are also many different individual courses too which will be facilitated by one to one sessions each week.

Jo Wilkinson (Recovery College Lead), Caitlin Craggs (Recovery College Co-ordinator) and many of the course facilitators were on hand to explain things on the day and there was a PowerPoint running with information on recovery colleges in general.

There was a good response from service users with many signing up for the first courses which begin this week.

Jo Wilkinson said, “Thank you to all those who supported on the day, we look forward to Turning Point becoming a big success. We will look to gain momentum over the coming weeks and have more courses to offer in future.”

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