About North Ayrshire Wellbeing & Recovery College
The Recovery College is funded by North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and is delivered and staffed by the mental health charity RAMH (Recovery Across Mental Health)
The college offers educational courses to support mental, physical and emotional wellbeing in shared learning environments in the community.
Courses are designed to enable students to gain an increased:
- Ability in coping and self-management
- A Sense of empowerment
- Sense of connection with others
- Sense of hope and optimism for the future
- Develop skills and learning
It’s open to anyone who:
- lives, works or studies in North Ayrshire
- is over the age of 16
The college will support you to:
- identify and build on your own strengths
- make sense of your experiences
- take responsibility, where possible, to self-manage your mental health and wellbeing
Recovery College Staff Team
Lainey McKinlay
Recovery College Co-ordinator
Louise Mathieson
Administrator
Jeanette Allan
Recovery College Manager
There are additionally a team of Professional Tutors and a Team of Peer Volunteers.
What is a Recovery college?
Courses are designed to enable students to gain an increased:
- ability in coping and self-management skills
- sense of empowerment
- sense of connectedness with others
- sense of hope and optimism for the future
What is recovery?
There is no single definition of recovery. The acronym CHIME is a helpful framework: Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment.
NAWARC is keen to develop new partnerships so please get in touch if there is an opportunity for joint working.
It does involve self-management and recovery from a health condition. It’s also about recovering a life worth living and regaining those things that may have been lost due to mental or physical illness or disability.
These could include:
- Confidence,
- Purpose,
- Meaning,
- Life opportunities,
- Education,
- Employment.
The ‘Exploring Recovery’ Course explores how we can increase CHIME in our lives.
"A highlight for me was when I made the initial phone call. At this call I was listened to and given more information on services and things in the community than I had in months"
Track 1 Student
A recovery college has four principles:
Co-Production
Co-Production courses developed with experts
Education
Learning for self-management
Inclusion
Open to all
Recovery Focus
Focus on wellbeing
Four values:
Celebration
Celebrating success
Empowerment
Taking control
Person Centred
Individual journey
Strengths Based
Building on existing strengths