We are now accepting new students for our term which runs from January to April 2027.
You will need to attend an induction before booking your courses. Visit our induction page for details.
About the courses
Our courses focus on recovery. We help you to recognise your potential and make the most of your talents and resources. This can help you to deal with any health challenges you may experience and achieve the things you want to in life.
You need to be aged 18 and over, and live in the boroughs of Bury, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Glossop.
Once you have completed an induction, you can book on to courses which will be listed below.
Visit our Health and Wellbeing Recovery College page for more details about the college, attendance and our facilities.
These courses will be available during our Spring term, from January to April 2027. You can read more about them further down this page.
- Curtains to sleepless nights
- Get mental health aware
- Healthy relationships
- An introduction to ayurveda
- Arts for wellbeing
- Believe and achieve
- Cool it!
- Coping with change
- I am in control
- Living well with psychosis
- Out of the blues
- Preparing for your future
- Preparing to volunteer
- Reading for health (in partnership with Tameside libraries)
- Reclaim your life
- This is my moment
- Time to shine
- Wellbeing and self care workshop
Book courses
Courses will be available to book on this page, once you have completed an induction.
Course details
Read more about all courses available by clicking the sections below. Please note, some courses are not available every term.
This course looks at the importance of getting a good night’s sleep, how we can improve sleep and our sleeping habits. It will equip you with tools to try and end the struggle with sleepless nights.
Course length: Two sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This one off interactive session will look at some of the facts and figures about mental health problems, as well as busting some of the common myths that exist.
Course length: One session. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to increase your awareness about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships. You will be encouraged to explore your own social circle and consider the influences within it, while also reviewing your personal boundaries. You will be introduced to some skills to support you to develop healthy relationships, and receive information about where you can gain additional support.
Course length: Four sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Balancing, mind, body and spirit: Ayurveda is the traditional Hindu system of medicine, based on the idea of balance in bodily systems and uses diet, herbal treatment, and yogic breathing. Find out more about this fascinating idea and how it can help through life’s pressures
Course length: Eight sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Evidence suggests that creativity can have a positive impact on our overall health and wellbeing; improving mood, increasing self-esteem and boosting confidence. Why not come along to our practical art course, where you will be introduced to the concept of art and learn more about how this relates to health. You will then have the opportunity to use a range of materials to create some artwork around specific themes. No need to be an artist – all abilities welcome.
Course length: Eight sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to celebrate your everyday and long-term achievements, step towards believing in yourself and achieving your journey. The possibilities are endless if you believe!
Course length: Four sessions. Duration: 2 hours.
This course may interest you if you wish to develop your understanding of anger and look at ways to manage it. The course will help you to think about how your lifestyle and choices can make you feel angry and cause aggressive behaviour.
Course length: Six sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to help you explore how you can prepare for change and deal with stressful situations.
Course length: Four sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to help you manage and overcome anxieties. You will learn tools and techniques to recognise and deal effectively with different types of anxiety and explore how you can feel in control.
Course length: Six sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to make sense of some of the experiences of psychosis, introduce the idea of recovery and think about strategies that might support a person’s recovery journey.
Course length: Four sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to develop an understanding of how depression affects people and to help you deal with low mood. It looks at the impact of lifestyle on depression and how to build positive thinking and activity into our lives.
Course length: Six session. Duration: 2 hours
This course aims to help you recognise your skills and how you can make the most of these to reach your full potential and move forward with your life. You will learn how to write a CV, complete application forms, search for jobs and learn basic interview techniques.
Course length: Four sessions. Duration: 2 hours
This course will raise your knowledge and awareness of volunteering. You will find out about the benefits, requirements, process and opportunities involved within volunteering. You will also start to look at the information about yourself and documents you may need to make an application to volunteer.
Course length: One session. Duration: 2 hours
There is growing evidence to suggest that shared reading can have a positive impact on health and wellbeing. Why not come along and find out more about this link and then enjoy a relaxed and comfortable space where the facilitator will start to read aloud literature from a ‘quick read’ book. There will then be opportunities for others in the group to contribute to the reading should they wish to, as well as to discuss and reflect on the material; others however may just choose to sit and listen – there is no pressure to read aloud.
Course length: Six sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Reclaim your life from illness, pain and disability. Ideal for those experiencing chronic pain, stiffness, lung or heart problems, tiredness, high-blood pressure, diabetes or any other long-term health condition. This course can help you reclaim your life when it feels like illness is taking over.
Course length: Five sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Come and learn how to be aware of your feelings, acknowledge and accept your thoughts and gain an understanding of how to use your senses to allow yourself to be in the moment and appreciate your life.
Course length: One session. Duration: 2 hours
What does recovery mean and what does it look like for you? This course will help you to create your own picture of recovery whether that is focusing on mental health or physical health. It will help you to put your own recovery plan together for a healthier future. The course focuses on recovery using the acronym SHINE; Smile, Hope, Inspiration, Nutrition and Exercise.
Course length: Two sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Come and spend a couple of hours learning how to begin taking steps to improve your own health, wellbeing and emotional health by building a self care routine.
Course length: One session. Duration: 2 hours
Courses coming in future:
This course will help you to understand what being assertive means and help you become more confident. You will learn positive communication skills, how to know your rights and be able to assert yourself.
Course length: Two sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be coming soon.
Do you often notice that your perception of yourself can be negative? Do you find that you don’t value yourself as much as you would like? This six weeks course looks at helping us to understand our self-esteem, and learn skills to develop healthier self esteem. We will explore various skills such as combatting negative/critical thinking, highlighting our positive qualities in addition to our achievements, setting realistic life goals, self-compassion, self soothing and assertiveness.
Course length: Six sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
In this fun and creative course you will learn simple book-making techniques to create your own ‘Books of Positivity’ – individually decorated books, full of words and images to inspire you!
Course length: Two sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
This workshop introduces the 5 evidence based ways that we can put in place to help manage and improve our wellbeing: connect, take notice, give, keep active, keep learning.
Course length: One session. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
This 7 week course helps individuals to self- care and improve their health and wellbeing. The course provides participants with the knowledge, skills and tools to improve their confidence and motivation to set realistic goals for making changes to their lifestyle. It covers an introductory session and discussion around health; behaviour change - why it isn’t easy; self esteem and confidence; dealing with stress and anxiety; lifestyle choices - healthy eating, alcohol and smoking and physical activity, sexual health and managing minor ailments; dementia and local directories
Course length: Seven sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
This 6 week course offers resources for improving feelings, beating stress and boosting your ability to live well.
Course length: Six sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
Do you care for someone with a mental health difficulty? Do you know what your rights are and how to best support the person you care for? Do you feel in control and empowered to speak up on behalf of this person? Do you feel confident in having conversations around feelings and emotions, and supporting a loved one who might be expressing suicidal ideation for example? Are you confident in managing challenging situations such as self-harm? Come along to this course to develop your knowledge, skills and confidence in what can often be a challenging role as a carer, whilst connecting with others and taking time to look after your own wellbeing.
Course length four sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
This course will consider the impact of loss and how you can adapt and adjust to change. The course will consider risk factors which can make it harder to come to terms with a loss and provide you with helpful strategies to cope with grief.
Course length: Three sessions. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.
Come and join us for a one off workshop exploring ‘worry’ in the context of our everyday lives. Through this interactive session we will define what worry is, and how this fits in with anxiety. We will explore what skills can be used to manage worry more effectively, including some useful techniques such as worry time, problem solving, mindfulness and relaxation.
Course length: One session. Duration: 2 hours
Please note: this course is currently not available but will be in the future.