Spring Newsletter
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO
Hi everyone, we have been busy planning our
schedule for the spring courses in the
Recovery College, DCU. We are delighted to
announce that we will be running the
Personal Discovery ...Give It A Go! Course, the
Hearing Voices Course, the Connect, Create,
Participate Course and the Menopause
Course over the Spring period. Places on
courses are limited and are on a first come
first served basis. We look forward to
welcoming you onto our exciting new
courses. All the best, The Recovery College
Team.
HEARING VOICES COURSE
The Hearing Voices Course will run for 6
weeks in the Spring in the Recovery College,
DCU. The dates and times will be confirmed
for this course shortly. Conor and Mary will
be co-facilitating this course. The Course aims
to help participants develop
understanding of the experience of voice-
hearing and helpful responses to it. In this
course, students will explore what it is like to
hear voices that no one else hears and why
people hear voices. This course helps people
understand the purpose that voices play in
people's lives, developing an understanding
of coping strategies and ways of working with
voices.
CONNECT, CREATE, PARTICIPATE
COURSE
We're running a new version of the Connect,
Create, Participate Course - Using Lived
Experience to Improve Homeless Services
along with associate partners Safety Net and
Recovery Academy Ireland. The course will
run for 6 weeks from 4th April - 9th May
every Thursday from from 10.00 am - 1.00
pm. This course will take place in the
Salvation Army Hub, King’s Inn Street, Dublin
1. We will soon be recruiting participants with
lived experience of homelessness and mental
health and/or substance use challenges.
More details to follow.
PERSONAL DISCOVERY...GIVE IT A
GO! COURSE
The Personal Discovery...Give It A Go!
Course will run for 6 weeks from 5th March
- 9th April every Tuesday from 11.00 am -
1.00 pm in the Recovery College Room,
DCU. Ciara and Lisa will be co-facilitating
this course. The course will allow
participants to go on a journey of personal
discovery. Participants will have the
opportunity to explore self-confidence,
compassion, coping skills, and practical ways
to improve mental health. We aim to have a
fun course filled with therapies such as mind
and body exercise tasters,
breathing/grounding techniques, yoga and
music therapy
an
MENOPAUSE, FIRST SPRING
COURSE
After an extremely successful pilot, we would
like to bring you "Menopause, The Second
Spring" designed by women for women. This
course will run for 6 weeks. The dates and
times will be confirmed for this course
shortly. The course will explore the ups and
downs of menopause, the meaning we make
of life during and after menopause, and the
way we tend to ourselves through it and. It
will focus on sleep, nutritional needs
amongst other topics. This course is for
anyone wanting to understand what
menopause is, how we manage our
symptoms and educate ourselves in a
friendly, empathetic and caring environment.
Facilitated by experts in menopause and
mental health.
To register for a course
Call 085 1847044
Email recovercollege@dcu.ie
or scan the QR code