Surrey and Borders Recovery College:
Our Recovery Colleges in Surrey and North East Hampshire are designed to support people in their recovery. They help people improve their health and wellbeing through courses on various mental and physical health conditions.
The colleges are a partnership involving voluntary, NHS and local authority organisations and existing Recovery Colleges.
All courses are run by staff from the partner organisations and are developed and delivered alongside our recovery coaches, who all have lived experience of mental or physical illness or are supporting someone with a mental or physical illness.
All of our courses are taught by a recovery coach – someone who has lived experience of physical or mental illness either personally or through a caring role – and a professional.
Who are the Surrey and Borders Recovery College’s professionals?
The Recovery College is a partnership involving many different organisations, and any of these organisations may employ the professionals who support us with delivering our courses.
We are proud to have professionals with qualifications in various therapies, including art, dance, occupational, psychology, pilates and yoga.
Who are the recovery coaches?
We believe that people who have experience of physical or mental illness themselves are often able to support others in their recovery because they understand in a way that a professional might not.
Our recovery coaches come from a range of backgrounds. They are experts by experience who have shown that they can manage their condition and believe in the philosophy of recovery.
All of them are willing to share the wisdom of their own lived experience to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible, and they have all been – or still are – students at the college.
Every team member – volunteer or paid – receives training and supervision, and we support the development of each recovery coach by helping them prepare for paid work in the future (if this is their goal).
Contact Details
Theta,
Lyon Way,
Frimley,
Surrey,
GU16 7ER,
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01276 454 150
SMS text: 07920 207 046
Contact Names
Recovery College Manager: Rebecca Isherwood-Smith
Out of Hours Contact
Trust Switchboard: 0300 5555 222
Service Description
Our Recovery Colleges in Surrey and North East Hampshire are designed to support people in their recovery. They help people improve their health and wellbeing through educational courses on a range of psychological, mental and physical health conditions.The colleges are a partnership arrangement involving voluntary, NHS and local authority organisations and existing Recovery Colleges.
All courses are run by staff from the partnership organisations and are developed and delivered alongside our Recovery Coaches, who are experts by experience. They all have lived experience of mental or physical health conditions or are supporting someone with a mental or physical health condition.
The Recovery College operates from several venues, although our office is at Theta in Frimley.
Visit our Recovery College webpages for more information at www.sabp.nhs.uk/recovery/recovery-college
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Areas Covered
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Guildford
- Hart
- Mole Valley
- Reigate and Banstead
- Runnymede
- Rushmoor
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Tandridge
- Waverley
- Woking
Referral Process
All students are asked to enrol with the Recovery College to take one of our courses, please visit our enrolling page for more details, or email us on recovery.college@sabp.nhs.uk.
Referral Criteria
Courses are open to people aged 18+ who want to improve their health and wellbeing and live or work in Surrey or northeast Hampshire.
Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS)- complaints and compliments
PALS are a confidential service based at Trust HQ that works with people who use our services to resolve any issues/complaints or concerns they may have. Equally, they are there to receive compliments from people who use our services and share these with the relevant teams. PALS are committed to listening to people to help improve Trust services. Find out more about PALS.
