Welcome to SLaM Recovery College
Summer Term 2025
Hello from the team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College,
We are pleased to offer you the Summer 2025 curriculum and timetable incorporating a wide range of online and in-person courses and workshops.
The recovery college team offers free, coproduced recovery and wellbeing education at a variety of community venues in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Croydon. Students who have a connection to SLaM can attend any course in any venue. Please see the timetable or enrolment form for more information.
The recovery college also offers a wide range of online education sessions. In most cases, any person, regardless of geographical location, can participate in the online programmes.
To view the Summer Term 2025 Timetable click here
For descriptions of all the courses click here
To enrol click here or scan the QR code below with the camera on your mobile phone:
RECOLLECT Research Opportunity
The RECOLLECT research team are looking for participants for a study about Recovery Colleges.
For an overview of what the study involves and to find out how to take part in this exciting research about Recovery Colleges via the RECOLLECT-2 study, please click here.
For an overview of what the study involves and to find out how to take part in this exciting research about Recovery Colleges via the RECOLLECT-2 study, please click here.
WHO QualityRights e-training on mental health
SLaM Recovery College has supported the development of a major training programme to help tackle stigma and discrimination and promote mental health, recovery and community inclusion. The QualityRights e-training, which is free and open to everyone, has been launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
To find out more and to access the training click here.
To find out more and to access the training click here.
What do we offer?
Our college offers a learning approach to support people to live as well as possible ('recovery') to complement the clinical support a person, their family and friends are offered by the Trust. Staff members working for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are also encouraged to participate to support their own understanding of service user and carer experiences of using mental health services. A wide range of courses and workshops are offered throughout the year, all taught collaboratively by people with lived experience of long term health conditions and people with expertise by job role.
The ethos of coproduction is a the heart of everything we do.
The ethos of coproduction is a the heart of everything we do.
Who can attend the recovery college? |
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Co-production is at the heart of everything we do. Every course and workshop we offer is co-designed and co-run by trainers with lived experience working alongside trainers from the mental health professions. Our online webinars and meetings are free of charge and available to anybody, anywhere.
Our classroom-based courses are free of charge and open to:
A referral from a clinician or service isn’t required to enrol at the college. As a student, you can choose which courses interest you or suit your needs. All we’d ask is that, if you do put your name down for a course, you make every effort to attend. Places for all our courses are in high demand so if you can’t attend for any reason please contact the Recovery College office as soon as possible so your place can be offered to someone on the waiting list.
Please note that you also need to be aged 16 or over to come to any of our courses.
Our classroom-based courses are free of charge and open to:
- People who use SLaM services
- Supporters (carers, family and friends) of SLaM’s service users
- People who have been discharged from SLaM services within the last six months and their supporters
- Anyone working with SLaM as a volunteer or peer supporter or who is on the SLaM Involvement Register
- SLaM staff (not including students on clinical placement)
A referral from a clinician or service isn’t required to enrol at the college. As a student, you can choose which courses interest you or suit your needs. All we’d ask is that, if you do put your name down for a course, you make every effort to attend. Places for all our courses are in high demand so if you can’t attend for any reason please contact the Recovery College office as soon as possible so your place can be offered to someone on the waiting list.
Please note that you also need to be aged 16 or over to come to any of our courses.
Contact us
SLaM Recovery College
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
2nd Floor, Blue Star House
234 -244 Stockwell Road
Brixton
London
SW9 9SP
T: 020 3228 3643
E: [email protected]
Our office hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We aim to respond to emails and voicemails on the day we receive them.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
2nd Floor, Blue Star House
234 -244 Stockwell Road
Brixton
London
SW9 9SP
T: 020 3228 3643
E: [email protected]
Our office hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We aim to respond to emails and voicemails on the day we receive them.
A film about SLaM Recovery College
This is a short, 15 minute film about the work of our college. We hope that after watching it you will have some inkling of the passion and commitment of our staff and trainers. But, more importantly, we hope that it will give you an idea of the positive impact the college is having on the lives of our students.
It was shot and directed by Steven Tart and edited by Belal Ladkani. Many thanks to everyone who took part in the making of the film.
It was shot and directed by Steven Tart and edited by Belal Ladkani. Many thanks to everyone who took part in the making of the film.
A film about the Tree of Life
For over 2 years, a service user co-led workshop project called the Tree of Life was run on SLAM’s adult acute in-patient wards. Over that period the workshops were attended by over 650 service users, and nearly 300 members of staff helped to create the ‘Forest of Life’ in SLAM. In 2015 the project won a national mental health award for ‘equality and diversity in service provision ‘and a highly commended for ‘patient experience’.
This film celebrates the co-production values, and commitment to providing compassionate care, that are at the heart of the Tree of Life project.
The Tree of Life Team also run workshops as part of the college’s curriculum, and Dr Julie Fraser, the Lead for the Tree of Life workshops, can be heard in the Radio 4 All in the Mind segment that you can listen to below.
This film celebrates the co-production values, and commitment to providing compassionate care, that are at the heart of the Tree of Life project.
The Tree of Life Team also run workshops as part of the college’s curriculum, and Dr Julie Fraser, the Lead for the Tree of Life workshops, can be heard in the Radio 4 All in the Mind segment that you can listen to below.
A film about our Comedy School improvisation course
We are now able to offer two fantastic courses from the Comedy School, thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, one focused on Improvisation and one on Stand Up. This film was recorded at the Ritzy in Brixton, where students from our very first Improvisation course performed before an enthusiastic audience.
The college featured on Radio 4
Below is an extract from All in the Mind, first broadcast on December 15th 2015, about the college and the Tree of Life project. It is presented by Claudia Hammond and produced by Pam Rutherford. Many thanks to everyone who took part.
About South London and Maudsley
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of services in the UK for people with mental health problems or an addiction to drugs or alcohol. We also provide substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. We provide care and treatment for children, adults and older people living in South London, specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in Kent and specialist services for people from across the country. We work in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry on research to improve patient care and treatment. |
About the Maudsley Charity
Maudsley Charity is a global leader in research, education and investment in mental health and wellbeing. From supporting community projects in the here and now, to funding vital research and infrastructure for the future, its work has always been at the heart of innovation and positive change. Its aim is to promote positive change in the world of mental health. Using donations made to the charity, it invests in and promotes projects and research that make a tangible difference to the treatment and care of mental health service users both at SLaM, across London and the UK. |
Become a member of SLaM
Anyone who lives in the area, works for the trust, or has been a patient or service user there, can become a member of SLaM. This gives staff and local people a real stake in the future of their hospital.
Members can:
- receive information about us and be consulted on plans for future development of the trust and its services
- elect representatives to serve on the Council of Governors and
- stand for election to the Council of Governors
Register online now or, for further information, telephone 020 3228 2441 or email [email protected]
