Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,

We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions. As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning. These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration forms links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.

N.B. The great majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will neither be seen nor heard. Instead, you interact by typing questions and comments into a Q&A panel. Occasionally we will run a course in a Meetings format for a limited group of students, where you will be seen and heard, but these will be clearly identified as such.
 
Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week. N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like):  
Monday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 21st December  
Tuesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 22nd December  
Wednesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 23rd December  
Thursday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 24th December  
 
NEW!! Coping with the Winter and Festive Period | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 22nd December 
Wintertime can be an especially difficult period for those who experience mental ill-health. In this webinar, we will share ideas on how we can look after ourselves and those we care for during the winter and festive period.  
 
NEW!! Stretch, Breath, Release| 12noon-1pm | Wednesday 23rd December  
A gentle session for all levels and abilities, combining slow, gentle, movements with stretching. Mindful pauses and check-ins will help you to locate where you hold tension and stress in the body. Movement and breathwork will help you to release tension in these areas and you will learn what you can do in the moment to support well-being on a day to day basis. Our body and our moving body is the most underused tool to well-being. This class will give you some practical ways to spot, and shift, tension in the body. It is suggested to wear loose clothing, have a relatively private place to engage with the session and bring a water or tea to keep you hydrated. Try what you can, there are no stupid questions. 
 
NEW!! Motivation (two-part course) 
How do you get out of your head and stop thinking about what you do and start doing it? 
This new, two-part webinar explores what holds us back from utilizing our motivation, what environment best harnesses our motivation, and looks at the reality of motivation in terms of its role in our daily lives. This webinar provides tips that help launch us into action and explains the theory that helps us to close the gap between what you know you want to do and taking action to make it happen. 
Part 1| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 23rd December  
Part 2| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 24th December  
 
NEW!! Can You Learn to be Happy? Part 1 (of 2) | 11:30am-12:30pm | Thursday 24th December  
This has been a really challenging year. Many of us have had to dig deep and do something differently to survive emotionally. It’s not been easy. Yet we are at that point in the year which is traditionally associated with joy and celebration. During this two-part course, based on readings (from the book Happier: Can you learn to be Happy? by Tal Ben-Shahar) and group discussion, we will be discussing that elusive thing ‘happiness’, at a time when many people will be feeling that happiness is beyond their grasp. N.B. The two sessions will be run in the Teams Meeting format, meaning you will be seen and heard by other participants, and you will be asked to complete a participation agreement regarding confidentiality. There will be 25 places available, with successful students chosen randomly from those who apply (Monday 21st 5pm deadline). 

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student): 
​https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUMFZDMThQUjNWUFBQSEc4T1Q3MThJTDhRNyQlQCN0PWcu

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before: ​

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Please feel free to share this offer of free-to-view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid-19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html  
 
With very best wishes,
 
The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College
​

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,
 
We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions. As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning. These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of,using one of the registration forms links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.

N.B. The great majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will neither be seen nor heard. Instead, you interact by typing questions and comments into a Q&A panel. Occasionally we will run a course in a Meetings format for a limited group of students, where you will be seen and heard, but these will be clearly identified as such.
 
Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.
 
N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like):  
Monday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 14th December  
Tuesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 15th December  
Wednesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 16th December  
Thursday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 17th December  
Friday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 18th December  
 
Introduction to Coaching Skills Part 4 (of 4) | 10:30am-11:30am| Monday 14th December  
Coaching is a way of opening up spaces for personal reflection, helping people become aware of their strengths and resourcefulness, and supporting them to achieve their goals. Coaching is a series of conversations between a coach and another person aimed at bringing out the best in the person being coached. Whether we are mental health professionals, people who use services, or carers and supporters, we all know that the quality of the relationships and the conversations we have are very important. Coaching tools and techniques can support people’s recovery by helping them tackle the challenges and everyday stresses of life.   
  
Making Changes Part 4 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 14th December  
The aim of this course is to enable participants to explore, embrace and prepare for the challenges involved when embarking on a change of lifestyle. This may include reducing alcohol consumption, embarking on an exercise programme or a healthy eating plan.  The learning will be applicable to any type of change someone wishes to make in their life.  We will also look at decision making and managing and maintaining the process of recovery as it applies, for example, to relapse prevention.  
 
Understanding Psychosis (seven-part course)  
A seven-part course about different aspects of psychosis, including schizophrenia, hearing voices and taking control of your medication.  Although we recommend taking part in all seven sessions, they can also be watched as stand-alones.  
Part 5: hearing voices B| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 14th December  
Part 6: hearing voices C| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 15th December  
 
Introduction to Beth (1 of 1)| 12noon-1pm | Tuesday 15thDecember 
For service users, Beth is very friendly and overall easy to use and supports personal choice and autonomy. You can link your Beth account with your NHS number to access your health records and:    

• see who is in your care team and support network
• securely message your care team
• access your current care plan
• see all your appointments
• keep track of your mood and sleep
• use online free and trusted health resources   

For people caring for someone under SLaM services you can create your own account to look after your own wellbeing and securely message their care team.   

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student): 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUMFA3VU4zUlNYTkxOQzFTT00wMzFTTVZPUyQlQCN0PWcu

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before: 
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Surviving Stigma Online Course: an invitation 
Six- week course | Two- hour session each week | January/February 2021
 
Who can take part? SLaM service users and SLaM carers only; fluent in English  
 
How many can take part? There are 20 places available; we will choose the successful applicants randomly from those who express an interest in attending. 
 
Is it free? Yes.
 
What platform is it on? The sessions will be run as Microsoft Teams Meetings (as opposed to Events, which is how most of our webinars have been offered). This means that you can be both seen and heard. If you are offered a place on the course you will need to complete a participation agreement confirming that you will keep your camera on during the sessions (unless otherwise agreed by the group and training team). 
 
N.B. To express your interest in taking part in this course, please see the link below. Don’t respond to this email. Thanks! 
 
The Surviving Stigma course is a research project which aims to support people with lived experience of mental health to overcome stigma.  
 
The course uses different exercises to break down stigma and resist its impact. We will use Photovoice, which uses photography, or other art forms, to share experiences. We will also practice skills in educating and challenging attitudes.  We will support each other in doing things we may have avoided due to stigma.  
 
You are invited to choose a carer and/or health professional to attend the course with you if possible.  
 
Course dates and times (you must confirm that you are able to attend each session): 

• Surviving Stigma Part 1 | 12:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 15th January 2021
• Surviving Stigma Part 2 | 12:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 22nd January 2021
• Surviving Stigma Part 3 | 12:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 29th January 2021
• Surviving Stigma Part 4 | 12:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 5th February 2021
• Surviving Stigma Part 5 | 12:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 12th February 2021
• Surviving Stigma Part 6 | 12:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 19th February 2021

 
As part of this research study, and prior to us confirming your place on the course, a researcher will need to send you an information sheet to read, and contact you to explain the study in more detail and answer any questions.  
 
If you would like to take part, please complete this online Expression of Interest form (please don't apply if you have already taken part in the course we ran in October/November of this year):
 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUNjI1S002UkVDU0lEWEtUSVE4WEtRREFUUyQlQCN0PWcu 

Please feel free to share this offer of free-to-view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid-19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html 
 
With very best wishes,
 
The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College
​

a Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,
 
We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions. As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning. These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration forms links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.

N.B. The great majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will neither be seen nor heard. Instead, you interact by typing questions and comments into a Q&A panel. Occasionally we will run a course in a Meetings format for a limited group of students, where you will be seen and heard, but these will be clearly identified as such.
 
Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.
 
N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like): 
Monday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 7th December 
Tuesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 8th December 
Wednesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 9th December 
Thursday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 10th December 
N.B. This will be a recording, not a live webinar 
Friday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 11th December 
N.B. This will be a recording, not a live webinar 
 
Introduction to Coaching Skills Part 3 (of 4) | 10:30am-11:30am| Monday 7th December 
Coaching is a way of opening up spaces for personal reflection, helping people become aware of their strengths and resourcefulness, and supporting them to achieve their goals. Coaching is a series of conversations between a coach and another person aimed at bringing out the best in the person being coached. Whether we are mental health professionals, people who use services, or carers and supporters, we all know that the quality of the relationships and the conversations we have are very important. Coaching tools and techniques can support people’s recovery by helping them tackle the challenges and everyday stresses of life.­­ 
 
Making Changes Part 3 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 7th December 
The aim of this course is to enable participants to explore, embrace and prepare for the challenges involved when embarking on a change of lifestyle. This may include reducing alcohol consumption, embarking on an exercise programme or a healthy eating plan.  The learning will be applicable to any type of change someone wishes to make in their life.  We will also look at decision making and managing and maintaining the process of recovery as it applies, for example, to relapse prevention. 
 
Understanding Psychosis (seven-part course) 
A seven-part course about different aspects of psychosis, including schizophrenia, hearing voices, and taking control of your medication.  Although we recommend taking part in all seven sessions, they can also be watched as stand-alones. 
Part 3: support and the future| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 7th December 
Part 4: hearing voices A| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 9th December 
 
Smoking and COVID-19 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 9th December 
In this session, Mary Yates, Nurse Consultant in SLaM, outlines why it’s more important than ever before to quit smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will give an overview of the best ways to quit and how to access support. She will also explain why some researchers think that nicotine (NOT SMOKING!) may help protect against COVID-19. 
 
Parks, Walks and Walking Meditation Part 2 (of 2) |12noon-1pm | Thursday 10th December 
Lockdown has meant that a lot of us are spending way more time indoors. This two-part workshop aims to encourage and inspire you to: 

• Learn about the benefits of walking for wellbeing 
• Learn about Peckham Rye Park and parks in your locality 
• Discover activities you can do in your local park and London walks 
• Discover how to practice walking meditation (complimentary walking meditation MP3 available to all workshop attendees) 

 
Understanding and Managing Health Anxiety Part 2 (of 2) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Friday 11th December 
Health anxiety is the name used when you spend so much time worrying that you're ill, or about getting ill, that it starts to take over your life. For many people, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased these types of worries.  This course will look at some of the causes of health anxiety and the things you can do to lessen these worries and the impact on your life. 

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student): 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUQ1paNDFQRU1BV0MyR1BJUUhFMUpYM1JJMyQlQCN0PWcu 
RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before: 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUMlVVSDNEUTRUUTFUTTEwMzJXQ1VYTllYWCQlQCN0PWcu

Ldn Dares Guest Webinar: Choose Confidence and Nurture a Positive Body Image |10:30am-11:45am | Friday 11th December 
 
A webinar for SLaM Recovery College webinar students, lasting just over an hour (no recording is available after the session), delivered by Ldn Dares on Zoom (see registration link below). 
This webinar teaches tools that tap away at insecurities, inspire confidence, and nurture a positive body image. We do this through our use of drama, activities and, of course, Dares! 
Ldn Dares is the only arts in healthcare organisation in the UK that supports nurturing body confidence through the use of performing arts - and has done so for the past seven years. In this webinar the team will guide you through: 

• What is confidence and body confidence? 
• How can nurturing a positive body image be beneficial? 
• Delving into how historical, cultural and economic climates affect our relationship with our bodies around the globe. 
• Exploring the positive effects of using drama and acting technique to increase confidence and support a positive body image. 
• Watching a live demonstration of a confidence tool used by actors on stage, you can use in your daily life. 
• Learning 10 Daring steps to a positive body image. 
• Getting a body confidence tool gifted to you to continue your body confidence journey (this will be e-mailed after the session). 
 
When: Dec 11, 2020 10:30 AM London
Topic: Choose Confidence  & Nurture a Positive Body Image: Webinar

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wwcSU8YVRJWQi3OLQyqrYQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.  

A paid opportunity for people who live in the New Cross & Evelyn area in Lewisham, or are registered with a North Lewisham GP 
King's Health Partners are recruiting Lewisham residents who have experienced Covid-19 for a series of sessions to share their stories and contribute to improving their local health and care. Participants will be compensated for their time. You will receive a £40 voucher for each session you attend. 

More info about this event:  

Have you had Covid-19 or cared for someone who did? If yes, we would like to invite you to join us online (Zoom) to share your experiences with Covid-19 and help your local NHS service deliver more personalised care. We would like to work with you to improve health and social care so that it focuses on what matters to you and gives you more choice and control. Together, we will inform decision makers and help shape the support for health and wellbeing in diverse communities most impacted by Covid-19. The first session is on 16 Dec, 1pm-3pm. There will be two more sessions in January – we’d love you to join all three. 

Please register on Eventbrite to join: Covid-19 workshop: Sharing experiences and designing better care together Tickets, Wed 16 Dec 2020 at 13:00 | Eventbrite

Please feel free to share this offer of free-to-view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid-19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html  
 
With very best wishes,
 
The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College
​

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,
 
We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions.
 
As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning.
 
These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration forms links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.

N.B. The great majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will neither be seen nor heard. Instead, you interact by typing questions and comments into a Q&A panel. Occasionally we will run a course in a Meetings format for a limited group of students, where you will be seen and heard, but these will be clearly identified as such.
 
Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.
 
N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like): 
Monday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 30th November 
Tuesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 1st December 
Wednesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 2nd December 
Thursday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 3rd December 
N.B. This will be a recording, not a live webinar 
Friday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 4th December 
 
Introduction to Coaching Skills Part 2 (of 4) | 10:30am-11:30am| Monday 30th November 
Coaching is a way of opening up spaces for personal reflection, helping people become aware of their strengths and resourcefulness, and supporting them to achieve their goals. Coaching is a series of conversations between a coach and another person aimed at bringing out the best in the person being coached. Whether we are mental health professionals, people who use services, or carers and supporters, we all know that the quality of the relationships and the conversations we have are very important. Coaching tools and techniques can support people’s recovery by helping them tackle the challenges and everyday stresses of life.­­ 
 
Making Changes Part 2 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 30th November 
The aim of this course is to enable participants to explore, embrace and prepare for the challenges involved when embarking on a change of lifestyle. This may include reducing alcohol consumption, embarking on an exercise programme or a healthy eating plan.  The learning will be applicable to any type of change someone wishes to make in their life.  We will also look at decision making and managing and maintaining the process of recovery as it applies, for example, to relapse prevention. 
 
Understanding Psychosis (seven-part course) 
Part 1: what psychosis is and how it is diagnosed | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 30th November 
Part 2: schizophrenia | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 2nd December 
A seven-part course about different aspects of psychosis, including schizophrenia, hearing voices and taking control of your medication.  Although we recommend taking part in all seven sessions, they can also be watched as stand-alones. 
 
Introduction to Beth: a new way for service users, carers and staff to communicate and collaborate (1 of 1) | 12noon-1pm | Tuesday 1st December 
For service users, Beth is very friendly and overall easy to use and supports personal choice and autonomy. You can link your Beth account with your NHS number to access your health records and:   

• see who is in your care team and support network  
• securely message your care team   
• access your current care plan  
• see all your appointments  
• keep track of your mood and sleep  
• use online free and trusted health resources  

​​For people caring for someone under SLaM services you can create your own account to look after your own wellbeing and securely message their care team.   

Living with Lockdown Part 3 (of 3): reminding ourselves of what matters to us | 2:30pm-3:30pm| Tuesday 1st December 
In this three-part workshop we explore, and seek to make more sense of, our experiences in lockdown. As well as investigating the psychological impact of separation from people and our usual way of life, we will also look at coping with the many unknowns presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. The sessions will be full of practical tips for how we might manage the many challenges we face in these times, as well as giving opportunities for all our lovely students to support each other with ideas that have helped, and for us all to encourage each other through the journey. It will also help us prepare ourselves better for another potential lockdown if it were to happen. We will also look at the (often overlooked) positive aspects of living with lockdown: the pandemic has also given us space to reflect and reconnect with our inner lives, our core values, and what we might want to change about ourselves and our world when we emerge from confinement back to our fuller lives. 
 
Understanding Depression Part 4 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm| Tuesday 1st December 
Depression is a common mental health condition which can take hold of your life and just won’t go away.  Understanding the signs, symptoms and causes of depression is the first step to overcoming the problem. This course runs over 4 sessions and will explore what depression is, its causes and how it is diagnosed.  We will discuss what can help overcome the hurdles to recovery such as negative thinking and what professional support is available. We offer practical tools to help overcome depression as well as how we can support others. 
 
NEW!! Parks, Walks and Walking Meditation Part 1 (of 2) |12noon-1pm | Thursday 3rd December 
Lockdown has meant that a lot of us are spending way more time indoors. This two-part workshop aims to encourage and inspire you to: 

• Learn about the benefits of walking for wellbeing 
• Learn about Peckham Rye Park and parks in your locality 
• Discover activities you can do in your local park and London walks 
• Discover how to practice walking meditation (complimentary walking meditation MP3 available to all workshop attendees) 

 
Understanding Anxiety Part 4 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 3rd December 
Anxiety is something we all experience from time to time. Most people can relate to those anxious, butterfly feelings when doing something which feels uncertain or feeling fearful about sitting exams, having a medical, going to the dentist. It is a natural feeling and can be useful, as it warns us when we need to take action, when we may be in danger or can even help us to perform better. This four-part course of webinars will examine the facts about anxiety, how it is diagnosed and what it feels like to experience anxiety.  We will discuss professional support available, practical techniques to help to relieve anxiety as well as lifestyle changes for wellbeing. 
 
Understanding and Managing Health Anxiety Part 1 (of 2) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Friday 4th December 
Health anxiety is the name used when you spend so much time worrying that you're ill, or about getting ill, that it starts to take over your life. For many people, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased these types of worries.  This course will look at some of the causes of health anxiety and the things you can do to lessen these worries and the impact on your life. 

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student): 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUQTIxSU9SSUNHTjRDRFo2MTlETktOT1ZFUSQlQCN0PWcu 

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before: 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUMDJXSTVKRFA0VFVNR0pFSjIwUVVIWVA5RSQlQCN0PWcu

Please feel free to share this offer of free-to-view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid-19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html  
 
With very best wishes,
 
The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College
​

​Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends, 
We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions.
 
As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning.
 
These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration forms links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.


N.B. The great majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will neither be seen nor heard. Instead, you interact by typing questions and comments into a Q&A panel. Occasionally we will run a course in a Meetings format for a limited group of students, where you will be seen and heard, but these will be clearly identified as such.
 
Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.
 
N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like):
 
Monday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 23rd November
Tuesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 24th November
N.B. This is a recording
Wednesday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 25th November
Thursday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 26th November
Friday Mindfulness | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 27th November
 
Introduction to Coaching Skills Part 1 (of 4) | 10:30am-11:30am| Monday 23rd November
Coaching is a way of opening up spaces for personal reflection, helping people become aware of their strengths and resourcefulness, and supporting them to achieve their goals. Coaching is a series of conversations between a coach and another person aimed at bringing out the best in the person being coached. Whether we are mental health professionals, people who use services, or carers and supporters, we all know that the quality of the relationships and the conversations we have are very important. Coaching tools and techniques can support people’s recovery by helping them tackle the challenges and everyday stresses of life.­­
 
Living with Lockdown Part 2 (of 3): taking care of ourselves under lockdown | 12:30-1:30pm | Monday 23rd November
In this three-part workshop we will explore, and seek to make more sense of, our experiences in lockdown. As well as investigating the psychological impact of separation from people and our usual way of life, we will also look at coping with the many unknowns presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. The sessions will be full of practical tips for how we might manage the many challenges we face in these times, as well as giving opportunities for all our lovely students to support each other with ideas that have helped, and for us all to encourage each other through the journey. It will also help us prepare ourselves better for another potential lockdown if it were to happen. We will also look at the (often overlooked) positive aspects of living with lockdown: the pandemic has also given us space to reflect and reconnect with our inner lives, our core values, and what we might want to change about ourselves and our world when we emerge from confinement back to our fuller lives.
 
Making Changes Part 1 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 23rd November
The aim of this course is to enable participants to explore, embrace and prepare for the challenges involved when embarking on a change of lifestyle. This may include reducing alcohol consumption, embarking on an exercise programme or a healthy eating plan.  The learning will be applicable to any type of change someone wishes to make in their life.  We will also look at decision making and managing and maintaining the process of recovery as it applies, for example, to relapse prevention.
  
Understanding the Impact of Substance Use on Mental Health Part 3 (of 3) | 2:30pm-  3:30pm| Tuesday 24th November
This three-part course explores the use of substances (drugs and alcohol) and their impact on mental wellbeing. At times, using substances can appear to be a solution but it often has a longer-term impact on our wellbeing. During these sessions, we will explore why this happens and what support is available to aid recovery. 
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Understanding Depression Part 3 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm| Tuesday 24th November
Depression is a common mental health condition which can take hold of your life and just won’t go away.  Understanding the signs, symptoms and causes of depression is the first step to overcoming the problem. This course runs over 4 sessions and will explore what depression is, its causes and how it is diagnosed.  We will discuss what can help overcome the hurdles to recovery such as negative thinking and what professional support is available. We offer practical tools to help overcome depression as well as how we can support others.
 
Moving Towards Self-Compassion 8 (of 8) | 12noon-1pm | Wednesday 25th November
This eight-part course explores the idea of self-compassion and how this can lead to a greater sense of self-acceptance and empathy with other people. Each week, we will explore a different topic, practise some self-compassion exercises then reflect on our experience. There will be pre-session and post-session activities which you can complete at home. We hope this course would be of interest to and benefit anyone who might struggle with perfectionism or self-criticism. We also warmly welcome anyone curious about this course, and who enjoys reflecting on what it means to be human.
 
Emotional Intelligence: Your Path to Emotional Serenity Part 5 (of 5) | 2:30-3:30pm | Wednesday 25th November
This five-part course aims to help you develop an understanding of what emotional intelligence is, how it operates in everyday life, and why it’s important to develop & encourage it. The course will give you more confidence in interpersonal relations, and more self-awareness, enabling you to discover your personal E.Q. The program is packed full of discussions to enable all participants to learn, interactively, the components of emotional intelligence and how this relates to the mental health of service users and social care professionals alike. The more you understand E.Q., the more you can recognise and understand your emotions. And the more you can recognise and understand your emotions, the more you can learn to love them. Emotions are a key to recognising our needs, which can then be managed to enrich our lives. 
  
Communication Skills for Resilient Relationships Part 3 (of 3) | 10:30am-11:45pm | Thursday 26th November
Join this three-part series to gain insight and skills that benefit your personal romantic and non-romantic relationships. It is suitable for everybody, whether you are currently single or in a relationship. The skills can be applied to partners, friends, family, colleagues, as well as those we are yet to meet. 
 
Understanding Anxiety Part 3 (of 4) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 26th November
Anxiety is something we all experience from time to time. Most people can relate to those anxious, butterfly feelings when doing something which feels uncertain or feeling fearful about sitting exams, having a medical, going to the dentist. It is a natural feeling and can be useful, as it warns us when we need to take action, when we may be in danger or can even help us to perform better. This four-part course of webinars will examine the facts about anxiety, how it is diagnosed and what it feels like to experience anxiety.  We will discuss professional support available, practical techniques to help to relieve anxiety as well as lifestyle changes for wellbeing.
 
Understanding and Managing Health Anxiety Part 1 (of 2) | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Friday 27th November
Health anxiety is the name used when you spend so much time worrying that you're ill, or about getting ill, that it starts to take over your life. For many people, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased these types of worries.  This course will look at some of the causes of health anxiety and the things you can do to lessen these worries and the impact on your life.

​Webinar Rewinds  
 
We are now making some of our previously run webinars available to watch as recordings. Please visit our Webinar Rewinds page for further details: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/webinar-rewinds.html 

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION: 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUQUhRSTMyMzRLNTZJNDJWMk5IVzU3TEtVVyQlQCN0PWcu
Fill | SLaM Recovery College Webinar Register & Sign-Up 23rd-27th November 2020
This is the form to use if you haven't registered for our live webinars before (even if you are already a SLaM Recovery College student).

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before: 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUNTQzMlQ2SzZRNFdZWEo5NUU0N1dWTzJWNyQlQCN0PWcu

Please note: Microsoft Teams software is being used to deliver these sessions. If you are using a laptop or PC you'll be able to join via a web browser. If you are using a mobile phone or a tablet device to take part, you will need to visit the App Store (for iPad/iPhone) or Play Store (for Android tablet/phone) to download the Microsoft Teams app, but it's free and it's a very quick process. We will send you detailed joining guides for Android and iPad/iPhone, as well as laptop/PC, when we send you your webinar links. You will be able to join anonymously and no one will be able to see or hear you, but there's a Q&A component where you can type in questions or make comments.

Please feel free to share this offer of free-to-view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid-19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html 
 
With very best wishes,
 
The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College
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1st Floor Admin | Maudsley Hospital | Denmark Hill | London | SE5 8AZ
Email: hello@slamrecoverycollege.co.uk
Web: slamrecoverycollege.co.uk
Twitter: @SLaMRecovery

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Although these courses are free, SLaM Recovery College operates with charity funding. If you feel these webinars help you, and you are able to, please consider making a donation to the brilliant Maudsley Charity which supports innovative wellbeing projects in our communities. There is, of course, no obligation to make a donation.
 
This is the link to make a donation if you’d like to:
https://maudsleycharity.org/support-us/make-a-donation/ ​