Dear SLaM Recovery College students and stakeholders,
 
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is developing a new five-year strategy and the opinions of service users, carers and staff members are integral to this. The trust has asked the Recovery College team to send you this information, with links to a survey and engagement events taking place this month across South London.
 
Below are all event dates and links to register plus a short survey.
 
Strategy Online Engagement Borough Events:
Croydon – Friday 25 June 12:30-2:30pm
Lambeth – Tuesday 29 June 9:30-11:30am
Lewisham – Tuesday 22 June 9:00-11:00am
Southwark – Wednesday 23 June 11:30-1:30pm
To register click here
 
Service User and Carer event:
Monday 28 June 11.30am - 1.30pm
To register click here.
 
Please fill out our survey (closes 25 June 2021) to share your views on our draft ambition areas– your feedback will help shape our future plans
Please click here to fill out our short survey
 
On behalf of the SLaM Recovery College team,
Kirsty Giles
Manager (OT)
SLaM Recovery College

DESMOND: diabetes education and self-management for ongoing and newly diagnosed. A free online course consisting of four two-hour sessions (plus a 15-minute break)

Session 1 | 10:30am-12:45pm | Tuesday 13th July
Session 2 | 10:30am-12:45pm | Tuesday 20th July
Session 3 | 10:30am-12:45pm | Tuesday 27th July
Session 4 | 10:30am-12:45pm | Tuesday 3rd August
 
People who have attended the programme have said:

• It’s easy to do, and they felt supported throughout.
• They have learnt lots of new skills, tailored to them, which they can confidently share with others.
• They feel re-energised, are sleeping better, and have a more positive outlook on life.

What does the programme involve?
 
You are invited to join an exclusive group of people with Type 2 diabetes. During the pandemic we are pleased to be able to offer you a virtual group. The group of up to 6 people will be held online, run by two trained Educators over four weekly sessions of two hours each (plus a 15-minute break). You will be able to ask questions and clarify information during the course.
 
Our Educators will support you to increase your knowledge and understanding of what having Type 2 diabetes means for you. The atmosphere is always friendly, informal and very welcoming.
 
Who can attend?
 
Anyone with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes who is also a SLaM service user, or a SLaM carer, or a SLaM staff member.
 
N.B. These courses will be run in the Microsoft Teams Meeting format, meaning that you will be both seen and heard by the other participants.

What will you have to do?
 
You will need to be prepared to attend all 8 hours over the 4 weeks. This is for your benefit so that you can be sure of having all the information that you need. You will be sent login details in advance; you will need to make sure well in advance that you can access this and having an electronic device with a speaker and camera will make this easier. Further details of what to expect from a virtual group will also be sent out once you are booked in.
 
What will you get from attending?
 
As well as getting up-to-date information, you will learn practical skills to help to manage your Type 2 diabetes. You will discuss and explore topics such as:

• What is diabetes
• Food choices
• Activity & Medication.

You may find you get more from attending if you come prepared to share your experiences, thoughts, and opinions. No question is too silly, and no one will make you contribute if you find the idea of joining in too difficult, but there will still be lots to learn.
 
To register your interest in DESMOND, please complete this online form:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqgmyKPB4GLVHori7bpbnOyxUM1dJQkU0WTIxQ005NTNLWFAySUJXTllMWiQlQCN0PWcu 
 
N.B. There are 10 places available on the course. If more than 10 eligible students apply, we will allocate the places by lottery.

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,

All these sessions are, as always, available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to have any connection at all to the 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.
 
The majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will be neither 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.
 
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.
 
The Comedy School Improvisation Courses
 
N.B. Only available for students with a connection to SLaM - either as a service user, a carer, a volunteer, a peer supporter, an Involvement Register member, or a member of staff. 
 
There is no better place for laughing and learning at the same time than The Comedy School Improvisation Course, specifically designed for SLaM Recovery College. We’re running this seven-week course twice in June, July and August.
 
For more details, dates, and how to register (for these Improv courses only), please read or download this pdf: 
https://www.scribd.com/document/509267675/Improvisation-Courses-from-the-Comedy-School
 
Or go straight to the Expression of Interest form: 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUN0NZOTRWVVVCSk5QQ1Q1SUFTSk1XOVNRUC4u  

SLaM Recovery College Courses in June
 
For descriptions of all these courses, please read or download this pdf: 
https://www.scribd.com/document/509380325/SLaM-RC-June-Course-Descriptions 

Please scroll down to the end of this post for your registration links for all of these sessions.
 
Parks, Walks and Walking Meditation
Part 1 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 27th May
Part 2 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 3rd June
Part 3 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 10th June
 
Communication and Active Listening 
Part 1 | 2pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 1st June 
Part 2 | 2pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 8th June 
 
Emotional Intelligence: the path to emotional serenity 
Part 1| 2pm-3.30pm | Thursday 3rd June
Part 2 | 2pm-3.30pm | Thursday 10th June
Part 3 | 2pm-3.30pm | Thursday 17th June
Part 4 | 2pm-3.30pm | Thursday 24th June
Part 5 | 2pm-3.30pm | Thursday 1st July
 
Introduction to Beth

This is a stand-alone session, repeated twice in June, so there’s no need to register for more than one.

Introduction to Beth | 11am-12noon | Tuesday 8th June
Introduction to Beth | 11am-12noon | Tuesday 22nd June
 
Facts and Guidance for Carers | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 9th June
 
Tree of Life
N.B. Only available for students with a connection to SLaM - either as a service user, a carer, a volunteer, a peer supporter, an Involvement Register member, or a member of staff. 

This is a stand-alone session, repeated twice in June, so there’s no need to register for more than one.

Tree of Life | 10am-12noon | Friday 11th June
Tree of Life | 10am-12noon | Friday 18th June
 
Introduction to Coaching Skills 
Part 1 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Monday 14th June
Part 2 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Tuesday 15th June
Part 3 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Thursday 17th June
Part 4 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Friday 18th June
 
Understanding Psychosis  
Part 1 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Tuesday 15th June
Part 2 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Tuesday 22nd June
Part 3 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Tuesday 29th June
 
Bereavement: coming to terms with loss | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Tuesday 15th June
 
Understanding and Managing Panic Attacks
Part 1 | 2:30pm-3:45pm | Wednesday 16th June
Part 2 | 2:30pm-3:45pm | Wednesday 23rd June
 
Creativity and Wellbeing | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 23rd June 
 
Alcohol: friend or foe? | 2pm-3:30pm | Friday 25th June
 
Let’s Talk About Tobacco | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 30th June
 
FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before: 
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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 

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,

Here are the details of all the webinars we are running in May, including four new courses.

All these sessions are, as always, available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to have any connection at all to the 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.
 
The majority of our webinars are run as Live Events on the Microsoft Teams platform, meaning that you can join anonymously and will be neither 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.
 
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.
 
For course descriptions and much more information about our new BAME curriculum, please click here.
 
Please scroll down to the end of this post for your registration links.
 
Routines for Recovery
Part 1 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Tuesday 4th May
Part 2 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Wednesday 12th May
 
Making Changes: how to start and where to maintain
Part 1 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 5th May
Part 2 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 12th May
Part 3 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 19th May
Part 4 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 26th May
 
Hearing Voices
Part 1 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Wednesday 5th May
Part 2 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Monday 10th May
Part 3 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Monday 17th May
 
NEW! Caring for Carers | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 5th May
 
Moving Towards Self-Compassion
Part 4 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Thursday 6th May
Part 5 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Thursday 13th May
Part 6 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Thursday 20th May
Part 7 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Thursday 27th May
 
N.B. Although the course started last month, we'll send you links to the previous and the upcoming sessions.
 
Alcohol: friend or foe? | 2pm-3:30pm | Friday 7th May
 
NEW! Telling Your Story
 
N.B. This course is only available to students who are also either a SLaM service user, a SLaM carer, or a SLaM staff member.
 
Materials you’ll need to take part: writing/drawing paper, pens and pencils, colouring pencils, old magazines, card for collage, glue, and scissors. Any other materials will be and individual choice and will be discussed as the course progresses.
These sessions will be in the Microsoft Teams Meeting format, which means we will be able to see and hear each other, have group discussions, and share experiences and helpful tips. Once you have registered your interest in the course, we will ask you to complete an online participation agreement. These sessions won’t be recorded, so you’ll need to take part live. There are 12 places available on this course.
 
Part 1 | 10am-12noon | Monday 10th May
Part 2 | 10am-12noon | Monday 17th May
Part 3 | 10am-12noon | Monday 24th May
Part 4 | 10am-12noon | Monday 7th June
Part 5 | 10am-12noon | Monday 14th June
Part 6 | 10am-12noon | Monday 21st June
 
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Part 1 | 10:30am-11:30am | Tuesday 11th May
Part 2 | 10:30am-11:30am | Tuesday 18th May
 
Understanding Anxiety
Part 1 | 10:30am-11:45am | Tuesday 11th May
Part 2 | 10:30am-11:45am | Tuesday 18th May
Part 3 | 10:30am-11:45am | Tuesday 25th May
Part 4 | 10:30am-11:45am | Tuesday 1st June
 
Introduction to Beth
This is a stand-alone session, repeated twice in May, so there’s no need to register for more than one.
 
Introduction to Beth | 11am-12noon | Tuesday 11th May
Introduction to Beth | 11am-12noon | Tuesday 25th May
 
Bereavement: coming to terms with loss | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Tuesday 11th May
 
Understanding Depression
Part 1 | 2:30pm-3:45pm | Wednesday 12th May
Part 2 | 2:30pm-3:45pm | Wednesday 19th May
Part 3 | 2:30pm-3:45pm | Wednesday 26th May
Part 4 | 2:30pm-3:45pm | Wednesday 2nd June
 
NEW! Tree of Life | 10am-12noon | Friday 14th May
 
N.B. This workshop is only available to students who are also either a SLaM service user, a SLaM carer, or a SLaM staff member.
 
Materials you’ll need to take part: all you’ll need are some paper and pens /pencils for drawing.
 
This session will be in the Microsoft Teams Meeting format, which means we will be able to see and hear each other, have group discussions, and share experiences and helpful tips. Once you have registered your interest in the course, we will ask you to complete an online participation agreement. This session won’t be recorded, so you’ll need to take part live. There are 20 places available on this course.
 
Understanding Personality Disorder
Part 1 | 2:30pm-4pm | Friday 14th May
Part 2 | 2:30pm-4pm | Friday 21st May
Part 3 | 2:30pm-4pm | Friday 28th May
 
NEW! Being an Ally. Part of SLaM Recovery College’s New BAME* Curriculum
 
[* Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic]
 
These sessions will be in the Microsoft Teams Meeting format, which means we will be able to see and hear each other, have group discussions, and share experiences and helpful tips. Once you have registered your interest in the course, we will ask you to complete an online participation agreement. These sessions won’t be recorded, so you’ll need to take part live. There are a limited number of places available on this course.
 
Unit 1:  what is an ally, and why are they needed? | 12noon-2:30pm | Tuesday 18th May
Unit 2: making whiteness visible (bringing privilege and fragility into view) | 12noon-2:30pm | Friday 21st May
Unit 3: seeing the person (rehumanising interracial communication) | 12noon-2:30pm | Tuesday 25th May
Unit 4: starting work (allyship into action) | 12noon-2:30pm | Friday 28th May
 
Keeping Safe Online
Part 1 | 10:30am-11:30am | Wednesday 19th May
Part 2 | 10:30am-11:30am | Friday 21st May
Part 3 | 10:30am-11:30am | Wednesday 26th May
Part 4 | 10:30am-11:30am | Friday 28th May
 
Smoking and COVID-19 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 19th May
 
Recovering Our Purpose
Part 1 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Wednesday 19th May
Part 2 | 11:30am-12:30pm | Wednesday 2nd June
 
Managing Your Mood
Part 1 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 20th May
Part 2 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 27th May
 
Motivation
Part 1 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 20th May
Part 2 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 27th May
 
Understanding the Impact of Substance Use on Mental Health
Part 1 | 10:30am-12noon | Friday 21st May
Part 2 | 10:30am-12noon | Friday 28th May
 
Parks, Walks and Walking Meditation
These sessions will be in the Microsoft Teams Meeting format, which means we will be able to see and hear each other, have group discussions, and share experiences and helpful tips. Once you have registered your interest in the course, we will ask you to complete an online participation agreement. These sessions won’t be recorded, so you’ll need to take part live. There are 20 places available on this course.
 
Part 1 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 27th May
Part 2 | 10:30am-11:30am | Thursday 3rd June
 
FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t 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.

With very best wishes,
 
The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College