Northumberland Recovery College Timetable – May 2026

Welcome to our Northumberland Recovery College monthly newsletter with some updates on current sessions and our updated timetables for May.

Mental Health Awareness Week – 11th – 17th May

  • Wellbeing Workshop – Mental Health Awareness and Useful Tips – Tuesday 12th May online 11.00am – 12.00 noon
  • Wednesday 13th May we are joining with Wansbeck Community Links Wellbeing Wednesday for a one off mixed gender walking football session – see attached flyers
  • Thursday 14th May – launch of our new session – Level Headers Blyth – see flyer attached and below.

New Sessions

  • Blyth Level Headers – New session, mixed-paced recreational football sessions for Men, Thursday’s 1.30pm – 3.00 pm, @ Blyth Spartans AFC, start 14th May (Launch date) commencing weekly

Session Updates

  • Families and Carers Training and Support Programme (FACTS) – 6-week online course will be delivered by practitioners in the HOPE Team (CNTW) and is for family/carers of individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, or with symptoms in line with these conditions (diagnosis not required) not for people with BPD/EUPD. Modules commence 11th May
  • Crafty Craic Ashington- this is currently postponed, hopefully restarting soon.
  • St Georges Café Connect – currently postponed, looking to change to a Tues morning and hopefully return later in May (dates TBC)
  • West Autism/ADHD group – facilitator away, restarts 27th May)
  • Wilder Wellbeing continues at Northumberlandia- this month participants will have the choice of Forest Bathing, Nature crafts, light gardening and a citizen science project “Bee survey”. This session runs on 3rd Wednesday of every month (20th May) and activities offered will change each month.

Session Starting Soon

  • Embracing Emotions – This session is now fully booked. Please contact the College if you would like to attend this session to reserve a space for future sessions.
  • Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) – 8-week course at St. Georges Park, Wednesdays afternoons (exact time and date TBC)

Future Sessions

  • Coping Strategies – we are going to be running our 6 week online course again 22nd June-3rd Aug. If anyone is interested in attending, please get in touch to be added to the list, we have attached the flyer with confirmed dates.

Wellbeing Workshops,

All are online 11.00am – 12.00 noon, most Tuesday’s (please note some are fortnightly in this cohort. Always check the update on the website for details there are no more sessions in May due to Facilitator holidays, they will return in June (See future sessions for June dates and topics)

2nd June: All About: Uncertainty (Worry and Anxiety) All About: Uncertainty (Worry and Anxiety) – Northumberland Recovery College

16th June: All About: Anger All About: Anger – Northumberland Recovery College

30th June: All About: Guilt All About: Guilt – Northumberland Recovery College

14th July: All About: Self-Compassion All About: Self-Compassion – Northumberland Recovery College

28th July: All About: Unhelpful Thinking Styles All About: Unhelpful Thinking Styles – Northumberland Recovery College

11th Aug: All About: Low Mood All About: Low Mood – Northumberland Recovery College

25th Aug: All About: The Window of Tolerance All About: The Window of Tolerance – Northumberland Recovery College

1st Sept: All About: Perfectionism All About: Perfectionism – Northumberland Recovery College

15th Sept: All About: Creating Positive Relationships All About: Creating Positive Relationships – Northumberland Recovery College

Sessions with availability;

Sessions with availability and need support

 All NRC sessions are free for adults (18+) who live or work in Northumberland. Upcoming sessions can all be found on the ‘What’s on’ page on our website, and our weekly timetables can be found on our website.

Our sessions aren’t drop In sessions so to join any NRC sessions, please complete our enrolment form, let us know which session(s) you would like to sign up to. The link to our enrolment form can be found via the ‘Resources’ page of our website or via this link: Northumberland Recovery College Referral | Everyturn

We hope you find this update useful? 

  • If you know of anyone else that might be interested let us know directly (su.boyd@everyturn.org or Lyndsey.wiseman@everyturn.org ) and we will add them to the distribution list.
  • If you have any feedback or ideas of anything else that might be useful to include just get in touch.
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