Welcome to the Recovery Academy

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust’s Recovery Academy provides a wide range of free educational resources for people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems, their families, carers, as well as support services.

All of the resources (face-to-face courses and digital) focus on supporting people with their recovery, as well as promoting good mental health and wellbeing. The resources are useful if you are looking to increase your knowledge and understanding of mental health, improve your mental wellbeing, or simply want to learn something new.

The resources are co-written and co-delivered by experts by profession and experts by experience. This recognises, with equal importance, both professional expertise and lived experience, promotes the Recovery Academy’s philosophy of shared learning, and is one of the Recovery Academy’s core values.

What we offer

what we offer - courses
Courses
The Recovery Academy is packed with a variety of face-to-face courses and online learning to support you.
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what we offer - accredited courses
Accredited courses
We host a range of accredited courses ranging from Motivational Interviewing to Behavioural Activation.
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what we offer - training for organisations
Training for organisations
We can deliver any of the courses listed within this prospectus, or we can develop and deliver a bespoke course just for you.
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what we offer - wellbeing apps
Wellbeing apps
Our partner, ORCHA, has reviewed thousands of apps to help you find those that are the best and the safest.
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what we offer - radio podcasts
Media Hub
Explore our ever-growing collection of Podcasts, Videos and Audios. There are different topics to choose from which will relax, support, inform, and inspire you.
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what we offer - self help resources
Self-help resources
These self-help and information worksheets will help you to focus on maintaining your recovery progress and deal more effectively with any setbacks.
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what we offer - e-learning
e-Learning
Our e-learning programmes are developed by professionals and people with lived experience and are available 24/7.
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Meet the team

Claire Watson, Head of Service User and Carer, Engagement, and Improvement
Hello, my name is Claire, my preferred pronoun is her/she. My role is Head of Service User and Carer, Engagement, and Improvement.
Lucy Burthem, Recovery Academy Team Manager
Hello, my name is Lucy, my preferred pronoun is her/she. My role is Recovery Academy Team Manager.
Helen Macklin, Recovery Academy Administrator
Hello, my name is Helen, my preferred pronoun is her/she. My role is Recovery Academy Administrator.
Stephen Maloney, Peer Support and Training Co-ordinator
Hello, my name is Stephen, my preferred pronoun is him/he. My role is Peer Support and Training Co-ordinator.
Helen Chapman, Peer Support and Training Co-ordinator
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Neil Grace, Trust Lead for Service User and Carer Engagement
Hello, my name is Neil, my preferred pronouns are he/him. My role is Trust Lead for Service User and Carer Engagement.
Sue Packer, Volunteer and Service User / Carer Engagement Administrator.
Hello, my name is Sue, my preferred pronoun is her/she. My role is Volunteer and Service User / Carer Engagement Administrator.
Pam Womack, Digital Learning Resources Officer.
Hello, my name is Pam, my preferred pronoun is her/she. My role is Digital Learning Resources Officer.

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