Professional resources
Before you get started, we’d like you to learn a little bit more about what co-production is and (more importantly) is not.
Wakefield Recovery and Wellbeing College-specific resources
If you’re looking for something in a paper format to send out to someone you’re working with, or pop on your local notice board or in your waiting room, you can download and print this leaflet and/or poster (as we no longer offer a full printed prospectus). We also have a very scaled-down, simplified, one-page document, should you or your service user prefer this format.
Who are we – simplified (DOC, 836 KB)4368 Wakefield Recovery College A5 leaflet (PDF, 202 KB)4367 Wakefield recovery and discovery wellbeing college poster (PDF, 1 MB)
If you would like a simple-view version of the courses and workshops that we have on offer, please see our Quick Course Guide. You can also contact the team at wakefieldrecoverycollege@swyt.nhs.uk for specific course flyers if you wish to print or advertise specific courses that you have identified as relevant to the people/person you are supporting.
Additional resources
Recovery orientated language guide 3rd edition
Recovery-Oriented-Language-Guide-3rd-edition (PDF, 2 MB)
Trauma informed language guide
West_Yorkshire_Trauma_Informed_Language_Guidance (PDF, 2 MB)
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal article on the unique approaches of recovery colleges.
Recovery College Unique approach (2016) (PDF, 135 KB)
Centre Forum paper on the role of recovery colleges in the route to employment.
Recovery Colleges and Employment (PDF, 542 KB)
NESTA paper on the values and challenges of co-production.
The Challenge of Co-production (PDF, 342 KB)
Pre-curser for Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support within the ReCOVERY College Model: A Realist Evaluation (DiSCOVERY), part of a National Institute for Health Research/Health Services and Delivery Research researcher-led stream project
Recovery colleges and dementia courses – a scoping survey Lowen Birt & West 2019 (PDF, 113 KB)
Imroc papers
Imroc are a registered charity who exist to inspire and bring about culture change to transform mental health services through recovery-focused practices. Their name initially came from the acronym for Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change. They lead the way with peer support, putting lived-experience and co-production at the heart of their work and inspiring others to do the same. Imroc were instrumental in the implementation of the original recovery colleges and support new and existing recovery colleges to develop, connect with and learn from one another.
Recovery_Colleges (PDF, 341 KB) ImROC-Recovery-Colleges-10-Years-On (PDF, 374 KB)ImROC Quality and Outcomes in recovery in mental health (PDF, 866 KB) ImROC-co-production – sharing our experiences (PDF, 295 KB)
Free suicide awareness training
20 minute training on suicide awareness from the Zero Suicide Alliance, aiming to give people who participate (at their own pace, in their own time) the skills and confidence to help someone who may be considering suicide.
Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) suicide awareness training
The Zero Suicide Alliance also have other free, shorter modules available to support people with suicide awareness.
Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) alternative training