Positivity

Join us for Book Club, where we will explore a wide range of books.

These are from local libraries and you will be given the chance to take them home to read and then discuss at our meeting each month.

The Book Club is for all abilities and will be hosted by Kelsey, who has struggled most of her life with reading and spelling.

The Book Club will also be a chance to meet new people and learn about the Recovery College.

So, if you’re a book lover, or someone who is eager to take on a new hobby, we would love to see you!

“A book is a gift you can open again and again “

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Thursdays
Sessions: Ongoing once a month -contact us for more dates.
Time: 1:00 to 3:00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College, come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information. 

Come and join us for refreshments and a chat

This group is run by two Ageing Well Ambassadors which is a voluntary role for adults aged 50+. The sessions will help raise awareness and spread the age-friendly messages to others, so ageing well people's voices continue to be heard in communities across Sunderland.  We will explore opportunities for education, accessing community groups, health and fitness, housing, benefits and modern technology.  We will invite professional guest speakers to share information to keep you informed about what's happening in Sunderland.

 Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: 12/05/25
Sessions:  10
Time: 1:00 to 3:00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College. We will be enrolling at Fulwell Resource Centre starting 31/03/25 where you can come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information. 

Hearing from others with similar issues helps you see that you're not alone in having challenges, whether you're grappling with panic attacks, depression, or another mental health issues.

What are the benefits of a support group?

Feeling less lonely, isolated or judged reducing distress, depression, anxiety or fatigue.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: Wednesday 
Sessions: Ongoing
Time: 1:00 to 3:00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College, We will be enrolling at Fulwell Resource Centre where you can come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information. 

Here we will offer a safe space for women to meet, chat, make new friends and create a network of support.

This group will be peer led and will be facilitated by one of our Peer Supporters.

We may have different topics each week, guest speakers, crafts, a trip to the cinema or simply chill and chat; the group will decide.

Come along, make new connections while talking over a cuppa in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: Tuesdays
Sessions: Ongoing
Time: 1:00 to 3:00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College. We will be enrolling at Fulwell Resource Centre where you can come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information. 

Come and join us for a relaxed session where you will see the benefits of playing board games as you unplug your brain from the everyday stresses of life.

Hopefully you will no longer think about your bills, problems or any other annoying nuisances

of the day.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: Thursdays
Sessions: Ongoing
Time: 1:00 to 3:00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College, We will be enrolling at Fulwell Resource Centre where you can come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information. 

This course will give you the opportunity to understand emotional resilience and how this can impact on your life, promoting emotional resilience in self and others and assisting in identifying unhelpful thinking behaviours. 

You will have opportunity to practice developing techniques and skills in challenging unhelpful thinking and behaviours to build resilience. 

Group exercise and discussion will provide us with a safe and encouraging environment where we can learn from each other and build healthy supportive relationships.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: 12/05/25
Sessions: 5
Time: 1.00-3.00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College, We will be enrolling at Fulwell Resource Centre from 31/03/25 where you can come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information. 

Self love is exactly what it sounds like, loving yourself. 

It means loving all aspects of yourself, by accepting your flaws, your weaknesses and the things you don’t always like about yourself, as well as recognising your strengths and achievements and learning to praise yourself for them.

In this course we will be covering a different topic each week all relating to self-love, such as self acceptance, self confidence, self talk, assertiveness, and many more.

So come along and join us as we learn to celebrate ourselves as the wonderful human beings that we are!

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: 13/05/25
Sessions: 9
Time: 10:00 to 12.00

ENROLMENT STARTS: If you wish to attend a course or courses, you will first need to enrol with the Recovery College, We will be enrolling at Fulwell Resource Centre from 31/03/25 where you can come along and enrol face to face or you can telephone 01915612276, 01915612260 for more information.