Some great courses available from @WokinghamRecoveryCollege this summer. Wokingham Recovery College offers free mental health and wellbeing courses, workshops, and support groups. Wokingham Recovery College Coping with Change - Explore why change is difficult. Focus on common responses to change and strategies for coping with it. When: Thursday 10 July from 10:00 - 12:00 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Journal Together - Look at the basics of journaling to help you work through your feelings. When: Friday 11 July from 10:00 - 11:30 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Improving Self Esteem - Look at the impact of low self esteem and explore techniques to help us look and feel more confident. When: Tuesday 15 July from 18:30 - 20:00 Where: Online Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Bring your own Craft - Open to anyone who would like to work on their creative pursuits in the company of others. When: Friday 18 July from 10:00 - 12:00 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Art for Wellbeing: Postcards from Home - Facilitated workshop exploring starting to abstract, layer and reimagine postcards. Using collage, drawing and text to transform vintage postcards. When: Friday 25 July from 10:00 - 12:00 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Bring your own Craft - Open to anyone who would like to work on their creative pursuits in the company of others. When: Friday 1 August from 10:00 - 12:00 Where: In person in Woodley Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes WRC Coffee Morning - Come for a coffee/tea and a chat. When: Tuesday 5 August from 10:00 - 11:30 Where: Radstock Community Centre, Radstock Lane, Earley RG40 2AF Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Managing Anxiety (3-week course) - Look at different coping strategies to help manage anxiety. When: Thursdays 7, 14 & 21 August from 13:30 - 15:30 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Journal Together - Look at the basics of journaling to help you work through your feelings. When: Friday 8 August from 10:00 - 11:30 Where: In person in Woodley Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Understanding Emotions (2-week course) - Explore emotions and techniques to respond to them. When: Tuesdays 12 & 19 August from 10:00 - 11:30 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Bring your own Craft - Open to anyone who would like to work on their creative pursuits in the company of others. When: Friday 15 August from 10:00 - 12:00 Where: In person in Wokingham Contact: 0118 237 9366 / recoverycollege@wokingham.gov.uk Cost: Free Booking required: Yes Further details here: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing-services/health-services-and-advice/wokingham-recovery-college-mental-health-support (fb)

🏡 #RuralHousingWeek Spotlight: Supporting Berkshire’s Rural Communities Meet Maria Kelly, our Rural Housing Enabler, working with parishes across Berkshire to tackle the rural affordable housing crisis. ✅ Since April 2024, we’ve partnered with: 📍 Beech Hill 📍 Beenham 📍 Compton 📍 Waltham St Lawrence 📍 Horton Together, we’re identifying local housing needs and exploring new affordable homes for local people. 💬 Maria says: "Conversations with residents and parish councils have shown just how deeply the national housing crisis is being felt in rural areas. Too often, the few affordable homes that do exist are allocated without a local connection—leaving communities feeling overlooked and disconnected. We’re working to change that." 🔍 What’s next? More Housing Needs Surveys Mapping need using census data Championing local connection policies Listening to tenants to shape future plans Want to know more? Contact Maria.Kelly@ccberks.org.uk #AffordableHousing #berkshirehousing #HousingMatters (fb)