Recovery College FAQs

Group, online courses with tools, tips and strategies to help improve and manage physical and mental wellbeing.

We also offer self-help guides in these subjects, which are designed to be worked through anywhere, at your own pace at whatever time suits you.

Current subjects are:

Taking Control

• Your Recovery
• Goal Setting
• Financial Wellbeing
• Wellness Action Plan
• Preparing to Take Positive Action

Mental Health and Wellbeing

• Anger
• Anxiety and Worry
• Low Mood and Depression
• Mind, Mood and Body
• Care for the Carer

Physical Wellbeing 

• Nutrition
• Sleep
• Pain
• Tinnitus and Hearing Loss

If you are already engaged with us, please speak to your point of contact within the Charity. They will be able to guide you to book onto our courses. 

If you are not yet engaged with us, we’d love to welcome you. 

You can either submit a get help form or phone us on 0300 303 9888.  

We’re available Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm. Calls to this number are charged at your standard network rate. 

All our self-help guides are freely available, and you can access them here. 

Nothing. All our courses are free to members of the Armed Forces Community. 

There will be a maximum of 10 students and 2-3 facilitators.

No, the Recovery College is open to all the Armed Forces Community.

So, if you are a veteran, serving member of the Armed Forces community, if you worked under UK command, or are a relative of any of the above, we are here for you.

This term is used as our courses provide education and tools to support your wellbeing.

We follow the principles of Recovery Colleges that were first established by the NHS. This means that all courses must be co-produced, co-facilitated and co-reviewed by those with lived experience and by training. At Help for Heroes this means courses are produced and facilitated by members of the Armed Forces Community and experts from our Recovery Teams.

The Help for Heroes Recovery College was the first to be created by and for the Armed Forces Community.

Yes, we post out a hard copy workbook for you to take notes in your own way. We can also provide an electronic version of these.  

If you have any requirements that would help you learn, please discuss this with us, we are here to help.  

There will be regular planned breaks, however our facilitators are very flexible and are happy for you to move around when you feel you need to. 

You do not need to sit at a desk, just wherever you are comfortable and don’t worry about interruptions like the doorbell!

You don’t need to be an expert with IT, we will support you in accessing Microsoft Teams and do a test call if needed.  

We also run meet and greet sessions before the courses, which gives you an opportunity to troubleshoot any IT problems in advance of your course start date and get to know your fellow students and course facilitators in an informal way.