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About Us

Tower Hamlets Recovery College is an NHS service that runs FREE educational workshops and courses. These are designed and delivered by people who have lived experience of mental health challenges, together with people who work in mental health services. We call this co-production.

Discover Yourself

These courses can help you to reach a deeper understanding of yourself and your experiences.

Understanding Health

Courses to help you understand mental and physical health, diagnosis and services.

Life Skills

These courses will support you to gain vital and useful skills that you can apply in your everyday life.

Getting Involved

Courses on building academic and employment skills, how to give something back and moving forward.

More About Us

Co-production is at the heart of everything we do. All our courses are co-produced, co-planned, co-facilitated, and co-delivered by experts with lived experience of mental health (our peer tutors) and experts by profession - ensuring that our courses are recovery-focused, based on real-life experiences, while supporting students in their recovery journey.

Our services are open to anyone in Tower Hamlets - no referral needed, this includes service users, carers, students, family and friends as well as staff working in the borough. 

If you would like to get involved, book now!

Visit our Library

At the Recovery College, we have our very own Library space open to everyone. We have a wide selection of books on Mental Health and Recovery that students can borrow and enjoy. Students can also access information on Local resources, activities, and projects in the community.

Our friendly librarian staff are here to support you! There are also laptops and tablets which students can use to browse the internet and seek further information.

This is a safe space for students to enjoy the Recovery College without having to access any courses. There is also comfy seating as well as free refreshments! 

Words of Wellbeing Bookclub

Interested in books about Mental Health and Recovery? Looking to discuss your thoughts and opinions with other like-minded individuals? Then our Words of Wellbeing Bookclub is the perfect fit for you!

In our weekly book club session, we dive into books and discuss the thoughts/feelings they evoke in us. Some of the books we have previously read include: Good Grief, Milk and Honey, We are the Changemakers and many more!

The book club takes place in our Library space. Free refreshments are also available.

Weekly IT Support Sessions

If you would like support in learning how to use Computers, Laptops, Tablets, and Smartphones we can help! At the Recovery College, we offer specialised one-to-one support for people who wish to increase their IT knowledge. Any inquiries and troubles you may have with your technological devices bring them to us! 

Our helpful IT support volunteers will sit down with you and teach you new skills to turn you into a tech wiz in no time! IT Support sessions are weekly and are appointment only.

Meet the Team

Joseph Phelps

Peer Tutor

Marisa Bouman

Operational Lead

Jessica Prakash

Manager

Siobhan Finnegan

Deputy Manager

Tahara Matin

Young Adult Lead and Admin Lead

Imtaz Khaliq

Peer Tutor Lead

Susie Rice

Peer Tutor Lead

Sazidun Haque

Community Inclusion Lead

Joseph Thompson

Individual Learning Plan Lead

Asha Abdillahi

Community Inclusion Peer Tutor

Alarna Gregory

Young Adult Peer Tutor

Halima Baiyat

Admin Assistant

Antonia Augustin

Young Adult Peer Tutor

Ismael Ibrahim

Community Inclusion Peer Tutor

Nina Ezra

Peer Tutor

Arnold Avila

Volunteer IT Support

Nana Asare-Amponsem

Peer Tutor

Fatimah Osman

Volunteer Young Adult Social Hub Facilitator

Mikloth Bond

Peer Tutor

Yasmin Mahmood

Peer Tutor

Jane Evans

Peer Tutor

Olcay Morreale

Peer Tutor