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At the end of this presentation, Dr Wallcraft presents a draft request for an apology from mental health services to service users entitled “Truth and Reconciliation”.

Click on the link below to read in more detail the reasoning behind this request for an apology - and if you have comments or suggestions, or would like to undersign this request for an apology, please contact Dr Wallcraft by emailing to contact@recoveryin-sight.com

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Many thanks for your interest and your time.

The Centre is based on the ethos that people who have lived experience of mental health issues are more aware of what is needed to recover and more able to offer appropriate quality services to enable those who are in recovery, and in so doing, they also progress on their own personal journey of recovery.

In offering advice and research on practice and service development, and in offering training services to mental health teams and training and self-help services to service users and carers, this lived experience coupled with highly-trained and experienced trainers and researchers, The Recovery In-Sight Centre aims to progress the standard of care provided to all people in their recovery from mental distress. Its spearhead training, Recovery In-Sight, is accredited with Middlesex University (Level 3, 20 pts) and its effectiveness is demonstrated in on-going research studies. The Recovery In-Sight Centre is already viewed as a pioneer of new mental health services.

As a socially-orientated enterprise, The Recovery In-Sight Centre provides a vehicle for a new way of enabling people in the community. From the website design to the training materials, from the research undertaken on the effectiveness of the training and from work undertaken in practice and service development, to training the current staff as trainers, researchers and peer supporters and the welcoming of new volunteers - all team members in The Recovery In-Sight Centre have lived experience of mental health issues.

The Recovery In-Sight Centre won first prize for Best Business Plan in the University of Hertfordshire’s entrepreneurial competition FLARE, held at Tower Bridge in London in May 2009 and won first prize for Recent Graduate Award from the Federation of Small Businesses in June 2009. It has since won several other business and entrepreneurial awards (see News).

On 1st September 2010, it moves into its own offices located in The Old Free School in Watford (see photos above) - partnering up with the leading UK-established company Retail Human Resources plc. To mark this move as an important date in the calendar of developments, The Recovery In-Sight Social Enterprise (R.I.S.E.) Limited has been formed to forge ahead with the excellent work on recovery and social inclusion that the team has achieved in the last 16 months with The Recovery In-Sight Centre. The new legal status of social enterprise, formed by users for users, is set to build a growing reputation in the field of recovery over the coming years.

Launching at an exclusive conference organised by the team in April 2010, at which 8 UK and internationally reknowned supporters, advisors and friends presented on “Users in the Lead” in recovery, several team members, together with BBC film-makers, created three films - what the Centre is about, the business aspect to the Centre, and the future of the Centre. Please click on the link below to view the films and find out more about how The Recovery In-Sight Social Enterprise (R.I.S.E.) may help you. The new e-learning pages illustrate the films made from the presentations.

Here are 3 films Recovery In-Sight Centre

To find out more about how R.I.S.E. may help you in your recovery plans, contact us on 01923-297122 or write to us at

The Recovery In-Sight Social Enterprise (R.I.S.E.), The Old Free School, George Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0BX

or email us at contact@recoveryin-sight.com

If you wish to consider paying for short or full Recovery In-Sight courses from your personalised budget or direct payments, get in touch with us for support and advice on how to do this.

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Due to much welcomed recent financial support  - The Recovery In-Sight Centre is moving into its own offices at The Old Free School, George Street, Watford, WD18 0BX on 30th August 2010.

The next free Recovery In-Sight course will therefore now take place on Saturday mornings 10am - 1pm, starting Saturday 4th September until Saturday 11th December at The Old Free School, as this day and time have been preferred by a majority of people interested in the course.

Please click on this link to dowload a flyer old-free-school-september-course-flyer

The course will take place over 16 weeks, of 3 hours each weekly session, finishing on 11th December with a full day, 10am - 5pm.

Please click on the link for the course dates and an enrolment form. The form needs to be returned as soon as possible for you to secure your place.

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The course is written by Dr Straughan, a service-user, and will teach you about recognising and managing your moods, developing a healthy lifestyle and life skills, and planning for your well-being. 

The course is free to people living in Hertfordshire and welcomes service users and carers affected by mental health problems. There are 15 places, on a first-come, first-served basis.

There is a requirement to attend two focus group meetings - one held before the course starts, and one held after the training is finished. There is also a requirement to complete questionnaires. This is to look at any changes that trainees might have experienced due to following the training.

All materials and refreshments are provided.

Trainers are City & Guilds qualified and have also been affected by mental health problems themselves.

The course is accredited with Middlesex University (Level 3, 20 points). If you wish, you can work towards gaining these credits which can be put towards a qualification. No charge is made for this opportunity.

Come and be trained in an historic building of character in Watford !

To find out more:

* If you want to know more about the course (for papers and presentations), look at  the ‘Training‘ page where you will find details of the course contents and the effectiveness as experienced by previous trainees.

* If you want to know what other people thought about the course, look at the ‘Clients‘ page, as people have given their own testimonies after completing the training.

* The ‘Publications” page will show you papers that have been published on the Recovery In-Sight course.

* The new ‘E-Learning’ page will direct you to films made about the services that The Recovery In-Sight Centre offers, including what past trainees and self-help attendees have said about the benefits, as well as presentations on the training and other presentations on recovery made by top UK and international speakers at the launch in April.

* If you need directions to get to the venue - visit www.multimap.com and enter your postcode and the venue’s postcode (WD18 0BX). Click on the link below for a map and picture, as well as some transport links to the venue.

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If you have queries about the course before enrolling, contact The Recovery In-Sight Centre training team on 01923-297122

We look forward to seeing you soon at The Recovery In-Sight Centre - now in its own offices in the heart of Watford !