Stories

Joe’s Story

In 2014 I moved down to Essex to live with my girlfriend and her family, I had a job and savings and was mentally well. By January of the next...

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Billie-Jo’s Story

I began volunteering with the Recovery College in it’s very early days, and have loved to see it grow into the wonderful service that it is today. I started volunteering...

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Fran’s Story

Fran has recently joined Mental Health Concern as a facilitator for Kind Mind Community,  the recovery college in South Tyneside, where she helps to co-produce and deliver activities, support students,...

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Kerry’s Story

I came to the recovery college in 2018.  I’d been through a bereavement which had a massive impact on my mental health and I’d fallen into my old habit of...

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