Learning Based Courses

Discover more about the rich and varied history of the City of Sunderland. 

We’ll look at past events and stories behind some of the city’s famous people, buildings and landmarks. 

Find out how to access local history information and have the chance to share your favourite part of the City.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: Friday 28th April 2023
Sessions: 5
Time:  10:00 to 12:00

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.  

We will continue our journey exploring the rich and varied history of the City of Sunderland.

We’ll look at past events and stories behind some of the city’s famous people, buildings and landmarks. 

Find out how to access local history information and have the chance to share your favourite part of the City.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting: Friday 9th June 2023
Sessions: 5
Time: 10:00 to 12:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.  

What could be better?

Develop your cooking skills to create healthy, enjoyable meals within a budget.

The right foods can help support our physical and mental wellbeing. 

Cooking together as a group is a fun way to get ideas, practise your skills and taste different meals which you can then recreate at home. 

Covering shopping advice, recipe planning and resourceful larder recipes to help you make the most of the food you buy.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Tuesday  25th April 2023
Sessions:  5
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.      

Continue your journey developing your cooking skills to create healthy, enjoyable meals within a budget. 

The right foods can help support our physical and mental wellbeing.

Cooking together as a group is a fun way to get ideas, practise your skills and taste different meals which you can then recreate at home. 

Covering shopping advice, recipe planning and resourceful larder recipes to help you make the most of the food you buy.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Tuesday  13th June 2023
Sessions:  5
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.     

In this course we shall be exploring some of the greatest poetry of all time, which we hope will be a mind-expanding and therapeutic exercise. 

No previous knowledge is assumed: people who have never read a poem in their life are equally as welcome as more experienced readers.

After studying three major poets, we shall look at poetry specifically about mental health, concluding with the chance to write your own poem.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Thursday 13th July 2023
Sessions:  5
Time:  10:00am to  11:30am

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.  

Journaling for Beginners 1 - Starting Out with Steve 

Hello, my name is Steve Watts and I am delighted to be offering this beginners’ course on journaling for wellbeing for Sunderland Recovery College. 

I have been involved in education and training my whole life, starting out as a teacher in schools in Northumberland in 1981. 

Following over a decade as a teacher I started working for the University of Sunderland training teachers. 

In 2019 I co-authored a book on special educational needs and wanted to turn the ideas I had written about in the book into my lifelong passion to be a coach and mentor in order to support and help people achieve their goals. In particular, 

I wanted to share my passion for journal writing as a tool to help people. 

I had experienced a mental health episode in 2000 and journaling had helped me get through it. 

I am confident it can help other people too, so I’ve written this course for Sunderland Recovery College. As one College student wrote after the February course ‘my journal is like having my best friend by my side 24/7.’ 

I would like to say a big thank you for delivering the journaling course, I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot of useful and helpful methods of off-loading my thoughts and feelings onto paper.’
Sunderland Recovery College student March 2021 

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Thursday 27th April 2023
Sessions:  6
Time:  1:30pm to 2:30pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.  

The first aid course is a level 2 blended learning course – the first part being the e learning, basic life support which takes about 45 minutes to complete. 

The second part is the practical session covering the following topics:
Primary survey, Secondary survey, Epilepsy, Choking, Seizures, Burns Injury’s – includes abrasions, nose bleeds, insect stings, bites, eye injury etc. Strokes, Diabetes, Anaphylaxis, Heart Attack.

The practical part includes:
CPR
Recovery position 

Bandaging
Using defibrillators
Choking

Leechmere Centre, Claymere Road, Leechmere Industrial Estate, Sunderland, SR2 9TQ

Starting: Wednesday 25th May 2023
Sessions:  1
Time:  1:00pm - 4:30pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.  

Cooking on a budget is easy with our innovative and wallet-friendly recipes.

Explore budget recipes and get loads of inspiration on how to make tasty food on a low cost budget. 

Develop your cooking skills to create healthy, enjoyable meals. Research has linked cooking with happiness, relaxation, greater self-awareness, boosted confidence, and more.

Houghton Methodist Church, Mautland Street, Houghton-Le-Spring, DH4 4BH

Starting:  Tuesday 25th April 2023
Sessions:  10
Time:  1:00pm to 3:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.    

Come along, eat cake, have a cuppa and chat .

This drop in group is about helping to raise menopause awareness, and through mutual support and understanding, encouraging talking about it without fear or judgement.

Everyone welcome; everyone listened to in a respectful, open, and confidential space.’

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Tuesday 25th April 2023
Sessions:  Ongoing
Time:  10:00am to 12:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.   

Welcome to the New Recovery College Film Club, where you can learn to write, film and edit your own short movies, with the help of a small crew.

We all pitch in to help and support each other and once completed, each project will be shown to an audience on the large screen.

If you love film making and being creative, this is the course for you.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Wednesday 5th May 2023
Sessions:  Ongoing
Time:  10:00am to 12:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.   

What does this qualification cover?

This qualification aims to: 

• raise awareness of the issues surrounding mental health difficulties 

• dispel some of the myths and misconceptions frequently linked to mental health issues 

• develop learners’ knowledge of the rights of those with mental health issues.

The qualification is appropriate for a wide range of people with an interest in raising their own understanding of mental health issues.

It would complement study in a range of areas, eg citizenship, PSHE, healthcare, social care, counselling or public services.

There are no specific recommended prior learning requirements for this qualification.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Tuesday 25th April 2023
Sessions:  12
Time:  1:00pm to 3:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 27th March 2023 to Friday 14th April 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.  

This course is for learners who are thinking about working as a volunteer, the course will provide you with an insight into the role and an awareness of the personal standards required of you whilst volunteering. 

We will cover topics such as customer care, equal opportunities/ discrimination, health and safety, behaviour and appropriate communication skills. 

This course is also suitable for those already in a volunteering role and will enhance both their knowledge and skills. 

Our tutor works within the voluntary sector and has extensive experience and knowledge to share. If you are thinking about becoming a volunteer or are already volunteering this is the course for you to develop your skills. 

Volunteering can help you gain confidence by giving you the chance to try something new and build a real sense of achievement.

Fulwell Community Resource Centre, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, SR69QW

Starting:  Tuesday 28th February 2023
Sessions:  12
Time:  1:00pm to 3:00pm

ENROLMENT STARTS: Monday 9th January 2023 to Friday 13th 2023 to enrol contact  07717851268 or 07867278562 or 07500551869 or you can visit us at the college.