CREST - recovery college open day

CREST is a specialist mental health resource centre provided by Swansea Social Services with an emphasis on recovery, work and educational opportunities. All of the services provided there are focused on encouraging people to develop skills and relationships that enable them move forward, take control of their lives and live in a more meaningful and independent way.

CREST Recovery College will be opening in September and aims to help individuals to become experts in their own care and develop the skills they need to rebuild their lives. The College is a formal learning institution that creates an environment in which people with a lived experience of mental distress feel safe, welcome and accepted and provide education as a route to recovery.

The College is a collaboration between CREST, users of mental health services, Swansea University, Gower College and the University of Wales Trinity St. David. The courses are designed to assist with personal goals or act as potential steps into Higher education or employment.

Today's open day was designed to give clients a taster of the opportunities on offer. There was food and entertainment and my role was to officially open the event.