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Recovery College sign at Cygnet Hospital Beckton

The Impact of our Recovery Colleges

Our Recovery Colleges offer educational courses designed to provide increased understanding of mental health and support people through their recovery, promoting hope, opportunity and aspirations for the future. Two of our Recovery College leads have described what our Recovery Colleges offer and the positive impact they have on our service users.

Poonam

My Journey from India to Cygnet Brunel

Between 18th July to 17th August 2024 it is South Asian Heritage Month. The theme for 2024 is “Free to Be Me”. In our latest blog Poonam, Lead Physiotherapist at Cygnet Brunel, shares her experience of moving to the UK from India to join the team at Cygnet Brunel.

Dr Samy

National Schizophrenia Awareness Day Q&A

National Schizophrenia Awareness Day is marked on 25 July every year. In this blog Dr Arokia Antonysamy (Samy), Regional Medical Director (South), has answered some common questions about the condition.

Michael’s Blog

Michael is a young man living at one of our supported living properties in the North West. He shared his thoughts with us from his journey so far…

Trevor Borthwick-Hare

I was born profoundly deaf – now I help others

Trevor Borthwick-Hare, who is the Communication and Translation Specialist at Cygnet Bury Dunes, which offers a range of mental health services for deaf people, shares his story as part of Deaf Awareness Week.

The completed social hub at Cygnet Hospital Woking

Social Hubs – Providing spaces for meaningful engagement in mental health inpatient services

Cygnet Hospital Woking recently became one of our latest hospitals to create a new Social Hub. In our latest blog Courtney Greene, Head of Occupational Therapy, and Adele Wheway, Deputy Head of Occupational Therapy at Cygnet Hospital Woking, reflect on the impact of the new environment and the importance of providing spaces for meaningful engagement and recovery in mental health inpatient services.

Gareth Williams

Celebrating Social Care at Cygnet

This month, Skills for Care are running a campaign - #CelebratingSocialCare – to highlight the incredible people who work in care. As part of the campaign Gareth Williams, CEO of Cygnet's Social Care division, shares some of his personal highlights from the last 12 months of working in social care.