MENTAL health services in North Cumbria have been handed a significant boost by a local NHS Trust. The SHINE fund, the official charity of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) has awarded a £49,000 grant to the Together We community interest company. The money will be used to set up a new ‘recovery college’ to support people’s mental health and wellbeing in North Cumbria. The college will provide a free programme of courses and workshops, aimed at helping people improve their wellbeing and recover from mental health issues. These will be developed and delivered by peers, who themselves have their own experiences of mental illness.