This course provides an overview of the five factors, known as CHIME, that service users and professionals have created together to boost recovery and improve personal wellbeing. The CHIME factors are Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning or Purpose and Empowerment (giving people power and control over their own lives).
This course has six sections and each section will take approximately one to one and a half hours to complete, but this timing will depend on how fast you read and how long you spend on the activities and reflective questions. You do not need to complete the whole course in one go. If you leave and come back to the course, it will remember where you got up to.
If you want a certificate for doing this course, press the ‘Mark Complete’ button at the bottom of each page.
This course is for education and information only. It does not provide therapy, medical advice or professional support. If you need crisis support, please contact local mental health services, your GP or telephone 111 or the emergency services.
Course updated: February 2025.