Our courses help to promote good mental health and wellbeing, increase awareness and build resilience in the workplace by increasing knowledge and understanding of mental health.
The training sessions we offer are comprehensive, interactive, and are research/evidence-based and are delivered by experienced professionals.
1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England.
1 in 6.8 people experience mental health problems in the workplace.
Suicide rates are the highest they have been since 1999. It now stands at 11.1 per 100,000 people.
Poor mental health accounts for more than half of all work-related illnesses. Around 51% of long-term sick leave is due to stress, depression, or anxiety.
Would you know how to help?
We all have mental health, just as we all have physical health. Mental ill health can strike at any time and can affect everyone.
Although things are improving, stigma still exists around mental ill health. As a society, we don’t tend to know how to take care of our mental health like we do our physical health. This means that people may not know how to support a friend, family member or colleague experiencing a mental health issue, or where to go for help with their own mental health.
Become a Mental Health First Aider
Mental Health First Aid is a training course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue.
Our MHFA course won’t teach you to be a therapist, but it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis – and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.
You’ll learn to recognise warning signs of mental ill health and develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone while keeping yourself safe.
You’ll also learn how to empower someone to access the support they might need for recovery or successful management of symptoms. This could include self-help books or websites, accessing therapy services through their GP, their school or place of work, online self-referral, support groups, and more.
What’s more, you’ll gain an understanding of how to support positive wellbeing and tackle stigma in the world around you.
Mental Health First Aid does not stop with a single course. It is an ongoing journey of learning, experiences, and understanding.
By creating the largest dedicated community of Mental Health First Aiders® and a membership body, we can support Mental Health First Aiders long after they have completed their course.
You will be invited to join the Association of Mental Health First Aiders®, England’s first and only membership body for Mental Health First Aiders. By joining the largest community of its kind, you will be empowered to carry out your role with confidence, skill, and care.
Registration link:
https://mhfaengland.org/course-booking-form/?id=7cda39f8-e09d-ef11-8a6a-000d3ab7dcce
Cost: £300 pp – discounted prices are available for those in the charity sector. Please contact [email protected] to find out more.
This course is In Person, for 8 Weeks at Eccles Library, Salford.
Each weekly session will run from 6:30-8pm.
On this eight-week course, we will cover some of the signs and symptoms of peri-menopause/menopause, and give you a greater understanding of the importance of managing stress. We will be focusing on using mindfulness meditation, mindful movement, relaxation and breathing techniques to help you better manage this transition, while also providing a supportive and safe environment for you to share with and support others. Sessions are free, interactive and include plenty of time allocated for meditation practice. We hope you’ll feel fully supported in establishing a regular home meditation practice.
The course will not cover the pros and cons of HRT, alternative remedies, or dietary changes. Instead we will focus on meditation, relaxation and mindfulness as a way of managing stress and improving your ability to deal with the challenges that may arise for you. These tools are a great compliment to whatever physical intervention (or none) that you choose.
Book HERE.
If you’re unsure if this course is right for you, or if you want to attend but can’t commit to the full 8 weeks, why not attend our 90- minute taster session instead? See upcoming dates here.
The training created a space that was safe to explore an emotive subject, and despite having some experience and knowledge already I definitely feel more confident going away from this training.
ASIST participant
I really enjoyed the course, I found it informative and feel more confident in supporting people with their mental health. It was really nice and so important to have the time and space to think about these issues. It has definitely left me with lots to think about in regards to how I take my learning into my role.
Adult Mental health champion
This half day course raises awareness of mental health.
The training takes participants through mental health definitions, the needs of people with mental health issues and how to respond, myth busting and tackling stigma around mental ill health, plus how to look after our own mental health and wellbeing.
This one day course trains you as an MHFA Champion, giving you:
An understanding of common mental health issues
Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness
Ability to spot signs of mental ill health
Skills to support positive wellbeing
This 2 day course is ideal for individuals who would like to become an accredited Mental Health First Aid, to gain the knowledge and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation and signpost a person to appropriate support.
ASIST is a two-day in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations.
You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it.
This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid.
Suicide Awareness is a short, half-day awareness session. Its goal is to make direct, open and honest talk about suicide easier whilst reducing the associated stigma.
In addition to our list of courses, our training team can work alongside you to develop a course to fill your organisation’s requirements. For example, resilience, workplace wellbeing and mindfulness training.
Open access training open to workplaces and individuals.
Our resilience sessions teach practical techniques that support participants to improve resilience, reduce stress and anxiety, create better sleeping patterns and improve mood.
