Mental Health Awareness Course

We designed this course as ‘Normalising conversations about mental health.’ People enjoy Andy’s relaxed, reassuring approach, which enables them to feel comfortable talking, listening and learning together. We also cover positive coping strategies, increased self-awareness, stress and burnout.

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This is the Perfect Next Step After Training a Network of MHFAiders®

We developed this session because some clients asked for a bespoke introduction to mental health for all their people. They wanted to change their company culture around mental health and remove perceived barriers of speaking to someone at work about mental health and accessing help through the Employee Assistance Programme. This session does all this and more.

£2,750 + VAT
  • Private course (8-20 learners)
  • 3.5 hour session (with breaks)
  • In-person for best results
  • Led by Andy (98% rate 10/10)
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Benefits of Normalising Conversations about Mental Health

Only 36% of businesses have given training to their people in personal resilience, coping strategies and mindfulness (CIPD Health and Wellbeing report 2023).

Normalising conversations about mental health enables earlier interventions and better outcomes for people because they feel safer to speak up, talk about what’s going on and get a little help when they need it. We talk about your EAP on the session and make sure everyone knows how to access it plus people love the exercise on using their senses to manage their own mental health.

*We’ve found it fantastic for MHFAiders® to be part of the session and participate with others to build safety and trust with their colleagues. It’s a great opportunity for everyone to identify who their MHFAiders® are and chat with them during the course.

**We’ve also found that having managers participate in this course with everyone not only grows their understanding, but also builds bridges with their people, as they hear them discussing mental health in a safe setting.  Managers also get positive coping strategies for themselves, learn about self-care and recharging , which helps them become positive role models for their teams.

What’s Covered on the Course? 

  • What keeps us well (self-care and recharging)
  • What is mental health?
  • Increased self-awareness
  • Positive coping strategies
  • Stress container check-in tool
  • Avoiding burnout
  • Signs of poor mental health
  • Suicide warning signs & myth busting
  • How to listen and support someone
  • Using Focus technique (assisting in panic attack, reducing anxiety)

Will You Change Your Organisation’s Culture Around Mental Health?

 This course could be perfect for your organisation if:

  • People don’t talk about mental health currently
  • Time is precious due to workloads (shorter than MHFA England course)
  • You’d like to get everyone together for a half day & lunch
  • Your people engage more when they can participate and have fun
  • There are specific things you’d like covered (eg: avoiding burnout)
  • You want your people to have positive coping strategies themselves
  • You want more people to use the Employee Assistance Programme

Feedback from Learners

  • Supportive Environment

    It was time well spent. We all learnt something in a supportive environment and have new strategies to have a go at to help us cope more comfortably with the stresses of our lives.
    Kelly Clark
    Associate Director, Baker Consultants

  • Immensely Useful Course

    The session was immensely useful and I’m certain that everyone got a huge amount out of it. I know I did! Since the course, I have been having ongoing conversations with individual team members about everything we covered.
    M. Wenner
    Redbox Productions

  • Extremely Satisfied

    The session was highly interactive, incorporating activities and group discussions and lots of resources provided. We are extremely satisfied with the mental health team training provided by Andy, the combination of relevant content, expert facilitation, and engaging delivery made a very enjoyable team training session for us all, we loved it.
    Jill Blanchflower
    Durham Dental