Mental Health First Aid England®
This internationally recognised course teaches you how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. It 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 prevent a crisis.
Research and evaluation shows that taking part in an MHFA® course raises awareness and mental health, can reduce stigma, boosts knowledge and confidence and promotes early intervention.
What will I get from a Mental Health First Aid England® course?
- Recognise warning signs of mental ill health and develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone while keeping yourself safe.
- 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.
- Gain an understanding of how to support positive wellbeing and tackle stigma in the world around you.
- Access to continuous support – three years’ access to MHFAider® support and benefits which includes 24/7 digital support through the MHFAider Support App®. From there, you will find exclusive resources, ongoing learning opportunities and the benefit of joining England’s largest community of trained MHFAiders®.
Dates for 2025
We now have all of our dates booked in for 2025.
We will be running one training session every month. Costs for attending the training covers refreshments, lunches and all course material. Further details on each course can be found below.
If you are interested in attending any of these courses, please contact [email protected]
January – MHFA 2 Day – FULLY BOOKED
Thursday 30th-Friday 31st January, 9am-5pm
February – MHFA 2 Day – FULLY BOOKED
Thursday 20th-Friday 21st February, 9am-5pm
March – MHFA Refresher
Friday 28th March, 9am-1pm
April – MHFA 1 Day
Wednesday 30th April, 9am-5pm
May – MHFA 2 Day
Thursday 22nd-Friday 23rd May, 9am-5pm
June – MHFA 2 Day
Thursday 26th-Friday 27th June, 9am-5pm
July – MHFA Refresher
Friday 25th July, 9am-1pm
September – MHFA 2 Day
Thursday 25th-Friday 26th September, 9am-5pm
October – MHFA 1 Day
Friday 24th October, 9am-5pm
November – MHFA 2 Day
Thursday 27th-Friday 28th November, 9am-5pm
Please note – all dates and times are subject to change
MHFA® 2-Day
As an MHFAider® you will be able to:
- Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention
- Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports
- Practise active listening and empathy
- Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma
- Discuss the MHFAider® role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality
- Practise self-care
- Know how to use the MHFAider Support App®
- Know how to access a dedicated text service provided by Shout and ongoing learning opportunities with MHFA England
Cost: £325 per person
Contact [email protected]
MHFA® Champion 1-Day course
As an MHFA® Champion, you will gain:
- 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
Cost: £200 per person
This can be run in-house for a minimum of 10 people, alternatively we may be able to collaborate with smaller companies to have enough delegates to successfully run the course.
If you would like any further information, please contact [email protected]
MHFA® Refresher
We believe that mental health should be treated equally to physical health – and just like physical first aid, Mental Health First Aid training should be kept up to date.
The 4-hour MHFA Refresher course gives you the chance to:
- Renew your skills
- Update your knowledge of mental health support
- Practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- Access three years of MHFAider® Support and Benefits
Please note that the MHFA Refresher is only for people who have completed an MHFA® course or an Armed Forces Mental Health First Aider course.
Cost: £150 per person
This can be run in-house for a minimum of 10 people, alternatively we may be able to collaborate with smaller companies to have enough delegates to successfully run the course. We are also planning a public course later this year, please contact Louisa for more information.
Contact [email protected]
Youth MHFA® 2-Day
One in ten young people experience a mental health issue at any one time, whilst suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 5-19. In an average group of 30 15-year-olds – seven are likely to have been bullied, six may be self-harming, and one could have experienced the death of a parent. Academic pressure, social media, bullying, poverty, lack of availability of professional mental health support – all have been named by various sources as contributing to this epidemic of poor mental health in our young people. Key figures in a young person’s life – parents, family members, teachers, tutors, carers, youth workers – can often spot when a young person is struggling but may not know how best to help.
This course is for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18. It will teach you the skills and confidence to spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need. In doing so, you can speed up a young person’s recovery and stop a mental health issue from getting worse.
As an MHFAider® you will be able to:
- Understand young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
- Learn practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Build your confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
- Enhance your interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Gain knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate
- Develop the ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
- Create a toolbox to look after your own mental wellbeing
Cost: £300 per person
This can be run in-house for a minimum of 10 people, alternatively we may be able to collaborate with smaller companies to have enough delegates to successfully run the course.
Contact [email protected]