Mental Health First Aid has been around for over 20 years now, and MHFA England is part of an international community of organisations delivering the training across the globe. TheContinue reading “New Mental Health First Aid Course from MHFA England”
Category Archives: MHFA Training
LGBTQ+ Mental Health – Working with Happy Valley Pride
As I gradually return to face to face work, I’m remembering the pros and cons of training to a room of real life humans. Most of the cons are toContinue reading “LGBTQ+ Mental Health – Working with Happy Valley Pride”
Online vs. Face to Face
One of the reasons I don’t blog as much as I would like to is that I often don’t know where to start. Then when I do – I don’tContinue reading “Online vs. Face to Face”
How Refreshing – Update your MHFA Skills
At the beginning of 2020, just before everything changed, I ran my first MHFA Refresher course. A small group, from a few different organisations, but enough to get a realContinue reading “How Refreshing – Update your MHFA Skills”
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to
It was my birthday last week. I wasn’t in a good place. I had had one of those months where my hormones play havoc with my state of mind, butContinue reading “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to”
New Date – 28th July – Mental Health Aware
I’ve had the opportunity to set up an additional / alternative date for the half day Mental Health Aware course in July – so if Wednesday morning works for you,Continue reading “New Date – 28th July – Mental Health Aware”
Checkpoint 20/21
April has long been a time of reflection and planning for me – years of working in an organisation where performance review, business planning and financial year end were allContinue reading “Checkpoint 20/21”
Managing expectations – what do you want from your training?
I deliver several different mental health training courses at the moment, some of them well established, others just finding their feet (and new ones in the pipeline). They all haveContinue reading “Managing expectations – what do you want from your training?”
Thank You NHS/Social Care Staff
I am in awe of those of you who have been going out and putting your lives at risk working in our health and social care service during this COVID-19Continue reading “Thank You NHS/Social Care Staff”
Online Mental Health First Aid – Saturday Class
A lot of people have asked me about weekend courses in the past as they haven’t been able to make it to sessions in the working week. So I amContinue reading “Online Mental Health First Aid – Saturday Class”