Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Training

For your business, college, school, university or community organisation.

“The Mental Health First Aid training which was delivered to 16 of our employees who are really passionate about supporting their colleagues across the business was fantastic. They now feel more educated and confident to support people and signpost them to support from both inside and outside the Company”
– Northumbria Water Limited

Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Training

For your business, college, school, university or community organisation.

“Thank you for providing the training courses we have as a company recently attended. The courses have given us more understanding and confidence in dealing with situations and most importantly how we can help, provide support, guidance and assistance to individuals.”
– Hays Travel

Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Training

For your business, college, school, university or community organisation.

“I found this to be one of the best training sessions I have ever attended (anywhere) and it has certainly given me a much better understanding of self-harm and what it is (and is not).”
– Sunderland Samaritans

Training with Washington Mind

Washington Mind offers a range of training courses designed to meet the diverse needs of individuals within our community. Whether you’re looking to better understand your own mental health or support someone else, our courses are tailored to suit different experiences, backgrounds, and levels of knowledge.

We believe, supported by current research and best practice, that improving mental health and wellbeing starts with empowering individuals. That’s why our training is designed to be accessible, practical, and relevant, helping you build the confidence and skills to make a real difference in your own life and the lives of those around you.

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A Whole Organisational Approach

Understaning mental health and wellbeing by creating a cultural change throughout your organisation through Wellbeing Training for staff

Increase Mental Health Awareness for your whole organisation

1 in 4 Mental Health Awareness

Our 1 in 4 Mental Health Awareness Training explores mental health, anxiety, depression and psychosis, the learning objectives of the training are:

To increase knowledge and understanding of mental health issues and the effect upon the person, To provide appropriate support to a person experiencing a mental health issue, To promote hope and recovery, to reduce stigma and discrimination.

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Promoting Emotional Resilience

This course allows delegates to explore their level of understanding of what Emotional Resilience is. The training session explores how we can challenge unhelpful thinking and behaviours that can become a barrier to becoming more emotionally resilient.

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Listening Skills

Every good conversation starts with listening. This half day training session enables delegates to increase their skills, knowledge and understanding of effective communication.

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Manage and promote mental health and wellbeing in your teams

Develop essential skills for managers, supervisors, HR, occupational health and health advocates.

Adult Mental Health First Aid One Day Course

Attend this internationally recognised Mental Health First Aid course and become a Mental Health First Aid Champion. You will learn how to recognise the signs of some common mental health issues, have a supportive conversation with someone, intervene when someone is feeling suicidal, build a mentally healthy workplace and challenge stigma.

(Please be aware this course if for people who want to support adults, if you are supporting children 8-18 we recommend the Youth Mental Health First Aid)

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Resilience and coping with stress

This half day course will equip you with the practical tools and knowledge for managing your own everyday stresses in the workplace and at home and to improve and maintain your wellbeing. This course can be tailored to the needs of your business or organisation.

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Intervene and offer support

Learn in depth knowledge and skills to enable staff to support each other, customers and service users.

Adult Mental Health First Aid Two Day Course

Attend this internationally recognised in-depth course and become a Mental Health First Aider. You will develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to understand mental health, promote positive mental wellbeing and use non-judgemental listening skills to start a mental health conversation.

(Please be aware this course if for people who want to support adults, if you are supporting children 8-18 we recommend the Youth Mental Health First Aid)

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A LIFE Worth Living

Supports people to identify ‘A LIFE Worth Living’ and equips them with the confidence, skills and knowledge they need to offer support and information to a potentially suicidal person and provide them with the knowledge to signpost to local services and access the relevant pathway of support; to reduce suicides.

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Understanding Self-Harm

This training enables people to understand self-harm, what it is, why people self-harm and the cycle of self-harm. The session aims to challenge the taboo associated with self-harm whilst increasing our understanding.

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Youth Mental Health First Aid Two Day

Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18, if you are looking to support adults, we recommend the Adult 2 Day MHFA course. They 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.

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Why choose Washington Mind

Knowledge, Experience and Expertise

With over 20 years of experience, we’ve been developing and delivering high-quality, meaningful training shaped by the voices of our service users, our dedicated staff, and the wider mental health community. This collaborative approach ensures our training packages are relevant, impactful, and tailored to meet the unique needs of community members, people wanting to learn more or support themselves, businesses, educational settings, and organisations alike.

Highly qualified and experienced staff and lived experience co-production

By developing our training from the perspective of those with lived experience of mental health challenges, we offer a unique and valuable insight into how individuals disclose their struggles, and the life-changing impact of timely, appropriate support. Our trainers bring a wealth of expertise, with backgrounds in mental health advocacy, social work, psychology, and education. With years of hands-on experience in both mental health and training, they deliver sessions that are not only informative but empathetic and grounded in real-world understanding.

A local knowledge of services and resources

All of our training includes tailored signposting information, drawn from direct experience and in-depth knowledge of both local and national mental health services and resources. This ensures participants leave with practical guidance and clear pathways to support, relevant to their community and beyond.

Interactive and enjoyable sessions

All of our courses are delivered in an interactive, experiential, and supportive style, creating a memorable and engaging learning environment. This approach empowers participants to build practical skills, gain meaningful insights, and focus on how they can effectively support both others and themselves.

Evidence based

Everything we deliver is rooted in current best practice and underpinned by a strong, evidence-based foundation – ensuring our training is both relevant and reliable.

Charitable Status

Washington Mind’s mission is to work in partnership with our community to promote recovery and enhance mental health and wellbeing. Every penny of our income is reinvested to expand our services, raise awareness, and provide vital support to people across the North East.

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

Can’t find exactly what you’re looking for?We also offer bespoke training courses for organisations and businesses, tailored to meet your specific needs and interests.

Whether you’re looking for something more focused or completely customised, we’ll work with you to create a course that’s right for you.

Look at our Workplace Wellbeing Page to see our workplace offer, or contact us on: 0191 417 8043 or: training@washingtonmind.org.uk to discuss.

Did you know?

We also offer Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to provide high-quality counselling services for businesses and organisations across the North East. In addition, we support the development of mental health policies and procedures – helping create healthier, more supportive workplaces.