Attend this internationally recognised Mental Health First Aid course and become a Mental Health First Aid Champion. You will develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to:

• Recognise and understand the signs and symptoms of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and stress
• Have a supportive conversation with someone about their mental health using the MHFA Action plan
• Guide a person to appropriate support and self help information
• Recognise and intervene when someone is having thoughts of suicide
• Be mindful of your own mental health
• Build and maintain 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)

Attend this internationally recognised in-depth course and become a Mental Health First Aider. You will develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to:

• Understand in-depth and recognise the warning signs of a range of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety disorders, stress, suicidal thoughts, self harm, eating disorders, psychosis and bipolar disorder.
• Use non-judgemental listening skills and the MHFA Action plan to have a conversation with someone about their mental health.
• Promote positive mental wellbeing, challenge stigma and support someone to recover good mental health.
• Guide someone towards professional, community and self-help support.
• Intervene when someone is experiencing a crisis in their mental health, including suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, trauma and acute psychosis.

(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)

Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18.

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.

Our courses won’t teach you to be a therapist, but we will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis – and even potentially stop a crisis from happening. But more than that, we aim to give you the information and skills to look after your own mental health so that you can set an example for young people. By giving you the tools to have these conversations, we hope to empower you to create a mentally healthy, supportive environment in your family, school, peer group or community.

(Please be aware this course if for people who want to support young people, if you are supporting adults we recommend the Adult Mental Health First Aid)