FREE Mental Health Training

COURSE DETAILS

All training is accredited and your certificate will be received upon completion of the course in full. This is delivered by either email or face to face, depending on delivery.

Youth Mental Health First Aid – Full (2 day) and Half Day Aware courses

Designed to help young people aged 8 to 18.

YMHFA Full Course (two day) - Provides a more in depth understanding of specific mental health issues:
•          What is mental health?
•          Depression and anxiety
•          Suicide and psychosis
•          Self-harm and eating disorders

It focuses on the issues faced by young people today, such as cyber bullying and substance misuse, and teaches how to promote protective factors and good parenting.

Training can be carried out online or F2F. Online is delivered on a training platform over 4 lives sessions (2.5 hours each with home learning required).

YMHFA Half Day Aware - An introductory course designed to increase awareness of young people’s mental health and some of the issues that can affect this age group. Delivered on Zoom.

Please see the YMHFA fact sheet for further details HERE

Adult Mental Health First Aid - Full and Half Day Aware courses

AMHFA Full Course (two day) - A practical skills and awareness course designed to give you:

•          A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own
•          Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
•          Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
•          Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgmental listening − Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support

Training can be carried out online or F2F. Online is delivered on a training platform over 4 lives sessions (3.5 hours each).

The Adult MHFA Half day Online course is a 4 hour (one date only) online training session. An introductory course designed to increase mental health awareness and give an understanding of how to look after wellbeing and challenge stigma. Delivered on Zoom.

Please see the AMHFA fact sheet for further details HERE

SafeTALK - Free suicide alertness training

SafeTALK helps participants become alert to suicide. Suicide-alert people are better prepared to connect persons with thoughts of suicide with life-affirming help. Over the course of their training, safeTALK participants will learn to:

• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts may be present,
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide,
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, Keep Safe, and
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help

Please see the safeTALK fact sheet for further details HERE

Learners must be 16 years and over to attend. To be eligible for a FREE placement, you must live/work within the Lancashire border. Excluding Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Course placements are limited per course and we will operate on a first come first serve basis. Should the date requested be full, an alternative will be offered if available at the time of enquiry, or you will be places on our wait list.


YMHFA (All dates must be attended)
24th & 25th February -  09:00 – 17:00 -  Rigby Street, Colne
24th, 26th, 30th, 31st March -  13:00 – 17:00 - Online
9th & 10th April - 09:00 – 17:00  - Online
11th & 12th April - 09:00 – 17:00 - TBC
8th, 9th, 11th, 12th June - 09:00 – 13:00  - Online


YMHFA HALF DAY AWARE
12th March 12:30 – 16:30 Online
24th June 12:30 – 16:30 Online


AMHFA (All dates must be attended)
20th & 21st April - 09:00 – 17:00 Rigby Street, Colne
18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd May - 12:30 – 16:30 Online
1st & 2nd June - 09:00 – 17:00 Rigby Street, Colne
15th, 16th, 18th, 19th June - 13:00 – 17:00 Online


AMHFA HALF DAY AWARE Online
17th March - 09:30 – 13:30 Online
28th April - 12:30 – 16:30 Online
23rd June - 12:30 – 16:30 Online


ASIST
16th & 17th April - 09:00 – 17:00 TBC


safeTALK
9th March - 12:30 – 16:30 Rigby Street, Colne
6th May - 09:30 – 13:30 TBC
30th June - 09:30 – 13:30 TBC

Orange Button

Delegates attending one of our eligible courses will be able to register/receive an Orange Button pack and become an Orange Button holder. This identifies that the individual has attended one of the following courses;

• YMHFA 2 DAY - F2F or Online,
• YMHFA HALF DAY AWARE
• AMHFA 2 Day F2F or Online
• AMHFA HALF DAY AWARE
• Asist
• safeTALK

By wearing or displaying an Orange Button at your discretion a member of the community, service user, family or friend are able to approach the holder to ask them for support or information. An Orange Button holder will be able to identify, listen and sign post the individual reaching out for support.

For further details please click HERE

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]