Free Mental Health Training

Our mental health is important to us all at home and in the work place. We offer a range of course to help best support our family, children, friends, colleagues and those who we support or care for.

Please have a read of the course details below and don’t hesitate to contact us for further information.

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:

• 10th, 11th, 13th & 14th August
  🕘 9:00am – 1:00pm
  💻 Online
• 1st & 2nd September
  🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
  📍 Rigby Street, Colne
• 14th, 15th, 17th & 18th September
  🕘 9:00am – 1:00pm
  💻 Online
• 26th, 27th, 28th & 30th October
  🕘 9:00am – 1:00pm
  💻 Online
• 16th, 17th, 19th & 20th November
  🕘 9:00am – 1:00pm
  💻 Online
• 16th & 17th December
  🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
  💻 Online

AMHFA:

• 7th, 8th, 10th & 11th September
  🕐 1:00pm – 5:00pm
  💻 Online
• 5th & 6th October
  🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
  📍 Colne
• 29th & 30th October, 4th & 5th November
  🕘 9:00am – 1:00pm
  💻 Online
• 9th & 10th November
  🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
  📍 Colne
• 7th & 8th December
  🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
  📍 Colne
• 14th & 15th December
  🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
  💻 Online

Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA) Half Day Awareness

• 16th October
  🕤 9:30am – 1:30pm
  💻 Online

safeTALK

• 2nd October
  🕙 10:00am – 2:30pm
  📍 Colne

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
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]