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Accessibility

At MHFA England, we believe everyone should have access to quality mental health training. We’re committed to creating courses and resources that are accessible to everyone. We’ve worked closely with organisations such as the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Disability Labour, and New College Worcester, using their expert advice to improve our courses and make them accessible to all.

Accessing a course

How to let us know what you need 

When you book a course through our website, fill in the accessibility requirements section to tell us how we can help you. 

Some examples include:

Wheelchair access
Disabled parking space
A hearing loop
A sign language interpreter

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Course materials

How to choose the format of your course materials 

Our course materials are available in different formats. When you book a course with us you can choose the format of your course materials in the accessibility requirements section.

These are the course formats we currently have available:


Printed versions
Printed paper booklets are our standard format for all course manuals and workbooks. These are appropriate for people without accessibility needs.

Large print versions
These are available for all our manuals and workbooks and are ideal if you need text to be larger, tables expanded, or visual descriptors beneath images.

PDF versions
If you need materials in a digital format, PDF versions are available for all our manuals, workbooks, and course slide decks. These can be used with some accessible technologies, such as magnification, narration, or colour filtering software.

Word versions
If you need digital materials with unlocked formatting, Microsoft Word versions are available for many of our manuals and workbooks. These can be used with accessible technologies, such as screen readers.

Stripped lesson plans
If you’ll be using an interpreter on the course, we can provide a stripped lesson plan in PDF format. Stripped lesson plans include course timings, key messages, and details of activities and videos.

You can send the stripped lesson plan to your interpreter ahead of time. This will help the interpreter familiarise themselves with the course structure and prepare for live interpretation.

Page number guides
We’re developing page number guides for Instructor Members to use when delivering courses. These will contain page number references for people who are using the alternative formats above. Page number guides will soon be available for Instructor Members to download from their dashboard.

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Get in touch

Have a question about accessibility? 

If you have any queries about ordering accessible course materials, please get in touch by emailing orders@mhfaengland.org or call 0203 928 0760. 

We’re continually working to make our courses more accessible. We would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or suggestions. Please email us at productdevelopment@mhfaengland.org. 

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