Welcome to your first Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England newsletter of 2020.
I’m excited to let you know that we start the year having now trained 1 in 80 of the population in England in mental health awareness and skills.
This is a huge achievement and we’d like to thank our Instructor Members, Mental Health First Aiders and our central team for all playing their part in making this happen.
If you have trained with us within the last three years (or more), you can also now take our Refresher course to keep your skills and knowledge up to date – just as you can with physical First Aid. Find more information on this here.
And last but not least, we are thrilled to be launching a new campaign for workplace culture change this month – My Whole Self. Join us in calling for inclusive, healthy workplaces where everyone can bring their whole self to work. Find out more about this exciting new campaign and how to get involved below.
Thanks for all the work you do, day in day out to support those around you.
During the last few months, MHFA England has trained 69 South Asian Action Plan volunteers in Birmingham, London and Bradford, in partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
As a social enterprise, we reinvest our profits to offer free and discounted training to those in the sports and recreation sector who work with young people, but can’t afford our training.
Since 1 April, we’ve trained 3,080 delegates from organisations including Youth Realities, Debate Mate and YMCA.
Campaigns and media
We’re excited to let you know about our new workplace campaign, My Whole Self.
My Whole Self is calling for people to be empowered to bring their whole self to work - because it’s better for wellbeing and better for business. The highest performing workplaces are supportive and inclusive.
Putting diversity and inclusion at the centre of mental health and wellbeing creates a culture where people can be themselves at work. This helps us to feel more engaged, to think bolder, find common ground, and work more effectively together.
A campaign kit has been developed to support you to get involved on and offline with our new campaign. Take part in the conversation as we build up to My Whole Self Day on Wednesday 18 March when workplaces across the country will be joining calls for people to bring their whole self to work.
Join us at Health and Wellbeing at Work
Health and Wellbeing at Work, the UK’s leading event for people who are improving health, safety, wellbeing and performance in workplaces, is just a few weeks away.
There is a dedicated mental health programme, which includes a session with Sarah McIntosh, our Director of People & Organisational Effectiveness on how to build an inclusive workforce. Other MHFA England speakers include Fionuala Bonnar, our Chief Operating Officer, who will join a panel discussion about what’s next for mental health awareness training, and Kathryn Grant, MHFA England Associate Instructor Member, who will discuss post-partum psychosis.
Guest speakers include Susannah Robertson-Hart from the BBC and Nick Davison from John Lewis, as well as Zoe Puckering from MHFA England.
Use the exclusive discount code MHFA10 to save 10% when you book your tickets. Please get in touch with SJAconference@sja.org.uk if you have any queries about the conference.
The winner of Health and Wellbeing Changemaker of the year is UoN Mental Health First Aiders for promoting and enabling both staff, students and the local community to feel empowered to take responsibility for their wellbeing and to support others #ChangemakerAwards2020#OscarsNNpic.twitter.com/ohzlMol2cI
Congratulations to the University of Northampton’s team of MHFA England Instructor Members, who have won the ‘Health and Wellbeing Changemaker of the Year’ category at the University of Northampton’s annual Changemaker Awards.
There are currently 17 MHFA England Instructor Members at the university, who have trained 500 BSc Nursing students, 300 university staff, and 38 student union staff, as well as local community groups.
The programme is a collaborative effort between the university’s HR and nursing teams. The team have also been nominated for an Inside Out mental health award, which will be announced on 26 March 2020.
If you have recently taken a MHFA England course. Our current turnaround for course paperwork received from our Instructor Members is just over one week.
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Welcome to your first Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England newsletter of 2020.
