Save £500 on our Mental Health First Aid course for your team
Get a discounted rate when you buy our certified Mental Health First Aid (MHFA®) course for up to 16 employees. Course from £2,490 (RRP from £2,990). Other MHFA training and discounts are available, terms and conditions apply.
Contact usEmbedding Mental Health First Aid (MHFA®) training into your wellbeing strategy helps promote a positive culture by encouraging people to talk more freely about mental health.
Reduce the stigma of mental health in the workplace, and related absences, by promoting early intervention with certified Mental Health First Aid England courses.
Our range of Mental Health First Aid courses can help:
Support employee mental health
Create a supportive workplace culture
Reduce discrimination and stigma around mental health
Which MHFA® course is right for you?
Unsure which course is right for you? Take our MHFA quiz for us to match your knowledge, awareness and desired skills to one of our courses.
What experience level are you looking for?
Do you want to renew existing knowledge or learn new mental health skills?
Are you looking for a course to gain knowledge on mental health issues and the factors that affect mental health before becoming a fully qualified MHFAider?
Is the intention to learn skills for the workplace, or gain general mental health skills?
What’s the main priority for this course?
Mental Health First Aid
Qualify as an MHFAider in person over two days or online over two weeks, via four sessions.
Learn how to:
- Spot early signs of a mental health issue
- Start a supportive conversation with a colleague who may be experiencing a mental health issue or emotional distress
- Effectively support anyone experiencing mental distress
- Guide those experiencing issues towards seeking appropriate professional help
Mental Health Skills for Managers
This course is ideal for people managers at all levels across an organisation.
Delivered as a four-hour workshop, attendees will:
- Understand the importance of knowing their team and be able to spot early warning signs of mental distress
- Feel confident having open conversations about mental health with their team
- Learn how to role model good self-care practice and inspire employees to look after their own mental wellbeing
- Understand how to signpost to available support
Mental Health Aware
This course is an introduction to mental health awareness, with the aim of reducing discrimination.
Delivered as a four-hour workshop, attendees will:
- Learn more about mental health issues and the factors that affect mental health
- Identify the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues
- Increase knowledge and confidence to start mental health conversations
- Understand how to look after their own mental wellbeing
MHFA Champion
The MHFA Champion course is aimed at leaders, HR personnel and anyone with line management responsibility.
This one-day course is ideal for businesses that want to:
- Create a network of MHFA Champions
- Help to form a mentally healthy workplace
- Build a positive culture
MHFA Refresher
To remain a qualified MHFAider, you can take a MHFA Refresher course to renew your knowledge. MHFA certification lasts three years before it needs to be refreshed. It is delivered as a four-hour online session, also available in-person for businesses.
MHFAiders will:
- Update knowledge on mental health services and available support
- Refresh existing skills in active listening, showing supportive and being empathetic
- Practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- Gain access to another three years of MHFAider support and benefits, including the MHFAider Support App
MHFA Check-In
MHFA Check-Ins are one-hour support sessions with like-minded MHFAiders or MHFA Champions. It is most useful for certified MHFAiders and MHFA Champions who have taken a course within the last 3-6 months.
Attendees will:
- Meet with other certified MHFAiders
- Discuss experiences since becoming a MHFAider
- Share knowledge, advice and best practice
- Review ways to support positive wellbeing
Take care of your employees’ mental health
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the mental health equivalent of physical first aid. Having a MHFAider in the workplace can give your employees someone to turn to if they are in emotional distress.
MHFAiders can:
Support employees in distress
Listen to employees who need to talk
Spot the early warning signs of mental health issues
Recommend specialist help
What do our customers think?
“I came away from the course not only more confident in speaking to my team about mental health, but also with a good understanding of how to start difficult conversations. I would recommend this course for all managers.”
Manager at Haltermann Carless UK
Mental Health Skills for Managers course attendee
Mental Health First Aid benefits businesses
Having dedicated MHFAiders can be beneficial to your business and your employees by helping them to feel supported at work. See why Claire became a MHFAider.
