CANCELLED: Tuesday 29 October F2F – Mental Health Awareness Training

Manchester Mind would like to invite you to attend our Mental Health Awareness Training.

The session will be 3 hours long and must be attended in full. Unfortunately, we cannot record sessions. 

The training is delivered in a supportive environment by our trainers who bring their own lived experience and knowledge to facilitate open discussion and provide expert guidance.

We understand that talking about mental health isn’t always easy, particularly when times are as challenging as they are right now. As we don’t have any prior knowledge of you or your past experiences, we want to make sure you are keeping safe. So if you have any concerns before, during, or after the session, please let us know by emailing training@manchestermind.org, or you can call our switchboard on 0161 769 5732.

If something doesn’t feel right, you can leave at any time, but please follow the ground rules set at the beginning of the session (we usually ask that you make the trainer aware if you need to leave the session). 

Course Overview:

This course is the ideal introduction for anybody looking to gain increased awareness and knowledge surrounding mental health. It will explore a range of common mental health problems and their symptoms. It will increase your confidence in spotting signs of poor mental health and in having conversations with anybody who may be struggling with their mental health.

Learning aims:

• To examine the preconceptions and stigma surrounding mental health
• To increase awareness of mental health problems and the impact that poor mental health can have on an individual’s life
• To increase knowledge and confidence when supporting people with mental health issues

Course content:

• What is mental health?
• The mental health continuum
• Symptoms and signs of common mental health problems
• Myths and stereotypes surrounding mental health problems
• How to support someone in mental distress
• Signposting to local and national support

The training is experiential so, although there are slides, we’ll have lots of discussions within the session.

Self-care is a top priority in all of our training. The course is delivered in a very supportive environment and our trainer will be available after the session to offer any further guidance or support.

How will the booking process work:

• Please register your place using the "Register Now" button on this page
• You will be asked for your email address which is how we will communicate with you before and after the course
• Full joining instructions and reminders will be emailed shortly before the course starts
• If you, would prefer future communication in alternative forms to emails please let me know

We want to make the course as accessible as possible, if there’s anything you would like to talk through with us beforehand that might make the training run more smoothly for you - e.g. something you’re struggling with at the moment that you’d like us to be aware of, or accessibility needs such as captions/subtitles/large print – please do get in touch via  training@manchestermind.org.

You can also share feedback with us at any time by using the following feedback form: Training Feedback | Manchester Mind