When and Where?
Wed, 20th August 2025 (09:00 – 17:00), and
Thu, 21st August 2025 (09:00 – 17:00)
Millie's Trust Head Office
Millie's Trust
Lansdowne House
Oak Green Business Park
Earl Road
Cheadle Hulme
Cheshire
SK8 6QL
How much will it cost me?
£220 per person (RRP £325)
What will I learn?
As an MHFAider® you will be able to:
- Recognise those that may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention
- Encourage a person to identify and access sources of professional help and other supports
- Practise active listening and empathy
- Have a conversation with improved mental health literacy around language and stigma
- Discuss the MHFAider® role in depth, including boundaries and confidentiality
- Practise self-care
- Know how to use the MHFAider Support App®
- Know how to access a dedicated text service provided by Shout and ongoing learning opportunities with MHFA England
Format
- Learners will be trained over four live sessions with an MHFA England Instructor Member, covering 14 hours of content in total.
- Learning takes place through a mix of instructor led training, group discussions, individual and group activities.
- Each session builds on the previous, enabling the learner to gain confidence in supporting others with a Mental Health First Aid action plan.
- We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that instructors can keep people safe and supported while they learn.
- We strive for all of our learning content to be as accessible and inclusive as possible.
Everyone who completes this course gets:
- A hard copy workbook to support their learning throughout the course
- A digital manual to refer to whenever they need it after completing the course
- A wallet-sized reference card with the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- A digital MHFAider® certificate
- Access to the MHFAider Support App® for three years
- Access to ongoing learning opportunities, resources and exclusive events
- The opportunity to be part of the largest MHFAider® community in England
Session One
- Mental Health First Aid and the action plan
- The MHFAider® role and self-care
- Helpful and unhelpful language
- Useful models to support the role
Session Two
- What influences mental health?
- What is anxiety?
- Crisis first aid
- Active listening and empathy
- What are eating disorders?
- What is self-harm?
- What is substance misuse?
Session Three
- Applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan
- What is depression?
- What is suicide?
- Crisis first aid continued
- What is psychosis?
Session Four
- Recovery and lived experience
- Boundaries in the MHFAider® role
- Moving forward in the MHFAider® role
- My MHFA action plan