Mental Health First Aid - 1/2 Day
🔹 Who This Is For
Community members, facilitators, frontline staff, or anyone who wants to feel more confident supporting others through mental health challenges.
🔹 What You’ll Learn
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How to recognise signs of distress, anxiety, depression, and trauma
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How to approach someone and start a supportive conversation
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Practical tools for offering help without overstepping
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How to signpost to professional support and encourage self-care
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Real-world strategies rooted in lived experience
🔹 Course Format
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Duration: 3.5 hours
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Facilitator: Jamie Challenger – trainer, poet, and mental health advocate
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Delivery: In-person (South Yorkshire & surrounding areas) or online
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Certificate of Completion provided
🔹 What Makes This Different
This isn’t textbook training. It’s real, raw, and rooted in experience. Jamie blends practical tools with creative approaches—spoken word, visual aids, and honest conversation. You’ll leave with more than knowledge. You’ll leave with confidence.
🔹 Bonus Resources
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Printable “1 Minute Hope” cards
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Conversation starters and grounding scripts
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Optional follow-up support or group sessions
Cost
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£75 per person (inclusive)
Private/In-Company bookings available.
If you need immediate support
If you are in urgent need of support please contact the emergency services. If you need someone to speak with before attending one of our sessions please call the Samaritans on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258 for dedicated text support. A new NHS service is also available and details can be found at NHS crisis support including children in England this service can be accessed using the 111 NHS number and selecting the mental health option.