Mental Health Awareness: 2-Hour Course
A practical, emotionally safe introduction to mental health, designed for workplaces and communities. This session explores common challenges, breaks down stigma, and offers tools for resilience, recovery, and hope. Includes interactive activities, lived experience insights, and a dedicated resilience section to help people feel seen, supported, and empowered.
🔹 Who This Is For
General public, workplaces, community groups
🔹 What You’ll Visit
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Mental Health Foundations – Understand what mental health really means, beyond labels and diagnoses
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Common Challenges – Explore anxiety, depression, burnout, and grief with compassion and clarity
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Resilience in Action – Learn practical tools to build emotional strength and bounce back from setbacks
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Reflection & Recovery – Create your own Resilience Map and discover what support looks like for you
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Hope & Next Steps
🔹 Course Format
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Duration: 2 hours (including a short break)
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Delivery: In-person or online via Zoom/Teams
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Style: Interactive, emotionally safe, and inclusive
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Materials: Optional workbook, printable tools, and reflection prompts
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Facilitator: Delivered by lived experience trainer from JC Mental Health
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Group Size: Flexible — ideal for 6 to 20 participants
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Accessibility: No prior knowledge needed; all voices welcome
🔹 What Makes This Different
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Rooted in Lived Experience – This isn’t textbook theory. It’s real, raw, and grounded in personal journeys of struggle, resilience, and recovery
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Emotionally Safe Space – No pressure to share. No judgement. Just a gentle invitation to reflect, connect, and grow
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Creative & Practical Tools – From spoken word to resilience maps, we blend emotion with action to make healing accessible
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Community-Focused – Designed for real people in real places. Whether it’s a workplace, school, or local group, we meet you where you are
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Hope Without Platitudes
🔹 Course Breakdown
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Welcome & Grounding - Gentle check-in, emotional safety agreements, and space to arrive as you are
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Understanding Mental Health - What mental health really means, breaking stigma, and exploring the spectrum of wellbeing
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Common Challenges - Anxiety, depression, burnout, and grief — with space for lived experience and reflection
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Break - Optional movement, journaling, or quiet time to reset
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Resilience & Recovery - What resilience is (and isn’t), the 4 Pillars of Resilience, and a creative Resilience Map activity
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Hope & Action
Cost
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£45 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.