Mental Health First Aid Training
Starting in late 2022, RMC began delivering Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) workshops with the aim of delivering to 100 people. Prior to this, 15 RMC staff members were trained, 2 of which then went on to become accredited MHFA England Instructor Members, as part of the Royal Society of Public Health accredited programme. Over the next 6 months, they delivered 12 training sessions to the community and created a network of Mental Health First Aiders.
Who can get help
This project was aimed at community members and professionals
Support provided
Accredited Mental Health First Aid training. Those that took part received a two day course and became qualified Mental Health First Aiders following the course
How to access the support:
People were able to register interest in the training online with dates running regularly throughout the project.
Mental Health First Aid Training Report
Our report outlines the project and those supported, which included a large proportion of those identifying as black ethnicity. The target groups were expanded during the delivery to include newly arriving Ukrainian’s and the hosts supporting them as this was outlined as need following the invasion of Ukraine.
In very similar numbers to those found by the Mental Health Foundation, our recruitment found only 31% of participants were men, even with a stronger push to try and include more men into the training.
It also outlines the impact and ongoing benefits of the project.
