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Working to promote a better understanding of mental health across Devon
Expert mental health training!
Join the fight for mental health in Devon by choosing our renowned training courses — perfect for companies looking to improve the wellbeing of their employees, community groups wanting to learn more about how they can help their members, and individuals seeking professional development or the first step in a mental health career.
We currently offer bespoke training packages tailored to your individual needs, alongside our popular Managing Mental Health at Work training course and a host of accredited Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England courses. Check out our upcoming public dates below that available to sign up now.
Developing the skills to support mental wellbeing and resilience in the workplace can improve your business and provide a better working environment and culture for your staff. Choosing Devon Mind as your training provider will help make a difference and go beyond just upskilling your team. The profits we make from our training helps fund our vital mental health services, enabling us to change lives and enable recovery for more people across Devon.
Upcoming public course dates:
Mental Health First Aid
Monday 24 February 2025, 9:00am — 5:00pm
Tuesday 25 February 2025, 9:00am — 5:00pm
Online via Zoom (instructions will be sent prior)
£175 per person
MHFA England courses:
Devon Mind delivers the following courses developed and accredited by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Become a certified Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®) with this 2 full-day course, available online or in-person. Gain an in-depth understanding of mental health, as well as skills and confidence to support someone in distress.
Mental Health First Aid Refresher
Ensure your mental health first aid knowledge and MHFAider® skills are kept up-to-date with this half-day (4-hour) course, which is designed for people who have already completed the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course in the past few years.
Become an MHFA Champion
This half-day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England-accredited course (online or face-to-face) is designed to build your knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness.
Become Mental Health Aware
This half-day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England-accredited course (online or face-to-face) provides you with a basic knowledge of common mental health problems, an introduction to managing wellbeing, and some basic skills for providing support.
Our training offer:
Bespoke mental health training
We offer a variety of topics that be combined to create full-day or half-day training sessions to meet your individual training needs. Please contact us to discuss how we can support your organisation.
Managing Mental Health at Work
A full-day or half-day course designed for managers and supervisors looking to learn about mental health problems and create a healthy workplace. Includes explorations of stigma, triggers and presenteeism.
Devon Mind has been awarded the Mind Quality Mark 2021-24
The Mind Quality Mark is a rigorous quality assurance standard. It sets the bar of good practice and legal compliance for all organisations in the Mind Federation.
Once every three years, local Minds are reviewed against the Mind Quality Mark standards. The reviews are led by people with lived experience of mental health problems and senior leaders from other local Minds. They are based on a robust assessment of documentary evidence as well as interviews with and survey responses from trustees, staff, volunteers, and people who use services.
To achieve the Mind Quality Mark, local Minds must be well-run organisations delivering safe, life-changing support for people with mental health problems.
Training testimonials:
“We have worked with Devon Mind since 2018, when we first introduced Mental Health First Aid into the business. We now have more than 10% of our workforce trained. This is important to us, as we are now working hard to promote an open culture where there is no stigma around mental health. We want people to talk about their mental health in the same way that they would if they had a broken leg! We always find Devon Mind to be entirely professional and a pleasure to work with.”
“I approached Devon Mind following the introduction of Mental Health First Aiders at Hospiscare to discuss the provision of some refresher/supplementary training. They were extremely accommodating, finding out exactly what our requirements were before putting together and delivering two 1-hour workshops that really met our needs. It was great working with Devon Mind and I look forward to further collaboration.”
“Devon Mind have provided mental health wellbeing sessions for us on multiple occasions now. A particular strength of these sessions is how adaptable they have been in their workshop facilitation based upon the groups’s needs. This has provided our students with a responsive session that allows for more consideration of challenges they face in their workplaces as managers. Devon Mind provided a high level of individual care and topic expertise. These sessions have also received excellent student feedback. Thanks again!”