There is free Mental Health First Aid training available for Kent residents. Mental Health First Aid training is an internationally recognised training programme, currently being delivered in 23 countries around the world. The aim of these courses is to give everyone the knowledge and confidence to recognise signs of mental health problems, encourage someone to seek the right help, and to reduce the stigma around mental illness

Mental Health First Aid is an educational course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help a person who may be developing a mental health problem. In the same way as we learn physical first aid, mental health first aid teaches you how to recognise those crucial warning signs of mental ill health.

Mental Health First Aid will teach people how to:

• Recognise the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues
• Provide help on a first aid basis
• Effectively guide others in the right direction towards support

There are three types of free courses available:

• The full two day Mental Health First Aid training course
• A two day Youth Mental Health First Aid Course
• A Mental Health First Aid Lite Course

To find out more about the fully funded MHFA training, or book onto an MHFA course, visit www.westkentmind.org.uk/mhfa. Alternatively call Ruth Brown on 01732 744950.

Please note that if a booking is cancelled at short notice a cancellation fee will be charged.

To find out more about Mental Health First Aid in England go to: mhfaengland.org.

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