MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSES
What are they? What do they involve?
Find out below, including upcoming course dates you can book onto as an individual.
If you’re an organisation you can book Mandy to deliver a course just for you and your team also. If you want more support than solely the course delivery e.g. venue booking, catering, registration and really creating a special experience for your staff; with our event services partnership with Pink Onion Creative we can organise everything for you allowing you to just focus on the learning.
Upcoming Courses
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MAY 13th & 20th 2025
2 day course:
Tuesday 13th & 20th May.
9.30 - 5.30
Venue: Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, B32 3DS
Cost: £325
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JUNE 9TH 2025
Half day Refresher course:
Monday 9th June.
12.30 - 4.30
Venue: Online
Cost: £150 Group Discounts available.
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June 16th,17th, 23rd & 24th 2025
2 day course over 4 half days.
Monday 16th & 23rd. Tuesday 17th & 24th.
1.00 - 5.00
Venue: Online
Cost: £325
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June 30th & July 7th 2025
2 day course:
Monday 30th June & 7th July.
9.30 - 5.30
Venue: Destination Zone, 132a High Street, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8ES
Cost: £325
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AUGUST 4TH & 11TH 2025
2 day course:
Monday 4th & 11th August.
9.30 - 5.30
Venue: Destination Zone, 132a High Street, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8ES
Cost: £325
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AUGUST 8TH & 15TH 2025
2 day course:
Friday 8th & 15th August.
8.00 - 4.00
Venue: Edwards Trust, 37 Calthorpe Rd,
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1TS
Cost: £325
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The MHFA England Instructor Training Programme has diversity and inclusion at its core, built on fifteen years of experience. The programme was created with input from people with lived experience of poor mental health.
Having attended the programme gives Mandy the skills, knowledge, and tools to train MHFAiders® in the workplace so that people can speak more freely about mental health, and seek support when needed. Training as an MHFA England Instructor Member allows Mandy to drive change within organisations and develop people’s mental health Knowledge, awareness, and skills.
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You will have an opportunity to gain a range of skills, knowledge, and tools to become a MHFAider® in the workplace. It will help you so speak more freely about mental health, and seek support when needed.
You will gain the knowledge and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation, and signpost a person to appropriate support. Those who attend the course gain access to MHFAider® support and benefits for three years, which includes exclusive resources and access to the MHFAider Support App®.
What can you gain? Choosing the course means you gain an accredited Certificate through Mental Health First Aid England. You also become part of the Association - Englands first and only membership body dedicated to empowering the MHFAider community.
Mandy delivers the MHFA course, which gives attendees the knowledge and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation, and signpost a person to appropriate support. Those who attend the course gain access to MHFAider® support and benefits for three years, which includes exclusive resources and access to the MHFAider Support App®.
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The course can be delivered online and in person over a 2 day or 4 half day period. There are options of open courses and closed ones specific to an Organisation or Sector.
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Mandy is a qualified MHFA England Instructor. MHFA England are the sole provider of licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor Training in England and their programme is accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health.
Mandy has also taught and facilitated courses in Training and Education for nearly 30 years and has an extensive track record. She was nominated in TES awards 2020 for Teacher of the year and has created, developed and delivered courses to a high quality. Mandy also has a background in Mental Health Nursing, a Degree in Mental Health and ground roots experience of working alongside mental health systems.
Mental health first aider in the workplace course
“The RSPH accreditation of our Instructor Training programme is important because it demonstrates that MHFA England instructors have been through a rigorous training and assessment process to ensure they have the Knowledge, skills and values needed to deliver our gold standard Mental Health First Aider courses.”
How paying for a course works:
Select ‘Book Now’ on your desired course and fill in your details. You will then be sent an invoice for you to pay by bank transfer. This is our prefered method and would greatly appreciate you paying via invoice.
However we understand sometimes this isn’t possible so if you need to pay via card you can do so HERE.
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what do our clients say?
“Mandy's menopausal workshops were a revelation to me. It was structured in such a way to make everyone feel included from the first session. The questions & scenarios were a chance to reflect on my own thoughts and delve deeper into the way I process my own feelings.
I was also able to differentiate between symptoms and seek advice on those that required further investigation and successfully alleviate daily pain.
To share these sessions with my colleagues was incredible. I learnt so much about these women that I didn't know and it has bought us closer as a group.
This has led to us arranging a walking session this month and a spa day later in the year.
My only observation is that it was over too soon!”
-KAREN bREWER, Principal QUALITY CONSULTANT
“On behalf of the team who attended your two day mentor training workshop at Omnia practice, I would like to take the opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you for delivering a wonderful session.
We’ve all really enjoyed the session more then we expected and it certainly enabled us to reflect a bit more on ourselves and our approaches in a positive way… which is what we needed from the busy world of work.
The session was informative, interactive and enjoyable. Your gentle approach enabled the quieter participants to come out of their shells and contribute which was fascinating to see the difference and the confidence boost.
We would highly recommend the mentoring course and hope to access more courses in the foreseeable.
Once again, many thanks and keep being your awesome self.”
-Syeda Akhtar, Project Manager, Omnia Practice
Congratulations to our lovely Courtney Rousell for passing her Mental Health First Aiders course! 🎉
Courtney was full of compliments for the course leader, Mandy Gutsell, a testament to Mandy’s passion for wellbeing in the workplace, not just through training courses but through her professional coaching.
We hope to work with Mandy on a future staff wellbeing workshop this coming academic year 💙
-elizabeth wills, headteachers pa, king edward vi balaam wood academy
“Mandy has been my supervisor since April 2021. She is creative in her approach to supervision & has a wealth of experience & depth of understanding of clinical practice. I really appreciate the fresh perspective, challenging questions & encouragement
“After already working with Mandy Gutsell for nearly 20 years we approached her to deliver some group and Individual Coaching Support for our staff around the Menopause.
This included Training for the whole team on how to continue to make our Organisation Menopause Friendly. We explored the Basics, Legal Requirements, other considerations with the male menopause and how to include adaptations in our work-place. This was at a Management Systems level and a daily practical level.
We found Mandy to be approachable, knowledgeable, a great facilitator and she presented an excellent presentation for the training.
Staff said the training helped them to see the menopause in the wider context of the challenges that can come with the menopause. In addition it helped open up an often taboo subject around the male menopause and an overall increased awareness of the impact on all aspects of life both in and outside the workplace.
We will continue to work with Mandy in relation to a number of aspects of Coaching support, Supervision and Training. We have found her work supports and works alongside our Thrive program we already have in place very effectively.
We would whole heartedly recommend Mandy’s skills and experience to other organisations.”
-Andrew Fletcher, BSc (Hons) CE nv MRICS | Director | ESP Ltd
“Mandy was booked to provide a taster drama therapy session for the Therapy Services team at Woodbourne Priory Hospital, as part of our monthly Therapy Forum. A professionally diverse team of addictions counsellors, psychology staff, occupational therapists, nurses, and CBT therapists: working across several clinical teams – acute adult inpatient, adult day therapy, eating disorders, adolescents, and addictions. So, Mandy’s task was not an easy one!
However, she very quickly gauged the ‘mood’ in the room, quietly identified the reluctant participants (and the eager players), and initially set gentle activities for us to gain confidence using unfamiliar ‘toys’, (a layered, sideless cube, different sized and coloured feathers, pens, paper………and our imaginations!!).
Mandy’s carefully chosen activities allowed her to observe and alter the dynamics in the room, allowed us the autonomy to participate as much or as little as we each felt comfortable, and for us to support and encourage each other during the session. For some the participatory drama therapy aspect of the session had been a daunting one, but Mandy’s skilful management of the group meant the session was great fun, interestingly educational AND turned out to be a successful team-building event!”
-marcie ferros, therapy services manager
Phone: +44 (0) 7951 229941
Email: mandy@knowlimitscoach.com
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