Courses

Mental Health First Aid Courses (MHFA England)

This is a 2-day course held in Dorking, qualifying participants to be Certified Mental Health First Aiders. The usual price for this course is £300 from MHFA England. Dorking Minds makes this course available for £60 (+ Eventbrite booking fee of £5.27).

To benefit from our subsidised course, you must be a resident of the Dorking area and surrounding villages to qualify for attendance. We reserve the right to cancel your place on the course.

Mental Health First Aid (Adult) - register interest

2-Day MHFA England course.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports adults. They will teach you the skills and confidence to spot the signs of mental health issues, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need. In doing so, you can speed up a person’s recovery and stop a mental health issue from getting worse.

Our courses won't teach you to be a therapist, but we will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis - and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.

Mental Health First Aiders have:

• An in-depth understanding of mental health and factors that affect the wellbeing

• Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues

• Confidence to reassure and support a person in distress

• Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening

• Knowledge to help a person recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate

• Ability to support people with long-term mental health issues or disability to thrive

• Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing


Mental Health First Aid (Youth) - register interest

2-Day MHFA England course.

“This Course has made me re-evaluate how I have been dealing with my children’s mental health needs.”

Mental Health First Aid is an educational course that teaches people how to identify, understand and help a person who may be experiencing a mental health issue. 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.

In each section you’ll learn how to:

The sessions will be a mix of presentations group discussions and group work activities. Our MHFA England Trainer will provide a very safe learning environment and is trained to support you throughout the whole course. If you don’t feel comfortable joining in certain parts, then don’t, we won’t ask you to do something you aren’t comfortable with. The course is ideal for parents, teachers, tutors, sports coaches and anyone who comes into contact with young people as part of their work.  Young people over 16 are also welcome to understand themselves and their peers.

Mental Health Aware - register interest

Mental Health Aware is an accredited training developed by Mental Health First Aid (England) (MHFA). On successful completion, you will receive a certificate confirming your status as Mental Health Aware. This course is an excellent primer for the full 2-day Mental Health First Aid courses which we also run but is a stand-alone qualification in its own right.

Minimum age for attendance 16.

This introductory 3.5-hour session raises awareness of mental health. It covers:

Cost: £25 (MHFA England value this course at £120 per person)

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Mental Health First Aider (Adult) - register interest

Mental Health First Aider (Youth) - register interest

Mental Health Aware - register interest


2023 COURSES

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You must be a resident of the Dorking area and surrounding villages to qualify for attendance. We reserve the right to cancel your place on the course. Please contact us if you are unsure about eligibility.