Welcome to part one in our series giving you all the information you need to become a Mental Wellbeing First Aid Instructor, we are excited to tell you all about our much-loved training programme! You can click here to go straight through to the course page for more information and Read more…
Our national Instructor Network is made up of a mix of both self-employed trainers, and workplace-based trainers. For the self-employed You might be looking to start your own business as a Mental Wellbeing First Aid Instructor, or add the Mental Wellbeing First Aid suite of courses to the services you Read more…
World Wellbeing Week 2021! World Wellbeing Week provides a great opportunity to talk about all things well-being (which we love to do!) We have certainly all been challenged over the past year when it comes to our mental and physical wellbeing. Staying at home and not being able to take Read more…
We love talking about mental health. Full stop. Awareness days and weeks are a fantastic way to bring a subject to the forefront of people’s minds, workplaces and communities. It gives us an opportunity to educate, celebrate and promote really vital topics, like mental health at work. Plenty of valuable Read more…
First Aid Training in a safe and Covid-secure way We have been providing our first aid training courses under government guidelines and strict risk assessments. The HSE also states that first aid training remains essential, with our trainers and delegates able to train face-to-face for work purposes. First Aid training Read more…
Updated 9 November 2020 Furlough (Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme) was introduced back in March of this year to prevent mass redundancies by allowing those that cannot do their jobs, either because their normal workplace is closed or there is no longer work available for them, to have their wages subsidised. Read more…
On average, we spend a third of our life working, that’s 90,000 hours over a lifetime. So it makes sense that our workplaces are happy ones, right? Even if your ‘new normal’ is working from home, it still applies that the work interactions you have are important to feeling happiness Read more…
Be Empowered mental health training has now merged with SkillBase First Aid to bring you excellent and engaging training across a range of both physical and mental health courses. Our strong belief in the parity of esteem between mental and physical health is becoming a reality and we are Read more…
Covid-19 related information – last updated 24th February 2022 Following the recent changes to Covid guidelines and future roadmap from the government, we wanted to clarify what you can expect from us when you attend one of our training courses. Though no longer mandatory, we have kept many of our Read more…
It’s a common one. You need First Aid Training, but how long is this going to take you? How many days of annual leave will you need (or days out of the office) for you to get up to speed? Let’s break this down… Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Like Read more…