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Today an overview of the proposed measures were announced, signalling a significant shift in mental health support for young people, with over £300 million of funding being made available. This week, the Department of Health has announced a consultation period for their upcoming Green Paper around children and young people’s mental health. Government launches consultation on children’s mental health – Have your say Here's to another decade of MHFA and training one in ten of the population! You can view all the photos from the event online here.Ī big thank you to everyone who attended - and to those who couldn't attend but showed their support on social media. If you attended the day and would like to offer your feedback, you can fill in our feedback survey online here. The speakers and workshops were great and the venue and food and service, and the stewards' help and guidance were fantastic (the cake was lovely as well)." It was a memorable occasion and I really enjoyed and appreciated it.

"Please extend my thanks to everyone involved in organising the 10th Anniversary Conference yesterday at the NCC.

" I feel the need to say how much I appreciate having caught up with you all yesterday. I had no specific expectations of the day (such days can be variable in my experience) however this one was worthwhile for me.".

Particularly good was the warm welcome, helpfulness and “vibe” from all the wider MHFA team in the white t-shirts who just demonstrated exactly what we are about. I felt it got the balance just right in terms of location, duration, content and atmosphere. Thank you to everyone who attended the event, we’ve received some wonderful feedback: It was truly inspiring to watch Sameena interviewing award-winning mental health campaigners Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn, who shared their moving story of how simply asking a stranger: “Are you alright mate?” saved a life, started an inspiring friendship and sparked their ground-breaking work in raising mental health literacy and advocating for suicide prevention. We were so pleased to be joined for the day by ITV news presenter Sameena Ali-Khan who hosted the event. Our CEO Poppy Jaman gave an inspiring welcome address, looking back at the last ten years, and ahead to our goals for the next ten. We had our own MHFA England stand with photos of our community over the last ten years, and of course our cake took pride of place!

We started the day with our wellbeing exhibition, featuring stands from a range of national and regional mental health organisations. We met new members of the community, caught up with familiar faces, and had so many great conversations. It was incredible to see so many of our amazing MHFA instructors and Mental Health First Aiders celebrating 10 years of Mental Health First Aid training in England. We would like to say thank you to the 500+ people who joined our event on Wednesday 15 th November, coming together to celebrate #10YearsOfMHFA. We hope that you enjoy the festive season, and the start of the new year, and that you are able to enjoy a restful break at some point in the coming two months.Ĭelebrating ten years of Mental Health First Aid in England

Please note, we will be closing our office between 21 st December and 1 st January inclusive as part of our approach to staff wellbeing. Thank you to all of you who supported both of these initiatives. We’ve also released an exciting new range of films where we spoke to Mental Health First Aiders about the impact of mental health support in workplaces and universities. In October, we marked World Mental Health Day, releasing our Workplace Wellbeing Toolkit, and in November we celebrated ten years of Mental Health First Aid training in England. As the year draws to a close, we’re excited to reflect on our achievements from the past two months. Welcome to your Mental Health First Aid England newsletter for December.

Mental Health First Aid Newsletter December 2017 The chance to join the government young people's mental health green paper, a look back at our #10YearsofMHFA event and World Mental Health Day 2017.Ĭlick here if you are having trouble viewing this message. Mental Health First Aid England - December 2017