SkillBase First Aid’s blog posts and pages relating to Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
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…
Join Tracey Dangerfield and Ceri Morris from SkillBase First Aid for this live 30 min webinar on Thursday 4th February at 14:30 for Time to Talk Day 2021! Book my FREE place > We discuss how to support colleagues and employees with their mental health and wellbeing through the Covid-19 Read more…
Friendships are an important part of life and are among the most valuable relationships we have. In a world that has recently flipped our normal lives upside down, not being able to meet in person with each other as much or at all has been so difficult for so many. 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…
One in four people in the UK will suffer from a mental health issue each year and yet two-thirds have no one to speak to about their mental health, according to a poll for Time To Talk Day 2019 by Time To Change. While it is a legal requirement to have 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…