Mental Health
Up-skilling leaders to have supportive conversations around mental health is strongly encouraged as a core standard in business. Evidence-based courses, rooted in best-practice, provide your people with the awareness, skills and confidence to make this a reality in your organisation and support an empowering workplace culture.
We advocate for mental wellness at work and are proud providers of the certified Mental Health First Aid England® courses alongside our everyday awareness workshops.
Our passion
Since 2017, we have facilitated engaging, thoughtful and impactful courses around the topics of mental health and wellbeing at work. Equipping hundreds of leaders, line managers and wellbeing champions to normalise conversations, recognise warning signs, and signpost professional help effectively whilst clearly articulating the boundaries of their role.
These courses and workshops bring lightness to what can be a challenging topic. We consistently receive feedback on the enjoyment levels of participants alongside the value added.
We care deeply about psychological safety and always start with a bedrock of compassion, courage and curiosity.
Record-high absence has been reported at 9.4 days per employee, with workload and mental ill health identified as the main drivers of short and long-term absenteeism.
(CIPD, 2025)
Say that when people are kind it has a positive impact on their mental health.
Encouraging open conversations around mental wellbeing creates a kinder, more psychologically safe work environment.
(Mental Health Foundation, 2020)
63%
Poor mental health costs UK employers up to £51 billion each year. But for every £1 spent on staff wellbeing, they get back £4.70 in reduced absence, presenteeism, and staff turnover.
(Deloitte, 2024)
Our everyday people workshops dive deep into the roles leaders and wellbeing champions play when enabling teams to thrive.
We will collaborate with you to tailor workshop content, timing and a delivery approach to meet your unique needs.
Examples of topics we love to work with (but not limited to):
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Navigating change, uncertainty, loss and grief
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Deeper listening for deeper connection
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Wellbeing for working parents
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Introducing mindfulness at work
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Regular workshops for in-house MHFAider® and wellbeing champion communities
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One-off workshops for key calendar dates
(e.g. Stress Awareness Month, Mental Health Awareness Week and even winter festivity themed!)
Rest assured, we will always promote your wellbeing strategy and shout from the rooftops about other initiatives happening in your business!
Everyday people workshops
MHFA England® certified courses
Mental Health First Aid is one piece in the jigsaw for an effective wellbeing strategy.
These courses equip your team members with a first-response model that supports early intervention. It's a framework to:
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Recognise the main signs/symptoms of mental ill health
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Promote non-judgemental listening
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Signpost initial help and guidance
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Address concerns regarding mental health crisis
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Be mindful of your own wellbeing
We will explore with you the strategic best fit for your organisation.
Get in touch for information on the 3-year MHFAider® support and benefits package, course content, delivery options and current rates.
How would you rate the course?
82% Very good, 18% Good
How would you rate the facilitator?
90% Very Good, 10% Good
What our clients say
“The team at Everyday People have been a pleasure to work with, from start to finish! We received plenty of support at every stage of the process and all of our Mental Health First Aiders completed the course feeling confident and inspired to make positive change at Poplar HARCA. The courses were extremely engaging and our facilitators had a breadth of interesting and useful experiences to draw upon which kept the discussions fresh and informative!”
- People and Development Advisor at Poplar HARCA
“As a business it’s really important that external facilitators fit with our culture to be authentic, knowledgeable and relaxed. The facilitator was all of this and more, his gentle nature, his credibility and expert knowledge of the subject shone through – couldn’t have picked a better person for the job.”
- Head of Learning, Development and Internal Communications at Student Roost
“Kat was excellent and brought a real positive genuine energy to the room. It was a pleasure over both days. Some of the content was quite heavy but this was well signposted before, during and after the course. The course gave me some valuable insights into why mental health is so important, how varied it is in its scope and how this qualification can provide the vital first line of defence in helping us support other people as well as ourselves. Highly recommended.”
- Course participant at Fuller, Smith & Turner
“Fantastic course, I now have a greater understanding of how to help my team. Really useful and informative – a course that should be throughout the country. Very relevant to our new campaign, I now have stronger and more robust knowledge. Really great at making quiet voices heard. Wonderful delivery, personal experiences brought it to life. The authentic approach made it a safe place to learn, thank you!”
- Flavour of participant feedback, cross-industry
Case study: Embedding Mental Health First Aid
Move over ‘tick-box’ exercises. At Smurfit Kappa UK (now Smurfit Westrock) it’s all about meaningful approaches to workplace wellbeing. Discover how we partnered for strategy launch and beyond.
Resources
Tool: 5 tips to build a thriving MHFAider network
MHFA England guide to adopting Mental Health First Aid at work. Also contains further links for strategic implementation guidance.
