Health Education England and Royal Society for Public Health welcome all MECC for Mental Health Trainers to join a training session delivered by Alicia Clare.

MECC for Menopause is aimed at front line health, social, wellbeing, care staff and volunteers, who have direct contact with women accessing services. It also aims to raise awareness within the workplace as women often find it difficult to discuss menopause-related health problems with a line manager, or to ask for support or adjustments that may help, highlighting the importance of workplace menopause policies that support women and colleagues to have a menopause conversation. Not every woman experiences symptoms, for those that do, being able to talk about it openly, without embarrassment, can support their wellbeing and experience. Having the right support can make the menopause much easier to manage.

MECC for Menopause module has been designed to complement the core training programme and has two main aims:

1. To raise awareness of menopause and its impact on women’s health and wellbeing, building confidence to have menopause conversations with women who access services.

2. To build confidence within occupational / workplace settings for colleagues (at all levels) to have menopause conversations, create a culture of awareness and understanding. This is reflected in the ‘take away actions’ for participants.

The purpose of the training is to demystify menopause, interventions and treatments available raising awareness and creating a culture of openness in order for women to talk about menopause and make informed choices. MECC provides a framework in which the workforce feels confident to start a conversation about menopause and are familiar with the resources to support women.

The session will take place from 9.30am - 12:30pm on 13th July 2022.

MECC for Menopause Training