Youth Mental Health First Aid (Winchester)

Youth Mental Health First Aid (Winchester)

Become a certified Youth Mental Health First Aider.

By Peter Larkum (MHFA England)

Date and time

Location

Winchester Vineyard

Unit A, Bar End Industrial Estate Bar End Road Winchester SO23 9NP United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 day 8 hours

Become a certified Youth Mental Health First Aider

Instruction by Peter Larkum • Certified through MHFA England • 2-day in-person course

📅 Date: Wed 8th – Thu 9th Oct 2025
⏰ Time: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Location: Winchester
🎟️ Ticket Price: £325+VAT


Get a recognised certification to identify, understand and help someone experiencing mental health issues.

This two-day course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider, with a specific focus on how that relates to younger people.

Everyone who completes the course gets:

  • A manual to keep and refer to whenever you need it
  • A certificate to say you are a Mental Health First Aider
  • A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
  • A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health


Course info

The 2-day course will give you:

  • An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
  • Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
  • Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
  • Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
  • Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix



General Info


👥 Course numbers

Due to some of the sensitive subjects of our courses, we limit numbers to 16 people. We want everyone to feel safe and our instructors can help if people find some bits particularly difficult.


✍️ What’s the course like?

Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities.

We provide a very safe learning environment and are trained to support you throughout the course. If you don't feel comfortable joining in certain bits, then don't, we won't make you do something you aren't comfortable with.


🕣 Arrival & Finish
Please arrive on your first day between 8:30 and 8:45am for registration. Prompt start at 9am. Finishes no later than 5:30pm on both days.


🚗 Parking
Parking available on site for free.


☕️ Refreshments provided
Tea, coffee, and cold drinks will be made available. Please bring your own lunch or buy lunch from a nearby cafe, supermarket, or restaurant.

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Organised by

Peter Larkum (MHFA England)
Mental health speaker • Award-winning Mental Health First Aid instructor • Creator of Mentality

Peter is an experienced mental health speaker, award-winning Mental Health First Aid instructor, and creator of the award-winning course Mentality.

For over 10 years, he has trained tens of thousands of people to help reduce the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health illness.

  • Peter was awarded ‘Excellence in Training’ for his work as a MHFA instructor
  • Mentality won the ‘Product Impact Award’ in the This Can Happen Awards 2021

His client list is vast, including HSBC, Ministry of Defence, NHS, Experian, Balfour Beatty, Boots, London School of Economics, the University of Southampton.

With a background in youth work Peter has the unique ability to command a room of global corporate managers or engage a group of young people with his infectious enthusiasm, sensitivity, and humour.

MHFA ‘Excellence in Training’ award

Peter’s award arrived with a portfolio of participant testimonies to his skills, passion and dedication to delivering training across seven MHFA products. Words like care, humour, charm, sensitivity, fantastic, jokes and honesty were peppered throughout all the feedback.

The judges recognised Peter’s skill in successfully and sensitively delivering MHFA training to participants from a wide range of public, private, and third sector organisations since 2010.

£390
Oct 8 · 09:00 GMT+1