Our commitment: Progress within our community cont.
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6. Ensure our quality assurance systems are informed by anti-racist principles 7. Scope out the development of specific courses on race and mental health in partnership with experts 8. Review sources of support listed in MHFA England course manuals with a view to strengthening signposting to bespoke mental health support available for People of Colour and Black people 9. Review our Instructor Training programme to include a stronger focus on the impact of race, racism, oppression, inequalities and intersectionality in mental health and wellbeing 10. Establish a dedicated MHFA England forum for our Instructor Member community on to promote discussion, best-practice and knowledge sharing
Our quality monitoring tools now measure Instructor Members’ performance against race equity-related knowledge and behaviours. The knowledge and behaviours are set out in our new Instructor Member anti-racism training and expectations. In June 2021, we launched our Race Equity and Mental Health course , empowering senior leaders to drive cultural change.
Our Adult Mental Health First Aid course content is being reviewed through a race equity lens. The updated course will be available by the end of May 2022.
A mandatory Racism and Mental Health plenary session is now part of our Instructor Training programme. These modules seek to build the awareness, confidence and competence of our Instructor Members, enabling them to talk knowledgeably about racism and its impact on mental health in their work, and to facilitate challenging discussions. We have created an Instructor Member community forum on race and mental health. We hold regular race equity drop-in sessions: one for People of Colour and Black Instructor Members and another for all Instructor Members. We continue to offer separate sessions because we believe it is important to create spaces where different lived experiences and learning needs are recognised and provided. These sessions and forums promote powerful, positive and practical conversations, create the opportunity to demonstrate allyship, and enable our community to share learnings and reflections.
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