We have an exciting 12 year history. This year we are celebrating ten years of being a community interest company! Let’s take a look back at our big moments –
2009
2010
2012
We wrote the Youth MHFA Two Day course with help from an expert reference group. It included young people, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services and paediatric psychiatrists.
We became a community interest company to be more sustainable. We had one product – the Adult MHFA Two Day course – which was then called the Standard MHFA course. Mark Napier became Chair of the Board.
Our first awards ceremony took place in the House of Lords. Lord Kamlesh Patel OBE, Patron of MHFA England, hosted it. Lord Patel and Dame Carol Black
2015
2014
2013
We supported the launch of MHFA in Bangladesh. We trained the first cohort of 16 National Trainers in Adult MHFA.
We worked with the Uganda People’s Defence Force to train personnel in Armed Forces MHFA Two Day. The British High Commission requested this training. 76 people were trained, and the course was translated into Swahili. Professor Mark Watson-Gandy took over as Chair of the Board.
We received government funding to train up to 200 Armed Forces MHFA instructors. The Instructor Members went on to train over 6,000 people in the Armed Forces MHFA Two Day course which was written to support the armed forces community, including serving personnel and veterans. Combat Stress, The Royal British Legion and SSAFA, The Armed Forces Charity, supported the design and roll out of this course. The impact of the training was evaluated by the University of Gloucestershire.
2019
MPs had a cross-party debate on mental health first aid in the workplace. The Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons Chamber granted the debate. We moved to our new office space in the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ premises. It gives us a more flexible working and meeting space for our growing organisation. We launched best-practice guidance for employers. It details how to embed MHFA England training
in the workplace. We also launched guidance on the role of the Mental Health First Aider. We developed Strategy 2025 and refined our vision and mission for the next six years.
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