Mental Health

Join Friends, Families and Travellers this Suicide Prevention Month for a 3-hour training session exploring suicide prevention and self-harm

It is known that Gypsy and Traveller people are three times more likely to experience anxiety and twice as likely to experience depression than the general population. According to an all-Ireland report, Irish Traveller men were almost seven times more likely to die by suicide, while Irish Traveller women were six times more likely to die by suicide than the general population.

Manchester Mind would like to invite you to attend our Mental Health Awareness Training.

The session will be 3 hours long and must be attended in full. Unfortunately, we cannot record sessions. 

The training is delivered in a supportive environment by our trainers who bring their own lived experience and knowledge to facilitate open discussion and provide expert guidance.

Manchester Mind would like to invite you to attend the Supporting Mental Health - A Managers Guide training.

Each half day session will be up to 3 hours long and must be attended in full, unfortunately we cannot record sessions. 

The training is delivered in a supportive environment by our practised trainers who bring their own lived experience and knowledge to facilitate open discussion and provide expert guidance.

Pause. Breathe. Reconnect

Take a break, and treat yourself to an afternoon of self-care. It’ll include: deep relaxation, mindful meditation, gentle chair yoga, and other calming practices This half-day retreat is designed to help you relax, recharge, and reconnect to yourself in a friendly and safe environment. 

Refreshments will be provided. 

Manchester Mind would like you invite you to attend Mental Health First Aid (Adult) Refresher training.

This course is running live, online, via the MHFA online learning hub on Thursday 22 October 09.30-13.30.

The session will be 4 hours long. Unfortunately we cannot record sessions. The training will be practical and participants will be encouraged to join in and take part. However, remember, if something doesn't feel right, you can stop any time.

Course Overview:

Manchester Mind would like you invite you to attend Suicide Risk Awareness and Support

Each half day session will be up to 4 hours long and must be attended in full, unfortunately we cannot record sessions. 

The training is delivered in a supportive environment by our experienced trainers who bring their own lived experience and knowledge to facilitate open discussion and provide expert guidance.

Manchester Mind would like to invite you to attend the Supporting Mental Health - A Managers’ Guide training.

Each half day session will be up to 3 hours long and must be attended in full, unfortunately we cannot record sessions. 

The training is delivered in a supportive environment by our practised trainers who bring their own lived experience and knowledge to facilitate open discussion and provide expert guidance.

Manchester Safeguarding Partnership are pleased to welcome We Are Survivors to deliver this final session in their Week of Action.

Established in Greater Manchester in 2009, We Are Survivors is a survivor-focused charity that creates safe spaces and provides specialist support for male survivors, including trans and non-binary individuals, affected by sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation. Their work combines direct support, advocacy, education and awareness-raising to help break the silence surrounding sexual harm and create lasting change.

Manchester Safeguarding Partnership are delighted to welcome REIGN Collective to deliver their morning session on the final day in their Week of Action

REIGN is a Manchester-based, survivor-led organisation that works to transform how professionals and services understand and respond to child sexual abuse and exploitation through training, consultancy and lived-experience expertise. Their work is recognised for providing powerful insights that challenge perceptions, improve safeguarding practice, and drive meaningful change.

About the Cultural Well-being Programme (CWP)
Launched in 2023 through a partnership between African Caribbean Mental Health Services, Empower Consultants CIC, and Fikawelie Mental Health Unit CIC, the CWP offers bespoke and culturally tailored interventions for individuals from South Asian, Black African, Caribbean, and dual heritage backgrounds experiencing severe mental illness or crisis.

Upcoming dates:
9 September 2026
22 October 2026
17 November 2026
3 December 2026
14 January 2027
9.30am-12.30pm or 1pm-4pm