Mental Health Advocate
Individuals: £145 per person
Organisations: from £995 per course
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Included with your course
✓ Expert instructor-led training
✓ Participant course materials
✓ Mental Health Advocate Certificate
✓ Support and signposting resources
✓ Post course support
Training a team or several people ?
We can deliver Mental Health Advocate training at your workplace or another suitable venue.
Ideal for organisations, teams and community groups looking to build greater confidence around mental health and create a more supportive culture.
Organisation courses from £995
Practical. Instructor-led. Built around real conversations.
Training a team or several people?
We can deliver Mental Health Advocate training at your workplace or another suitable venue.
Ideal for organisations, teams and community groups looking to build confidence around mental health and create a more supportive culture.
Mental Health Advocate
Understand. Support. Advocate.
A practical one-day course for people who want to become Mental Health Advocates — helping create workplaces and communities where mental health is better understood, talked about openly and treated without stigma or judgement.
Despite greater awareness, stigma, misunderstanding and uncertainty can still prevent people from talking about their mental health or seeking support. Others may notice someone struggling but worry about saying the wrong thing.
Mental Health Advocates can help change that culture.
They are not counsellors or mental health professionals. They encourage understanding, challenge myths and unhelpful language, notice when someone may be struggling and help make supportive conversations part of everyday life.
The course develops the confidence and practical skills to notice, approach, listen and respond supportively using the CARE Framework — Connect, Ask, Respond, Enable — while understanding boundaries and when to encourage further support.
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Promote understanding — help make mental health something people can talk about openly and appropriately.
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Challenge stigma — question myths, assumptions and unhelpful language that can discourage people from speaking up.
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Encourage conversation — help create a culture where checking in with someone feels normal rather than exceptional.
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Notice and approach — recognise when somebody may be struggling and have the confidence to start a supportive conversation.
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Listen and support — provide appropriate everyday support without trying to diagnose, counsel or “fix” someone.
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Enable further support — know the limits of the Advocate role and help people identify appropriate sources of additional help when needed.
Mental Health Advocates help create a culture where mental health is better understood and easier to talk about.
They encourage everyday conversations about wellbeing, challenge stigma and unhelpful language, notice when someone may be struggling and help people feel more comfortable seeking support.
They are not counsellors or mental health professionals; their role is to provide appropriate everyday support and help people towards further help when needed.
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Understanding mental health and wellbeing
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Recognising common signs that someone may be struggling
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The impact of stigma, myths and unhelpful language
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How to help create a more open and supportive culture
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Starting a supportive conversation with confidence
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Listening and responding appropriately
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Using the CARE Framework in everyday situations
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Understanding boundaries and the limits of the Advocate role
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Signposting someone towards further support
Participants learn to use Exmet Mental Wellbeing's practical CARE Framework — Connect, Ask, Respond, Enable to structure supportive conversations.
CARE provides a simple approach for making contact, asking about wellbeing, responding appropriately and helping someone identify their next steps.
Suitable for anyone who wants greater confidence supporting others and promoting positive mental wellbeing, be that in the community or at work — including managers, supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals and colleagues who may take an active wellbeing role
Participants leave better equipped to recognise when someone may be struggling, start supportive conversations, challenge stigma in their communities and businesses and understand the boundaries of their role.
Thus helping to create a culture where people feel more able to talk about their mental wellbeing and seek appropriate support.
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Participant course materials
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Exmet Mental Health Certificate
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Support and signposting resources
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Post course resources and guidance
Mental Health Advocate
1 Day · In Person
A practical one-day course for people who want to become Mental Health Advocates — helping create workplaces and communities where mental health is better understood, talked about openly and treated without stigma or judgement.
Learn how to notice when someone may be struggling, start a supportive conversation, listen effectively and help them find appropriate further support.
Using the CARE Framework — Connect, Ask, Respond, Enable — the course develops practical confidence to:
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Promote understanding and challenge stigma
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Notice and approach someone who may be struggling
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Listen and respond supportively
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Know your boundaries and enable further support
1 Day In-Person · 09:00–17:00