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        YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
FIRST AID TRAINING
We are thrilled to be working closely with Chris Madden who is a qualified and experienced practising Counselling Psychotherapist and accredited Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid (England) Instructor. Chris spoke to us about how much he appreciates the support that BYC provides for children, including his own children, and therefore wanted to give something back to BYC.
Mental Health has become a significant
issue for young people as we feel the impact on Covid and the challenges that isolation brought. Chris has offered to provide high quality accredited training to volunteers, music leaders, leaders and mentors. This 2
day intensive training course includes several modules, aimed to equip people in identifying and managing situations well when they arise. Those successfully completing the training will become fully accredited Youth Mental Health First Aiders with MHFA, a nationally respected and recognised qualification.
Chris has generously offered his service, time, learning materials, registration with MHFA England and certification at no cost to BYC. This is a significant commitment and gesture that we are very grateful for.
Our first cohort of volunteers has completed this training. Feedback from the team that did the training was incredibly positive, with all
of them finding the work fascinating and the quality of delivery by Chris was excellent.
This first cohort of 16 is now fully accredited which is wonderful. Chris has also committed to another 2 cohorts of 16 in the coming months, which will mean that nearly 50 of our leaders will be trained and accredited and, crucially,
be able to provide support for our young people. We are incredibly grateful to Chris for this fantastic opportunity, and to the volunteers and other leaders in the choir who have given up their valuable time, unpaid, to take part in this important work.
Debbie Hobson Volunteer Manager
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