World Mental Health Day 2024
For World Mental Health Day, a useful reminder from the Health and Safety Executive why it’s important to support wellbeing in the workplace EVERY day.
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Open Mental Health First Aid Courses
We run open Mental Health First Aid courses in Milton Keynes at the Wellness and Therapeutic Hub, operated by Willen Hospice. Always a lovely venue, and the learners on last week’s course really appreciated the beautiful surroundings, and lunch (included in the price) overlooking Willen Lake. Our next course at Willen is on the 26th/27th
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World Suicide Prevention Day
Great that Dr AJ had the opportunity to share insights into suicide prevention yesterday, to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. The groups from Collaborate MK (at their Gold Workshop in the morning) and Milton Keynes University Hospital (at their dedicated event in the afternoon) were fully engaged for this vital topic.
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2025 Dates Announced
Our list of open Mental Health First Aid courses for 2025 have been added to the White Dog website. These are in addition to any in-company training you may require – get in contact for further details.
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Confidence to Support the Mental Health of Others
We love it when an organisation is committed to looking after the wellbeing of both its staff and stakeholders, and so Dr AJ had a great couple of days last week teaching Mental Health First Aid at St Mary’s Wavendon C of E Primary School. Thanks to everyone for making him feel so welcome, their
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Mental Health First Aid in Milton Keynes
Dr AJ had a great couple of days teaching Mental Health First Aid at Willen Hospice this week – thanks to everyone there for making him feel so welcome!
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Happy St John’s Day
As today is St John’s Day, and as Dr AJ has an undergraduate degree in Phytotherapy, we’ve decided to explode a few myths when it comes to St Joh’s Wort, which was traditionally said to flower on the 24th June. Click to read the article.
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More Confidence To Support Those Who Are Struggling
Dr AJ had a great time yesterday teaching Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health at Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes. The learners all gelled really quickly, and everyone had lots of valuable input, making the course very interactive and fun to teach! Congratulations to everyone for passing the course with flying colours, and now
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It’s NOT Mental Health Awareness Week
That’s next week. But as we should consider our mental health EVERY week, Essendon Accounts & Tax Limited asked Dr AJ to give a presentation on the importance of wellbeing at Aiimi yesterday morning. It’s always a joy for us to chat to so many engaged people, and impart some simple takeaway messages when it
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Opening the Tap on Your Stress Container
On the Mental Health First Aid courses, we always discuss your stress container (the place where you dump your stress). Whilst there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to mental health, it IS vital to regularly open the tap on your stress container in order to stay mentally resilient. After a busy week of teaching
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