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02/09/2026

Following on from my previous two posts, my exploring and thinking expanded beyond my original thoughts around Psychological Safety and workplace wellbeing.

This third post on my LinkedIn explains that development.
Enjoy!

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking more deeply about wellbeing, psychological safety and growth, moving forward and developing from my initial First Aid for Mental Health in the Workplace training. And something has changed. I started by researching and studying theories, ideas and concep...

28/08/2026

In my last post I explained while I had been away I had been exploring and working on some ideas around Psychological Safety.

As a follow up I made a post about wellbeing being linked to psychological safety.

The link to this LinkedIn post explains my thinking behind that.
Enjoy.

Wellbeing is not something we provide when people begin to struggle. It is something we build through the culture we create every day. This is an idea I keep returning to as I continue exploring the relationship between psychological safety, wellbeing and workplace culture. We often think about well...

26/08/2026

I have been away for a while and in that time I have been exploring and working on some ideas around Psychological Safety.

This post on my LinkedIn profile explains the start of what I have been working on.

Enjoy.

I’ve been a little quiet on LinkedIn recently. Part of that has been intentional. I’ve taken some time to reflect on workplace mental health and wellbeing, what I can contribute to the conversation, and perhaps most importantly, what sits beneath many of the wellbeing challenges we try to addres...

12/06/2026

🙋‍♂️ Engagement:
Across this week I’ve shared why safeguarding and first aid for mental health training matters for people working outside mainstream institutions: the tutors, coaches, volunteers, activity leaders, independent providers and community organisations who support children, young people and adults at risk and their colleagues every day. Please take a look to see them if you missed them.

👂 Now I’d love to hear from you 🫵 .

❓ What would benefit your organisation or setting the most?
🔵 More confidence recognising early signs of harm or distress
🔵Knowing how to respond safely and appropriately
🔵Understanding reporting routes and boundaries
🔵Supporting colleagues who may be struggling with their mental health
🔵Reducing stigma and improving communication
🔵Or something else entirely

Your insight helps shape training that genuinely supports the people doing vital work in our communities, often without the resources larger institutions take for granted.

➡️ Why this matters:
Training is most effective when it reflects the real challenges, pressures and responsibilities faced by the people on the ground.

🗨️ Feel free to comment openly or message/email privately if that’s more comfortable.
[email protected]

11/06/2026

📨 Invitation:
If your work takes you into schools, homes, clubs, community groups or any setting where you support, interact with or are around children, young people or adults at risk, you deserve access to clear, practical safeguarding and first aid for mental health training, wherever you are. Please seek it out.

📍 In Grantham, Newark, Lincoln and surrounding areas I offer:
In‑house, on site training (your organisation, your space)
Open public sessions at an event venue (for individuals or small teams)

🏛️ Courses available includes:
FAA (RQF) levels 1&3 Principles of Safeguarding and Protecting Children, Young People and Adults at Risk
FAA (RQF) Levels 1, 2 & 3 First Aid for Mental Health
giving people the confidence to recognise concerns, respond safely and support colleagues who may be struggling.

📫 If you’d like details or want to discuss what training would benefit your setting, send me an email or message and I’ll be happy to help. [email protected]

❓ Why this matters:
Because access to essential training shouldn’t depend on being part of a large organisation. Everyone who has some form of interaction with children, young people and/or adults at risk and a duty of care to their employees and colleagues deserves the tools to keep people and each other safe and supported.

➡️ Tomorrow: I’ll be asking what matters most to your organisation.

10/06/2026

👊 Impact:
When people prioritise and understand safeguarding and first aid for mental health, something powerful happens.

👀 Concerns of potential harm in children and adults at risk are noticed earlier and acted upon sooner.
People feel safer speaking up.
Staff and volunteers respond and report calmly and confidently instead of freezing.
Colleagues recognise when someone is struggling with their mental health and know how to offer safe, appropriate support.
Organisations and the places they operate in become safer spaces not by accident, but by design.

Training doesn’t just tick a box.
✅ It changes outcomes.

❓ Why this matters:
Because safer environments aren’t created by policies alone, they’re created by leaders who actively promote safer environments and people who recognise risk, notice early signs of distress or potential harm, and respond and report confidently when something isn’t right.

➡️ Tomorrow: accessing training, wherever you work.

09/06/2026

👀 Insight:
😕 When someone hasn’t been trained in safeguarding or first aid for mental health, it’s not that they don’t want to help they simply don’t know what they’re seeing or looking for and how to respond.

🕠 Early signs get missed.
Gut feelings get ignored.
Concerns go unreported.
People hope they’re wrong rather than risk causing a problem.

🔺 And the truth is:
harm can happen not because people don’t care, but because they don’t know what to do or they don't feel confident to act.

❓ Why this matters:
Confidence isn’t instinct, it comes through awareness and practice.
When people understand what early signs look like and how to respond safely, they act sooner, communicate better and protect more effectively leading to early intervention, support and positive outcomes.

➡️ Tomorrow: the impact of safer environments.

08/06/2026

👀 Awareness:

Many people who work with children, young people or adults at risk never receive any safeguarding or mental health training.

Not because they don’t care.
But because they work outside mainstream systems.

🙋‍♂️ Tutors. Coaches. Volunteers.
Activity leaders. Independent providers. Community workers.
People who step into schools, homes, clubs and public spaces every day.

These roles carry real responsibility, but often no formal support.

❓ Why this matters:
People outside mainstream institutions who often spend a lot time with children, young people and adults at risk have the least access to training. This creates preventable gaps in safety, confidence and wellbeing for the people they support and for the colleagues they work alongside.

➡️ Tomorrow: why this is significant.

03/06/2026

👊 Impact

🛟 Safer spaces start with informed people.

Training creates real impact:
✅ people feel more confident speaking up when something doesn’t feel right
✅concerns are recognised earlier, before they escalate
✅children, young people and vulnerable adults experience safer interactions
✅staff, volunteers and independent providers know how to listen and respond calmly and appropriately
✅organisations and community groups build a culture where safety and wellbeing are taken seriously

🩵 When more of us understand First Aid for Mental Health and Safeguarding, everyone benefits.

If your work takes you into schools, homes, clubs or care and community settings, this training gives you the tools to make a real difference.

🏛️ Book your place on the training event - https://lnkd.in/e4aXV2eW

Email or message me for more information: [email protected]

02/06/2026

👍 Confidence

You don’t need a specific job title to make a difference.
You just need the confidence to act when something doesn’t feel right.

🩵 First Aid for Mental Health and Safeguarding training give you practical tools to confidently support your colleagues, children, young people and vulnerable adults and their families in any setting.

🏛️ Join the upcoming training event places available https://lnkd.in/e4aXV2eW

Email or message me for more information: [email protected]