Mental Health First Aid Training
&
Advice
I help empower your team with relatable Mental Health First Aid Training.
I offer advice and tailored assessments to support you and your colleagues and promote workplace wellbeing.
A Wellbeing Roadmap: Confidence, Clarity and Capability.
Untrained leadership: Managers frequently feel unqualified or anxious about handling mental health issues, fearing they’ll say the wrong thing or overstep boundaries.
Rising burnout and absenteeism: Businesses struggle with growing stress, burnout and unplanned leave that undercut productivity - yet without a structured plan these issues go unchecked.
Hidden mental-health gaps: Businesses often lack a clear baseline or audit of employee wellbeing, so chronic stressors and policy weaknesses remain invisible.
Reactive culture: Wellbeing efforts are often ad hoc and crisis‑driven. Leaders find themselves firefighting individual problems rather than executing a strategic resilience program.
Weak wellbeing culture: Lack of trust, connection or psychological safety means employees hesitate to speak up about issues, undermining engagement and retention.
No feedback loops: Without regular pulse surveys, reports or accountability checks, managers cannot track progress or prove the return in investment -making it hard to demonstrate the value of wellbeing initiatives.
There’s never been more advice on mental health but with so much of it out there, often offering conflicting messages, it can be hard to know what truly helps.
That’s where I come in - helping business owners and managers cut through the noise and take clear, confident steps towards better mental health at work.
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Compass Check
Compass Check gives your team’s well-being an objective check-up. It highlights what’s working well and where more support might be needed, giving you a clear view of your strengths and any areas that need attention. Learn more about Compass Check on our Services page.
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Spot and Support
Mental Health First Aid training for your team’s key staff. It equips participants with the confidence and skills to spot and support colleagues facing mental health challenges, with follow-up support to ensure these skills can be put into practice. Find out more on the Services page.
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Storm Ready
Storm-Ready is an ongoing support program designed to keep your team prepared for any challenge. It bundles an initial wellbeing assessment with targeted training and regular coaching calls, giving your leaders and wellness champions the guidance and confidence to weather any storm. Visit our Services page to learn more about Storm-Ready.
The Problem
You may have invested in well being support and training before. But deep down, you know it’s not enough.
Some staff seem stressed and are struggling. Colleagues feel unprepared for difficult conversations. And when incidents do occur, there’s a scramble to respond - rather than a confident, co-ordinated plan.
You’re committed to doing the right thing - not just to meet legal obligations, but because you genuinely care. But without the right support, mental health and wellbeing ends up feeling like a tick-box exercise.
The Solution
Practical, People-Focused Mental Health First Aid Training & Well Being Support
✓ Staff learn how to spot signs of distress early and act with confidence.
✓ Managers gain support and advice on policy.
✓ Colleagues are equipped to handle sensitive conversations without fear of “getting it wrong”.
✓ Light touch assessments identify key risk areas and opportunities for early intervention - solving problems upstream not dealing with a crisis downstream.
✓ Together we build a supportive culture where mental health isn’t an afterthought-it’s part of how you do business.
Make the shift towards a safer, more resilient workplace-one that supports people, empowers managers with confidence and actionable insights.
Struggling with Wellbeing Initiatives That Don’t Stick?
You’re the owner or manager with the responsibility for HR. You’re under pressure to ensure legal compliance and you are aware mental health support is out there but it’s either too expensive or too time consuming for you and the team. You also want a return on the investment in yourself and your people.
But too often, external wellbeing programmes become little more than a tick-box exercise - one-off workshops, surface-level initiatives, and a lack of real improvement.
This could lead to Organisations running the risk of…
Staff feeling unheard, unsupported, and disengaged
Burnout
Absenteeism
Non-compliance
Poor employee retention.
Hi I’m Gavin and I know you want your team to feel supported, resilient and ready.
I am an accredited Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) instructor since 2022 and a Primary Teacher with 20 years of teaching experience in the Highlands.
My mission is to provide a training service that is grounded in evidence, empathy and long-term impact.
I know you want your team to feel supported, resilient and ready.
To make that happen, you need a mentally healthy workplace - one where people feel safe, seen and understood. That is my mission.
I don’t just deliver flexible training that suits you - I partner with you to embed real capability in your team, improve workplace wellbeing and help your team to be stronger. I offer high quality, in-person training, tailored wellbeing assessments and ongoing support.
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