Free online mental health first aid training for volunteers – Somerset County Gazette

A Yeovil entrepreneur has launched free online mental health first aid training.
Joanna Buckland, who is the founder of WellBe Link, has announced that the company will be offering free mental health training to volunteers.
The training will be offered through the company’s volunteer training programme.
Ms Buckland said: “We believe in doing more than just delivering training. We believe in transforming our profits into social action.
“Our volunteer training programme ensures that volunteers who are often the backbone of community support have access to high-quality mental health training at no cost.”
The programme was inspired by conversations with social prescribers after the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was found that many volunteers were willing to help, but felt unequipped to handle mental health challenges.
This led to the creation of WellBe’s volunteer training programme, which reserves two fully-funded places for community volunteers on every mental health first aid (MHFA) course.
The company has been supported by organisations including HR Star and Pentadel, which has seen volunteers from companies in Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire access the training for free.
The feedback from these sessions has been overwhelmingly positive.
The new online course dates have just been released for February 2025.
For more information, visit the WellBe Link website.
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