Mental Health Training

For more details of the programme, please see our 24/25 Training leaflet.

If you would like to find out more about the courses and book, go to the South Gloucestershire Council workforce development site. Please note some of the other courses on the work force development site do have a cost

For enquires please contact mentalhealth@southglos.gov.uk

Bitesize Training

Public health offers free mental health Bitesize training sessions for teams or groups that work with people in South Gloucestershire at a time that suits you.

Please see the Mental Health Bitesize leaflet for more details on the topic areas covered. These 60-minute sessions can be offered as an online session, face to face where capacity allows or as a pre-recorded session.

Suicide Awareness

The Zero Suicide Alliance have a number of courses to gain skills and confidence to help someone who may be considering suicide. This national course is open to all (Please note this is not training governed by South Gloucestershire Council).

Free online training from Zero Suicide Alliance

Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Training

Open to anyone in South Gloucestershire that works with people, to find out more and see course dates see our MECC page.

Costed Mental Health and Wellbeing Training:

Standard charge £49 exemptions apply- Booking and further information via South Gloucestershire Council workforce development site.

Mental Health Awareness Training (Half Day)  

Open to all but often taken by people who regularly work with people suffering from mental ill health.

Understanding personality disorder (Half Day)  

A course aimed mainly at professionals to improve skills and understanding relating to personality disorder.

Mental Capacity Act 

Various Mental Capacity Act training courses are available.

Parents and Carers

Free online courses for all parents, carers, grandparents and teens living in South Gloucestershire. Including an Understanding your Child’s Mental Health option. For the full details and information on how to access the online learning, visit In our place online learning and enter our exclusive South Gloucestershire access code. CONCORDE

South Gloucestershire Council also have several toolkits for parents including:

• • Understanding your child’s self harm 
  • Understanding your child’s mental health
  • Successfully Managing Anxiety Information for Parents and Carers
  • Successfully Managing Anxiety Information for Children and Young People
  • Sleep