Many of our learners can struggle to make time for our day time courses due to work or family commitments, so we have created a new evening course called Mind Time.
Who is it for and who will it help?
For anyone suffering from anxiety, depression, grief, stress or any other mental health issues who unable to attend one of our daytime courses.
How will it help?
Through education, discussions and support to enable empowering change.
What are the benefits?
It’s relaxed, and it helps build mental resilience, self-confidence, self-compassion as well as game-changing wellbeing practices you need to put you back in control of your health, and your future.
When do the courses run?
They run over 2 evenings from 6:30pm to 9:30pm and are held on a Tuesday and a Wednesday evening.
This course is free to people living or working within Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.
This two-day a week programme, held over two weeks teaches people how to manage and reduce negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours, using a wide range of self-management models, tried and tested theories and wellbeing recovery tools.
You don’t have to have a mental health diagnosis to benefit from attending one of our YOU Programmes.
Many people who attend our programmes are struggling with a variety of life challenges, such as
- depression
- bereavement
- relationship problems
- stress at home
- stress at work
- unemployment
- work-related issues
- anxiety
- Covid-19
- and many other problems that are affecting their quality of living and their overall health.
This course is free to people living or working within Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.
YOUR Choice is a natural stepping stone from one of our shorter courses to further support new learning to improve mental wellbeing. It can also be accessed on its own for those who are ready and willing to learn all they can to help themselves improve their mental wellbeing.
You can expect lively and sensitive discussions, science-backed wellbeing activities and practices, practical information and activities to support your new learning, through compassionate teaching, peer support, respect and fun. Â
This course is free to people living or working within Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.
The Unlock Menopause course has been designed to empower, enable and educate those who want to better understand and manage symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
That’s why we have designed a positive wellbeing, peer support programme on what really works to support women to understand menopause, feel empowered, build confidence and learn new wellbeing practices and strategies to start making positive changes to improve the quality of their health and their lives.
This course is free to people living or working within Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.
Mental Health Courses & Training
Impact Mental Health is a Peer-Led Community Interest Company providing mental health courses, training and services.
We are experienced in delivering uniquely designed mental health courses, training and services to help individuals experiencing health & well-being challenges to improve their mental, physical, social, professional, spiritual and emotional well-being.
Our programmes provide ways in which individuals can learn how to feel more empowered and get in control of their wellbeing recovery using a variety of tools to change, planning achievable goals and widening their support network with peer support, which can greatly improve the quality of their lives in and out of work. For Employers this can mean a significant reduction in long-term absenteeism due to stress and mental ill health, saving companies thousands of pounds in sick pay.
Learning how to manage stress successfully and implement mental health recovery techniques can increase employee work performance, productivity and improve employee engagement within the company through promoting a culture of well-being.
Our skilled trainers and teachers help you to focus on what recovery and well-being solutions work best for you. We do this through exploring fundamental subjects that help to enhance your journey towards total well-being.
- Impact Mental Health can provide Workplace Based Mental Health Wellbeing Support and Training Services for employers and work-based mental health sessions for employees, in addition to providing organisation health & wellbeing events.
- We also deliver a variety of Community-Based Mental Health Courses, Training and Programmes, which can help local communities to establish their own on-going peer support groups for the future, and develop their social networking opportunities.
A Social Enterprise with a Big Social Impact
Impact Mental Health is a social enterprise Community Interest Company that specialises in social and work place mental health support to advance societies’ health and mental wellbeing.
As a social enterprise/CIC, the profits we make when delivering our mental heath courses and programmes help us to provide free community based programmes to individuals experiencing  long-term mental ill-health. These programmes can have a life changing effect on communities by significantly improving health and well-being, enhancing local social networks, growing peer support, sharing skills and increasing opportunities for individuals to establish peer-supported routes into volunteering, education and employment.
Déanne Clark – CEO