Free online mental health course: supporting other people
Do you want to be there for someone who's having a hard time, but worry about what to say?
Try our free online course, called Conversations in the Community. It builds your confidence in having everyday conversations about mental health and wellbeing. So you can be there for your friends, family, and others in your community.
- Learn by watching - contains video clips of real people talking to each other about mental health
- Learn by doing - contains practice scenarios for you to try
- Self-guided - no assessment, so you can go at your own pace
- Inclusive and respectful - co-produced with people from diverse communities across the UK
- Free and open to all
Our course won't make you a qualified mental health professional.
But you don't need to be a professional to be there for those around you.
What do people say about our course?
“It's empowering to have tools to cope with your own insecurity when supporting others.”
“It was really helpful to see conversations in action.”
“It can be a foreign territory where it needn't be ... I feel a lot more confident to do this now.”
“Realistic and down to earth examples which I could relate to.”
“Enlightening and empowering.”
We first developed this course in 2023, with support from Co-op. Find out more about our partnership with Co-op.
