07 Feb Mental Health First Aid in action with Fly2help…
It’s great to have tools to help others and to recognise when someone needs support, and to feel confident to help …
Georgina Godfree who is an integral part of the success of ‘ Fly2 help’ – a UK aviation charity dedicated to raising the spirits of people and inspiring young people as they consider their future careers.
Georgina joined us for the one day mental health champion course in January and found some of the tools really useful in her work …
Working for a charity that supports people living in life challenging circumstances, I meet people from every walk of life. It’s important to be diligent and adapt my style of working when dealing with certain situations. One of the aims of our work is to improve people’s wellbeing and provide them with positive, shared memories to look back on.
The day after the course, I ran one of our events for a family with various challenging situations going on at home. The skills I learnt enabled me to establish who needed more ‘time to talk’ and allowed me to understand the circumstances they‘re under. They also gave me the confidence to start the right sort of conversations with each individual; which in turn allowed us to get to know their story more thoroughly.
