Virgin Atlantic Airways, Civil Aviation Authority, Thames Water, Affinity Water, Thales UK, Intel, Canon UK, Canon Europe, Enterprise Rent A Car, SPG, Omnicom Media Group, Foster & Partners, Parker Hannifin, Autotrader, Portsmouth University, Unum, Gleeds, British Standards Institute, Raven Housing, Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Womble Bond Dickinson, Enterprise Holdings, Foster Denovo, Construction Health & Safety Group, West Sussex Mind, Epsom College, and various other public and private sector organisations as well as schools, colleges and Universities.
Case Studies
Mainly Mental Health Trainers have delivered hundreds of sessions and courses to businesses and organisations throughout the UK, all the while empowering people to support each other and building the business case for mental health.
MMH have been delighted to work with high profile companies such as:
Case Study
Thames Water
“The introduction of Mental Health First Aiders has led to a cultural revolution across Thames Water.”
The Mainly Mental Health Company has worked with Thames Water for nearly 10 years to support their Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy by providing Resilience, Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Awareness (Mindfit) Training to over 5000 Thames Water employees so far. This has resulted in a 75% reduction in absence due to mental ill health. Thames Water records 5 x more mental health first aid interventions than physical first aid.
Karl Simons, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer said: “Across the organisation, we were experiencing more occupational health referrals for stress, anxiety and depression than we were for physical illnesses. Many of our employees work shift patterns or are lone workers and the nature of the work can be in high risk, demanding environments, such as navigating confined entries into deep sewers. Therefore, we implemented a new ‘Time to Talk’ mental health strategy to ensure we cared for our employees’ mental health as well as their physical health. Embedding Mental Health First Aiders into the organisation was a core part of this strategy from the very start.”
MHFA England includes the work that MMH has done with TW on their website in recognition of the impact the training has had.
Case Study
Virgin Atlantic Airlines
“We would strongly encourage anyone interested in providing MHFA training for their people, to use Jane and her amazing Mainly Mental Health team.”
The MMH team worked with Virgin Atlantic Airways over several years and has trained over 2000 crew and pilots in stress management, MHFA and Pilot’s Awareness Training.
We started working with Jane and the Mainly Mental Health team, in July 2018. Our ambition was to have 1 in every 5 of our crew community trained as a Mental Health First Aider. 2 years later, not only have we reached that goal, but we a thriving and highly visible MHFA community. Jane and her team have been incredible; the training was delivered with professionalism, compassion and warmth. We would strongly encourage anyone interested in providing MHFA training for their people, to use Jane and her amazing Mainly Mental Health team.
Steven Sneddon
Senior Manager – Crew Experience, Cabin
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
Mainly Mental Health have been supporting our Wellbeing Strategy for the past two years. Our drive to open up conversation and reduce the stigma of mental health across our business has been ably implemented by the Mainly Mental Health instructors who offer outstanding course delivery, are adaptable, reliable and inclusive. Working across a number of diverse business areas, the team are able to flex their style to fit the audience, whilst always delivering the required content to time. A great partnership, long may it continue!
Josie Lazenby
Senior Manager – Occupational Health & Wellbeing
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
Case Study
Thales UK
“I’d highly recommend Jane and the Mainly Mental Health Company for reliable, personable and professional delivery.”
MMH has had a wonderful relationship with Thales UK for over 3 years and Jane has been privileged to have been part of their journey to start, develop and maintain and UK wide network of Mental Health First Aiders. The MMH Team have trained around 450 Mental Health First Aiders and are now supporting Thales to improve awareness in the management population through half day courses.
“It’s been a real pleasure working with Jane over the last 2.5 years. Jane has a wealth of knowledge and experience and the feedback for her training sessions is consistently excellent, particularly in relation to her ability to make challenging subject matters accessible. Jane’s multi-sector experience means she is well placed to provide practical advice on the implementation of workplace mental health education and support and this has been really valuable for Thales. Implementing MHFA has positively impacted many of the conversations we are having internally and I’d highly recommend Jane and the Mainly Mental Health Company for reliable, personable and professional delivery.”
Samantha Madeiros
Head of Employee Relations
Case Study
Gleeds
We have worked with Jane to deliver MHFA training for 2 years running, training 48 Mental Health First Aiders in total (with more to come!).
Jane is extremely knowledgeable in her field, she delivers the course with a personable approach adding context to help build understanding. Jane has a great command of the course material, she can live and breathe it as well as add her own experience into it which really helps when delivering challenging topics and sensitive material.
We’ve received fantastic feedback from our colleagues who attended the course, describing Jane as personable, approachable, empowering, and professional.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Jane to any organisations seeking a fantastic trainer to deliver Mental Health First Aid, or any other Wellbeing topic.
Thank you Jane for supporting the Gleeds Wellbeing strategy!
Kate Williams
Head of People & Culture UK
Gleeds
Here are just some of the glowing reviews and inspirational remarks we have received in return:
This course is delivered to a very high standard, very informative and very interactive. The knowledge I have gained from this course has given me the understanding, confidence and tools in helping people who are experiencing different levels of mental ill health. The course material is very user friendly and easy on the eye to follow. Overall I have taken away the want to talk about mental health to help tackle the stigma and discrimination that it still holds amongst society and what I and can do to take this forward within the company I work for and outside. I would most definitely be recommending this course to others.
Jane was a fantastic instructor, her vast knowledge was evident throughout the course and Jane bought just the right amount of humour to take the edge off what has been a very emotive subject to learn.
Wasn't sure how a zoom training course would work as I have never done it before, but it was perfect I felt like the whole group gelled as you would in a class environment which is a true reflection of Jane's skills. I really like Cecile too. A very vibrant and warm person 🙂 Thank you to you both for what you have taught me, I feel like I now have the ability to help make a difference to someone who needs it
They were incredibly qualified trainers and that was evident throughout the course in the knowledge that they were able to add to the content they were presenting. Both were incredibly engaging, holding our attention as virtual participants, and despite some tech hitches, the format did work very well. The course felt like a safe zone for participants to open up and ask questions and about their personal experiences or diagnoses. The homework was the right amount and a good blend of videos and reading of the manual. I would highly recommend this course again via Jane's company.
Very interesting and informative. Delivered very professionally in a very comfortable environment (via Zoom). No pressure and fine to ask any questions.
Very good course that has raised spirits and awareness of mental health overall and not just in the work place.I feel like I can be a mental health superhero offering advise and support to anyone!Thanks Jane for very knowledgeable and excellent delivery.
The course was very informative and easy to follow and Jane delivered it in a way that made everyone feel comfortable and included.
I think Jane is a great person to run the course, entertaining, engaging and hugely knowledgeable. The course materials were very well written and I really enjoyed the case study group activities. It worked as a video conference very well. I would certainly recommend the course and feel very confident in sharing ideas with others about mental health and normalising discussion around the topics learned. Thank you
Jane was inspiring in her delivery of the content; she maintained an excellent balance being thoroughly informative, including some humour where appropriate and being highly sensitive whilst travelling over this difficult terrain. I would highly recommend this to others.
I thought the course materials were excellent. The layout of the course manual was useful and made the content easy to access.The activities spread out over the 4 sessions were very useful and supported my developing knowledge and understanding of the topics covered.The use of technology to complete the course via zoom was also very good and facilitated us being able to complete an exceptionally useful course.Jane was a very easy instructor to follow and her use of examples to illustrate certain situations made understanding things easier.
Conducting the entire thing on Zoom in a group of 7 with our instructor was perfect whilst remote it still felt intimate and stimulating and not at all awkward thanks to the expertise & guidance from Jane CattermoleQuality of online resources & interactive exercises also worked well thank you
I found the training really helpful and am coming away from it with a lot of good tips/tools to help me manage my team in a better way.
No more ‘At least…..’ from me and I think it will benefit my personal life too!
Very interesting course and well managed as a virtual classroom. Really knowledgeable course instructor who kept everyone engaged and made us all feel part of the group. Excellent experience!
Very informative and a real eye opener! I feel better able and more confident to approach individuals if I see or sense they are in distress.
Really enjoyed the course and worked well remotely - liked how there were different activities to keep us engaged. Interesting hearing other managers’ experiences within the group. Great instructor.
Well done Jane, you managed to keep the tempo of the course just right for online delivery and made for a very enjoyable learning experience.
The course was informative and interactive even if we were all in different locations. Jane made the whole experience quite fluid and interesting and I did enjoy the learning and sharing experiences with other managers
I really enjoyed the course. Jane did an oustanding job over zoom. She is very professional and knowledgeable - made everyone feel at ease.
As a manager I was a little stressed at having to find the time for this but, within the first 10 minutes actually, was engaged. I see why it’s mandatory. I wouldn’t have volunteered for it but am so glad I have done it. I have some very practical resources to use and it’s made me consider how my actions affect others and to prioritise my own mental health. Exemplify!
Very good and very useful under the current COVID-19 situation. Gives a reminder to all on the impact of the situation on others. Very good adaption for on-line, Microsoft Teams or Zoom delivery. Thank you