Blueprint for Learning

Blueprint for Learning is running our free mental health workshop – Rural MH101 – in Gore and Invercargill in May. They warmly invite you to register for one of these trainings.

📝 Rural MH101 workshop - Gore
Date: Wednesday 20th May (9am-4.30pm)
Venue: The Croydon Lodge
Cost: FREE with morning and afternoon tea provided

📝 Rural MH101 workshop - Invercargill
Date: Thursday 21st May (9am-4.30pm)
Venue: Kelvin Hotel Invercargill
Cost: FREE with morning and afternoon tea provided

🧑‍🌾 Designed specifically for people living and working in rural communities. Delivered by facilitators with rural backgrounds, this workshop will give you the tools and strategies to recognise when someone is experiencing mental health challenges, how to support them when they need it, and how to maintain your own mental health and wellbeing.

👉 Who can attend: Anyone aged 18 and over who does not have previous mental health training and is not a registered health professional. Up to 5 staff from an organisation can attend each workshop.

📲 To register for either workshops, go to https://www.blueprint.co.nz/workshops/rural-mh101/

We are proud to introduce our Trauma 101 workshop - a safe and inclusive space designed to turn the uncertainty of hard conversations into confidence and empathy for a loved one experiencing trauma into action.

Most of us will face the weight of trauma at some point, whether it’s walking alongside a loved one or supporting a colleague through their hardest days. It’s an experience that can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone.

Guided by our expert kaiwhakaako (facilitators), you will learn how to:

✔️ Understand what trauma is and how the nervous system responds
✔️ Recognise the short and long-term impacts of trauma
✔️ Apply core trauma-informed principles to your daily interactions
✔️ Use practical communication tools to safely support those experiencing emotional distress.

The heart of this workshop is connection, and we’d love to help you build those bridges. We have several workshops now available across Aotearoa. Visit our website to find a location near you and secure your place or request a private workshop for your team.

Do you want to build a deeper understanding of wellbeing to support your whānau and friends safely?

This May, we have community-focused workshops all across Aotearoa. Guided by our expert kaiwhakaako (facilitators), these sessions provide a safe, jargon-free space for you to gain knowledge, skills, and confidence around wellbeing.

Whether you live in a rural area, belong to the Rainbow community, or want to draw on your own lived experience to help others, it is ok to reach out and learn new skills. Here is a look at just a few of the workshops we are running this month:

🌀 MH101: Builds your confidence to respond safely to people experiencing mental health challenges
🌀 Rural MH101: Offers tailored wellbeing support specifically for our rural and farming communities
🌀 Trauma 101: Provides a gentle framework to support someone navigating emotional distress
🌀 Addiction 101: Reduce stigma by shifting the conversation to understand the why behind addiction.

For more information and to find a workshop near you, send us a message!

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