Inside this month’s issue:
- What’s been happening: 39 miles in one day!
- What’s new: I’ve been speaking!
- What’s coming up: Lots of fantastic guest speakers
We are: Supportive – Curious – Welcoming – Encouraging – Straightforward. We are Garrett Learning.
What’s been happening?
Did someone say we walked 39 miles in one day?!
That we did! We set off at 6am from South Birmingham on the longest day of the year (21st June) to walk the North Worcestershire Way, ending up in Bewdley at 10pm… just for fun! Although my lovely friend Sarah did make me this little medal to remember the day by… however I also have the blistered feet that remember the day well! It’s going to take one or more pedicures to sort them out!
Feet aside, it was an absolute pleasure to accompany Sarah and her wider team of walkers who joined us for different sections of the walk.
Next year she’s aiming to complete 50 miles on June 20th (Longest day of the year) It’s going to be a flatter canal route so that will be more appealing to me and less ‘jungle-like!’…plus it’s good practice as I want to complete Hadrian’s Wall route in 2027, that’s 88 miles spread over 7 days. Again, just for fun! What’s on your bucket list?
I have also been speaking up a lot! The lovely Adam Hounslow-Smith from Dandelion Video Production invited me onto his podcast, ‘What do you do? –
I was able to share ‘what does a Mental Health First Aider do?’ and it was a brilliant experience.
Take a listen here:
https://dandelionvideo.co.uk/2026/07/17/what-does-a-mental-health-first-aider-do/
If you want to know more about Adam you can connect with him on linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-hs/ and visit his website: https://dandelionvideo.co.uk/
If you’d like to know more about what we cover on the MHFA England Mental Health First Aid programme and managers training, please take a look at https://www.garrettlearning.co.uk/services/mhfa-england-mental-health-training-programmes/ or get in touch with me at wendy@garrettlearning.co.uk to chat about your learning and development needs.
What’s new?
We were asked as an associate to deliver some training to an international organisation. The learners were from Egypt, Turkey, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Kenya.
Although I was facilitating the training, I learnt so much about the way mental health is viewed within different countries and cultures.
Mental health isn’t always recognised as a health condition for many reasons, and people are more likely to share that they are stressed, having a bad day or exhausted.
Many people worry/fear about how they will be perceived by their family, workplace and community if they mention the words ‘mental health’.
Some of these countries also don’t have support in place and may use faith, natural remedies, prison or torture to ‘fix people’.
I do hope that the conversations we had and the resources provided will support them and their families and friends in the future.
On Sunday I recorded in a radio studio for Jen Goldie’s The Wellbeing Hour on Black Country Xtra! – I was in my element! This will be published on 11th Sept and available for 2 weeks. I will share the link once it’s out!
What’s coming up?
Join the other Workplace Wellbeing Champions on Wednesday 12th August, 15:00-15:50 GMT, come and connect with like-minded MHFAiders, wellbeing ambassadors, people managers and the HR team to embed their learning and to bridge the gap with some support, learning and growth. You’ll be able to ask your questions, keep up to date with your learning and development and collaborate with others during our complimentary session.
We will be joined by Sam Holt, founder of Back to Life Cancer Support. She’s going to be able to help to with the conversation around cancer in the workplace and with our friends and family.
Please register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/L830ddIxT-SPtI1VrgtxlA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions or queries, please do reach out to me: wendy@garrettlearning.co.uk or Whatsapp: +447859 878 599
Find out more at: https://www.garrettlearning.co.uk/services/workplace-well-being-champion/
We look forward to welcoming you along.
I’m a continuous learner. For the last couple of years, I have joined Sally’s book club. On the last Wednesday of the month, we all get together online to talk about the book. August is about ‘Learn Like a Lobster! I’m a couple of chapters in so far and the author shares that learning is part of every day, not an addition to our day. I like the idea of that!
To sign up and find out more, please visit: https://www.sallydayconsultancy.com/sallys-book-club/
And if you’re a woman in business, check out https://womenwhouk.co.uk/ a supportive community for Women created by Lisa Lloyd . I host the online sessions, on 12th August at 17:00-18:30 we are saying #YesToGrowth ….come and join us!
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Enjoy your summer, and our 6th heatwave is pending! I will be ‘downing tools’ to spend a week in Marrakech.
See you soon,
Wendy
