Mental wellbeing awareness course to be held in Sheffield for RAF veterans and their families

The courses are being offered at venues across the United Kingdom including Sheffield by the Royal Air Forces Association, the charity that supports the welfare of the RAF family.

The initiative, named Finding It Tough? is open to all RAF (Royal Air Force) veterans and their families, plus partners, parents, siblings and children over 18 of anyone serving in the RAF, as well as anyone working on an RAF station such as MOD (Ministry of Defence) civil servants and defence contractors.

Air Marshal Sir Baz North, President of the RAF Association, said: “The continuing stigma around mental wellbeing issues is something which must be addressed in all walks of life. The free courses that we are offering are a vital step towards this.

“These courses will help people to identify the characteristics and traits associated with poor mental wellbeing so that timely and supportive action can be taken.”

The specially designed training aims to equip people to be more resilient to life’s pressures.

It will also help people to offer support to others struggling with mental wellbeing issues, and to signpost them to organisations that may be able to help.

Training sessions will be delivered on at the Kings Hotel on Oxford Road in Sheffield over the over coming months, with the first starting on Monday, March 9.

For more information and to book a place on the course, click here.