Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c46-4292-7141-a4d1-70c03332abbb/mental-health-awareness-training-in-secondary-schools awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Mental Health Awareness Training in Secondary Schools [Department of Health and Social Care](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care) Often single bidder Estimated value £265,000 Published 16 Apr 2019 Deadline Closed 14 Feb 2019 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The mental health awareness training should equip members of staff with the skills and information to spot early signs of mental health conditions, so that they are able to have an open discussion with children and young people and point them to relevant the mental health support they need. The purpose of this mental health awareness training is to reduce stigma by shifting negative attitudes about mental health to enable early detection of mental health conditions. Previous years of the programme have delivered training to a member of staff in 2,000 secondary schools in England. In the first two years of the programme 2000 members of staff in 2000 schools will have bee participated in a youth mental health awareness one day course delivered by Mental Health First Aid. The key output for the third is to deliver appropriate mental health awareness training to one member of staff in the remaining 1000 secondary schools between April 2019 and March 2020. Appropriate mental health awareness training should teach participants to: · Spot the early signs of a mental health problem · Feel confident helping someone experiencing a problem · Provide help on a first aid basis · Help prevent someone from hurting themselves or others · Help stop a mental illness from getting worse · Help someone to recover faster · Guide someone towards the right support · Reduce the stigma of mental health issues · Improve resilience and about preventative mental health · Build a mentally healthy school/workplace/community Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/c4085502-f904-4e79-8118-44da3b2674b0) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department of Health and Social Care: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care) [Sector More Education & training tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/education-training) ## More tenders like this [The Provision of SNCO Engineering Foundation Degree Scheme Runn · Ministry of Defence · 30 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4839-7070-a162-5e7441d93f13/the-provision-of-snco-engineering-foundation-degree-scheme-runn) [Training services – Conception et animation de formations à l’immobilier et mise à disposition de modules d'autoformation en ligne au profit de l’Institut de la Gestion Publique et du Développement Économique, destinées à professionnaliser les agents de l’État et des organismes publics. · Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de la souveraineté industrielle, énergétique et numérique · 24 days left · 12 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-0c51-72fb-bad6-941822fbc6b7/france-training-services-conception-et-animation-de-formations-a-limmobilie) [Education and training services – Mezőgazdaság és erdészet ágazat képzései 27314\_3. · Büntetés-végrehajtás Országos Parancsnoksága · 10 days left · 29 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-c383-73d0-b7cc-8114e67ab766/hungary-education-and-training-services-mezogazdasag-es-erdeszet-agazat-kepz) [Adult and other education services – REZ BBSAT 45ind IdAP JC Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg · Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Regionales Einkaufszentrum BB/SAT · 31 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-0fee-72bf-8b28-73966c957633/germany-adult-and-other-education-services-rez-bbsat-45ind-idap-jc-berlin-te) [Vocational training services – impartición de nueve acciones formativas de formación profesional PARA EL empleo EN EL centro público de formación profesional PARA EL empleo “punta europa” de algeciras (cádiz). modalidad presencial Y teleformación · Delegación Territorial de Empleo, Empresa y Trabajo Autónomo, y de Inteligencia Artificial, Desarrollo Digital y Administración Pública en Cádiz · 35 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-d368-7182-ae9d-2b2242df78fa/spain-vocational-training-services-imparticion-de-nueve-acciones-formativas) [Vocational training services – Formation obligatoire des assistant(e)s maternel(le)s agréé(e)s-. · Département de l'Aisne · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-1ece-7277-a173-7f2908586c38/france-vocational-training-services-formation-obligatoire-des-assistantes)