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Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

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The Oxford Mindfulness Foundation is a mindfulness charity based in Oxford, set up in 2007, which works in partnership with the University of Oxford. Its courses for the public are taught live online in groups. They include Finding Peace in a Frantic World, which runs for 8 weeks with 90-minute sessions, and two other 8-week courses, Mindfulness for Life and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Depression. For people who want to teach mindfulness, it runs a 12-month online teacher training programme of 29.5 days that leads to its Trained Teacher Certificate, with professional development and mentoring for teachers already trained. Organisations can arrange collaborations ranging from a one-off talk to longer programmes, and it lists work in healthcare, hospitality, banking and maritime settings. Course prices are not shown on its course overview pages. It is a registered charity (number 1122517) and company (06144314), and was called The Oxford Mindfulness Centre until 2011. Professor Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford, is named as a founder, and Dr Sharon Hadley is chief executive. It also runs online retreats and live online meditation sessions.

Positive Pause

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Positive Pause is a menopause education brand, founded in 2016 by Ann Stephens, that runs online menopause awareness training for UK employers. It offers three workplace courses. Menopause line manager training is for managers, senior leaders and human resources (HR) staff, and covers duty of care under employment law, reasonable adjustments and confidential conversations. Menopause Champion training, also called Menopause Ambassador training, prepares employees to support colleagues and covers the stages of menopause, symptoms and self-care, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Staff awareness sessions are open to all employees. Sessions are delivered online, with downloadable resources, posters and guidance on writing a menopause action plan. Session length is not published. Prices are not published. The website says the training carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certification to evidence training hours, without naming the certifying body. Testimonials name the trainers as Ann and Jo and come from organisations including Sytner, James Walker Group, WRAP and SMS plc. Ann Stephens and Christien Bird are directors of Menopause Movement, a sister business that trains health and fitness professionals, and own the Positive Pause trademark.

Psych Safety

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Psych Safety is a psychological safety training and consultancy brand of Iterum Ltd in Beeston, Nottingham, co-founded by Tom Geraghty and Jade Garratt. It runs workshops for organisations, from Ignite sessions of 1 to 4 hours for senior leaders and boards to team workshops and management masterclasses of up to two days, plus a Train the Trainer course of two to three days. These are delivered online or in person. Individuals can join live online workshops of two and a half hours on Zoom, take the self-paced Psychological Safety 101 course or buy downloadable toolkits. Its Measure tool is an anonymous team survey that adapts questions from Amy Edmondson's 1999 scale. Live workshops cost £185 each when self-funded or £290 when paid for by an organisation, with scholarship places at £50. The six-workshop course is £999 self-funded or £1,566 organisation-funded. Measure is free for one survey, then £60 a year for a team or £260 a year for up to ten teams. Workshops carry continuing professional development (CPD) hours and digital badges, though no accrediting body is named. It states that it has trained more than 4,000 leaders across more than 500 organisations, in sectors including healthcare, aviation, technology and education.

Red Cross Training

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Red Cross Training is the workplace training service of the British Red Cross, set up in 1984, with its contact office at Salford Quays. Its mental health at work range has five courses: Mental Health Awareness for Managers, Stress Management and Team Resilience, Introduction to Stress at Work, Call Handling with Empathy at Work and Wellbeing Support at Work. They are aimed at managers, call handlers and wider staff. Depending on the course, they run at venues across the UK, at an employer's own site, as virtual trainer-led sessions or as self-paced e-learning. The managers' course lasts one day in person or 3.5 hours online, while Wellbeing Support at Work is a 1.5-hour online module. Prices are published and exclude VAT. Mental Health Awareness for Managers costs from £221 per learner at a venue, from £1,550 for an in-person group of 4 to 12, or £86 per learner online, and Wellbeing Support at Work costs £46 per learner. The courses are designed by Red Cross psychosocial experts and described as continuing professional development (CPD) accredited, though the accrediting body is not named. Surplus from training goes to the British Red Cross, a charity registered in England and Wales (220949), Scotland (SC037738) and the Isle of Man (0752).