Lancashire and South Cumbria Training Hub

Make Every Contact Count 1-Day Chat to Change Train the Trainer Course – Face to Face - Skelmersdale
2024-01-18
Venue TBC
What is MECC?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations. Staff across health and care, local authority and voluntary sectors have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
See full info here: MECC TTT FLYER – JAN 2024
Course Registration:
There are twenty places available per each face to face course. To apply for a place on the MECC Train the Trainer course please fill out this application form (MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – Jan 2024) in full and send to: workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk
Once you have been registered a confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.
Once all places have been filled on the course, a course briefing pack and various info’s will be sent to you. Please note all applications are registered on a first come, first serve basis.
The MECC 1-Day training course is being delivered by Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB & Active Lancashire for the benefit of Lancashire & South Cumbria population, to assist people to become more active in their own health and care.

Make Every Contact Count 1-Day Chat to Change Train the Trainer Course – Face to Face - Blackpool
2024-01-25
– Venue TBC
What is MECC?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations. Staff across health and care, local authority and voluntary sectors have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
See full info here: MECC TTT FLYER – JAN 2024
Course Registration:
There are twenty places available per each face to face course. To apply for a place on the MECC Train the Trainer course please fill out this application form (MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – Jan 2024) in full and send to: workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.ukOnce you have been registered a confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.
Once all places have been filled on the course, a course briefing pack and various info’s will be sent to you. Please note all applications are registered on a first come, first serve basis.
The MECC 1-Day training course is being delivered by Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB & Active Lancashire for the benefit of Lancashire & South Cumbria population, to assist people to become more active in their own health and care.

Make Every Contact Count 1-Day Chat to Change Train the Trainer Course – Face to Face - Chorley/Preston
2024-01-30

Wellbeing Guardian and Senior Executive Leaders – Community Conversations Session
2024-02-13 13:30 - 15:00 UTC
What is this session?
Community conversations are a virtual action learning style session to provide a space for peer support and for wellbeing guardian or a senior executive leader supporting the health and wellbeing agenda to share their lived experience. This is an opportunity to influence national policy and strategic direction.
Who for?
These sessions are available to all Wellbeing Guardians and the senior organisational leaders who support them.
When?
Below are the planned dates for the Community Conversations for 2023/24.
Save the date – Community Conversations 2023/24

Tues 15 Aug 2023, 1:30 – 3pm
Tues 14 Nov 2023, 1:30 – 3pm
Tues 13 Feb 2024, 1:30 – 3pm

How to register?
To reserve your place at any of the community conversation sessions please email growing.ohwb@nhs.net stating which date’s you wish to attend.

Stress Awareness Month Listening Room
2024-04-17 11:00 - 11:45 (Europe/London)
The Lancashire and South Cumbria Culture and Inclusion Team are running a series of themed listening rooms for all Lancashire and South Cumbria staff system-wide.
Stress Awareness Month – Wednesday 17th April 11:00-11:45 Click here to join the meeting
A special listening room has been arranged to mark Stress Awareness Month.
This session will be for ICB and ICS system-wide staff members and provides a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences in the workplace, to learn and to ask questions in a safe environment.

What is Stress Awareness Month?
Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to raise awareness of the causes of (and cures for) our modern-day stress epidemic. It is an opportunity to start conversations about stress within our organisations and communities, in order to begin to break down barriers and to reduce the stigma that surrounds stress and mental health.
Evidence shows that the act of talking about stress itself can significantly reduce its impact, so the campaign aims to encourage individuals to open up and discuss any problems and challenges that they may be experiencing, together with any coping mechanisms that they have found helpful, in the hope that they may be beneficial to others who are also experiencing symptoms of stress.
What is a listening room?
Listening rooms are one of the elements of wellbeing support offered to staff internally. Generic listening rooms held once a week are reactionary mental wellbeing spaces where health and wellbeing champions provide an informal safe space for staff to take a short break, discuss any issues or just chat with colleagues. Following listening rooms, champions have provided mental health first aid support, signposting/referral to specialised support and taken anonymous feedback to the leadership team to improve staff experience. HWB champions are mental health first aid (REACT) trained and trained to have effective wellbeing conversations, therefore they are well equipped to provide support to staff and signpost where required.
Listening rooms are safe spaces for staff and sometimes sensitive issues are discussed in the listening rooms, therefore all colleagues attending are expected to respect one another and maintain confidentiality. Anything heard in the listening room will not be shared outside the room by champions unless there is a risk of harm. Listening rooms are not recorded.

Having effective wellbeing conversations training
2024-05-21 09:00 - 10:30 (Europe/London)
The NHS People Plan sets out the ambition that every member of the NHS should have a health and wellbeing conversation with their line manager or a peer.
As part of this conversation, line managers will be expected to discuss an individual’s health and wellbeing, and any flexible working requirements, as well as equality, diversity and inclusion.
This training will enable you to:

Have a supportive conversation with colleagues
Support colleagues with their health and wellbeing
Signpost to appropriate support

Email ambreen.bhatti@nhs.net or Teams message to book a place.

REACT mental health conversations (mental health first aid) training
2024-05-22 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/London)
People with management, supervisory and supportive roles can have a significantly positive (or negative) impact on the mental wellbeing of the people in their teams and communities.
REACT mental health conversation training equips NHS managers, supervisors and those with caring responsibilities for NHS people to confidently hold supportive and compassionate mental health and wellbeing conversations.
This training will enable you to:

Identify people in your team or community who may be struggling with their mental health
Initiate a supportive wellbeing conversation
Confidently hold the conversation using active listening skills
Signpost to appropriate support.

Email ambreen.bhatti@nhs.net or Teams message to book a place.

MECC – Make Every Contact Count 1-Day Chat to Change Train the Trainer Course – Face to Face - Carer's Link, Accrington
2024-07-11 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Thurs 11th July – Carer’s Link, Accrington
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course Chorley
2024-08-15 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Thurs 15th August – Strawberry Fields Hub, Chorley
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

MECC Trainin the trainer Chat to change 1 day face to face course Blackpool
2024-08-20 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Tues 20th August –Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course Wigan
2024-09-19 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Thurs 19th September – Nuvenu Conf Centre, Wigan
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

Wellbeing Conversations Training
2024-10-21 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-20 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
What is a wellbeing conversation?
The NHS People Plan 2020-21 sets out an ambition: “From September 2020, every member of the NHS should have a health and wellbeing conversation and develop a personalised plan. These conversations may fit within an appraisal, job plan or one-to-one line management discussion, and should be reviewed at least annually. As part of this conversation, line managers will be expected to discuss the individual’s health and wellbeing, and any flexible working requirements, as well as equality, diversity and inclusion.”

Vision for the wellbeing conversations
Health and wellbeing conversations are intended to be regular, supportive, coaching-style one to one conversations that focus on the wellbeing of our NHS people.
By encouraging organisations to embed wellbeing conversations across their system, we aim to create cultures where people feel heard and valued, and in which diversity is respected. This should, in turn, encourage us all to pass care and compassion on to each other, to patients and to our families.
Wellbeing conversations should consider the whole wellbeing of an individual (e.g. physical, mental, emotional, social, financial, lifestyle, safety) and identify areas where the individual may need support, signpost them to that support, and regularly monitor their wellbeing over time.

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.

Places are limited, if you have booked a place, please ensure you attend.
If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place. If you are struggling with booking or cancelling your place, please contact us.
By signing up you agree for your information to be stored and shared by the Training hub and with the Training Provider, NHSE and ICB, for the delivery of this training, monitoring, reporting and certification purposes only.

MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course Blackburn
2024-10-24 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Thurs 24th October – Venue tbc, Blackburn
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course Blackpool
2024-11-12 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Tues 12th November – Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course Lancaster
2024-11-26 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Tues 26th November – Venue tbc, Lancaster
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course Preston
2024-12-05 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Free MECC Train the Trainer Chat to Change 1 Day Face to Face Course – Thurs 5th December – Corpus Christi School, Preston

Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle
information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in
conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors have
thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and
enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy eating, weight, physical
activity, hypertension and mental health.
Using your day to day contact with individuals as an opportunity to encourage and deliver key health
messages to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing, small changes can be made.
People cannot be forced to change, but by using opportunities for raising the issue of a healthy lifestyle in
a non- judgemental way, people’s awareness, confidence and motivation to make changes in their lives may occur
from a brief conversation.
Who is MECC TTT training aimed at?
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to improving the health of the population that everyone can
use, it is not restricted to one person, specific profession or organisation. It is aimed at giving staff from a wide
range of organisations the skills they need to encourage individuals to make choices that will prevent illness and
improve their lifestyles and wellbeing
For Lancashire & S Cumbria organisations, MECC can provide staff with the leadership, environment, training
and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and
confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help to encourage people to change their behaviour,
directing them to local services that can support them.
July – Dec 2024 – MECC 1-Day TTT Course Dates
Arrival 09.15, start 09.30, finish 4.30pm
20 x places available per TTT course
Face to Face
MECC TTT FLYER – JULY – DEC 2024
Course Requirements:
The MECC 1 Day is a Chat to Change ‘Train the Trainer
course’.
 We recommend wherever possible that all
participants try to complete a MECC online elearning session in advance of attending the
MECC face to face course (This link is sent out as
part of your course info’s)
 Complete a pre-course and post-course selfevaluation. This is a link sent out to all
participants and takes no longer than 4 minutes
to complete for each evaluation. (This link is sent
out as part of your course info’s and after your
course has been completed)
 Attend any Train the Trainer modules that are
advertised by ourselves.
 Once your 1 day TTT training is complete we ask
you to deliver a minimum of x 6 MECC sessions
per year, in order to embed the MECC approach
within your own organisation/community or
third-sector.
This could be either a 7 minute brief
intervention, a 1 hour or a 3 hour MECC session.
These sessions can be delivered in a variety of
ways such as at team meetings, 1:1 discussions
with colleagues, group chat etc.
 Attend a half day follow-up workshop (approx. 6
months post-training- where possible)
 Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the
programme on request including submitting
numbers and dates of any MECC training you
have delivered to the workforce/ community.
This would be requested every 3-6 months and
takes no longer than a few minutes to complete.
Course Registration:
To apply for a place on the 1-day MECC Train the Trainer
course please fill out the attached application form in full MECC TTT Chat to Change 1-Day Training Application Form – July – Dec 2024
and send to:
workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk

Wellbeing Conversations and action planning
2025-02-25 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/London)
What is a wellbeing conversation?
The NHS People Plan 2020-21 sets out an ambition: “From September 2020, every member of the NHS should have a health and wellbeing conversation and develop a personalised plan. These conversations may fit within an appraisal, job plan or one-to-one line management discussion, and should be reviewed at least annually. As part of this conversation, line managers will be expected to discuss the individual’s health and wellbeing, and any flexible working requirements, as well as equality, diversity and inclusion.”

Vision for the wellbeing conversations
Health and wellbeing conversations are intended to be regular, supportive, coaching-style one to one conversations that focus on the wellbeing of our NHS people.
By encouraging organisations to embed wellbeing conversations across their system, we aim to create cultures where people feel heard and valued, and in which diversity is respected. This should, in turn, encourage us all to pass care and compassion on to each other, to patients and to our families.
Wellbeing conversations should consider the whole wellbeing of an individual (e.g. physical, mental, emotional, social, financial, lifestyle, safety) and identify areas where the individual may need support, signpost them to that support, and regularly monitor their wellbeing over time.

This is an interactive session and you will be expected to interact. Please ensure you have a camera and microphone available to attend the meeting.

MECC for Physical Activity
2025-05-22 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-17 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-07-10 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-08-12 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-17 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Aims of the Course
The module supports anyone who is not a physical activity specialist by supplying high quality and evidence based physical activity training that develops knowledge, skills and confidence to integrate relevant physical activity messages and interventions into everyday conversations. On completion you will have awareness of:

The MECC approach and how this can be applied in your setting.

What is meant by physical activity (including awareness of the latest Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines).

How to deliver healthy lifestyle messages linked to physical activity, to encourage people to change their behaviour.

Where suitable resources for signposting can be found.

Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at anybody interested in looking to support physical activity conversations in the workplace or community. It is particularly useful for workplace health champions, and those who are responsible for workplace health and wellbeing strategies. No previous knowledge is required in order to obtain the content of this course.
How long is the course?
The course is delivered over a 2.5 hour online session.

MECC for Mental Health
2025-06-26 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-11 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
MECC for Mental Health

This course will provide you information about how to use the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach, talking about mental health and where to direct people to within those conversations

Aims of the Course

On completion you will understand:

How mental health and wellbeing affect people in every day settings.

How to feel confident in discussing mental health and wellbeing.

How to start and have a mental health and wellbeing conversation.

Mental health in the workplace.

Available mental health and wellbeing support and resources.

Who is the course aimed at ?

The course is not only aimed at people supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing, but also those whose roles might not traditionally have any mental health training but have the opportunity to discuss mental health and wellbeing. This could include settings such as libraries, gyms, charity support services, hairdressers, and other public facing settings. The course could also be used in the induction of new staff and volunteers across a variety of workplaces.

MECC for Physical Activity
2025-08-12 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-17 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Aims of the Course
The module supports anyone who is not a physical activity specialist by supplying high quality and evidence based physical activity training that develops knowledge, skills and confidence to integrate relevant physical activity messages and interventions into everyday conversations. On completion you will have awareness of:

The MECC approach and how this can be applied in your setting.

What is meant by physical activity (including awareness of the latest Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines).

How to deliver healthy lifestyle messages linked to physical activity, to encourage people to change their behaviour.

Where suitable resources for signposting can be found.

Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at anybody interested in looking to support physical activity conversations in the workplace or community. It is particularly useful for workplace health champions, and those who are responsible for workplace health and wellbeing strategies. No previous knowledge is required in order to obtain the content of this course.
How long is the course?
The course is delivered over a 2.5 hour online session.

Though this course is offered to you fully funded, please make every effort to attend once you have enrolled, or make us aware so that someone else may benefit. Thank you!

MECC Train the Trainer
2025-09-18 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool, FY1 6JJ, United Kingdom
Description
Aims of the Course
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information via brief or very brief behaviour change interventions, enabling individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations. MECC provides an opportunity to discuss health and wellbeing lifestyle pathways which can support and enable behaviour change for key risk factors including smoking, alcohol, healthy weight, physical activity and mental health and may link to local social prescribing offers.
Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at anybody interested in having meaningful conversations and continue from the 90 minute online session
How long is the course?
The course is delivered over a one day session in person in Blackpool.

Though this course is offered to you fully funded, please make every effort to attend once you have enrolled, or make us aware so that someone else may benefit. Thank you!

MECC for Mental Health
2025-10-23 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
MECC for Mental Health

This course will provide you with information about how to use the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach, talking about mental health and where to direct people to within those conversations.

Aims of the Course

On completion you will understand:

How mental health and wellbeing affect people in every day settings.

How to feel confident in discussing mental health and wellbeing.

How to start and have a mental health and wellbeing conversation.

Mental health in the workplace.

Available mental health and wellbeing support and resources.

Who is the course aimed at ?

The course is not only aimed at individuals supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing, but also those whose roles might not traditionally have any mental health training but have the opportunity to discuss mental health and wellbeing. This could include settings such as libraries, gyms, charity support services, hairdressers, and other public facing settings. The course could also be used in the induction of new staff and volunteers across a variety of workplaces.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The MECC for Mental Health sessions are delivered free of charge to all participants who are registered via workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk and who work for organisations within Lancs & S Cumbria.

Late Arrival: If you arrive late for a session or you are absent from any session, we reserve the right to refuse access to the training session if we / trainer feels that you will gain insufficient knowledge or skills in the time remaining.

No Show: Candidates who do not turn up to the session / arrive too late to start the session / provide less than 2 days’ notice of cancellation may result in refused access to future training courses that are offered.

Where minimum numbers have not been met, we reserve the right to cancel/postpone courses where necessary.

COURSE INFORMATION/REQUIREMENTS

· Course Name: MECC for Mental Health on-line session via Teams.
· Please check your training records to ensure you have not already attended this session previously.
· Once you have been registered on a specific date and time, an e-mail will be sent to you to confirm your registration including a specific Teams Link.
· All places on a session are on a first come/first serve basis

MECC for Physical Activity
2025-11-06 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
MECC for Physical Activity

This course supports individuals to integrate purposeful physical activity conversations into everyday conversations. Making Every Contact Count (MECC) for Physical Activity aims to increase physical activity levels of the wider population. Physical activity can help prevent or reduce health inequalities such as heart disease, stroke, and other long-term health conditions in line with the NHS CORE20PLUS5 framework and national Physical Activity Strategy.

Aims of the Course

The module supports anyone who is not a physical activity specialist by supplying high quality and evidence based physical activity training that develops knowledge, skills and confidence to integrate relevant physical activity messages and interventions into everyday conversations. On completion you will have awareness of:

The MECC approach and how this can be applied in your setting.

What is meant by physical activity (including awareness of the latest Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines).

How to deliver healthy lifestyle messages linked to physical activity, to encourage people to change their behaviour.

Where suitable resources for signposting can be found.

Who is the course aimed at:

The course is aimed at anybody interested in looking to support physical activity conversations in the workplace or community. It is particularly useful for workplace health champions, and those who are responsible for workplace health and wellbeing strategies. No previous knowledge is required in order to obtain the content of this course

GENERAL INFORMATION

The MECC for Physical Activity sessions are delivered free of charge to all participants who are registered via workforcetraining@activelancashire.org.uk and who work for organisations within Lancs & South Cumbria.

Late Arrival: If you arrive late for a session or you are absent from any session, we reserve the right to refuse access to the training session if we / trainer feels that you will gain insufficient knowledge or skills in the time remaining.

No Show: Candidates who do not turn up to the session / arrive too late to start the session / provide less than 2 days’ notice of cancellation may result in refused access to future training courses that are offered.

Where minimum numbers have not been met, we reserve the right to cancel/postpone courses where necessary.

COURSE INFORMATION/REQUIREMENTS

· Course Name: MECC for Physical Activity session via Teams
· Please check your training records to ensure you have not already attended this session previously
· Once you have been registered on a specific date and time, an e-mail will be sent to you to confirm your registration including a specific Teams Link.
· All places on a session are on a first come/first serve basis
