• Course description

    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 the course for?

    Colleagues who work across health and care within the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors who have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.

  • What is the value of this course?

    This course is not accredited though is endorsed by the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB. There is a community of practice available for those to attend to share and learn from each other.

MECC Train the Trainer

One Full Day Course (in person attendance) – This teaches you the main principals of MECC but also gives you the skills to be able to cascade MECC training to your organisation or other groups. We encourage you to report back any training you have delivered. Normally courses are approximately once per month across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

  • 24th October, Blackburn

  • 12th November, Blackpool

  • 26th November, Lancaster

  • 5th December, Preston

Course Feedback

When asking participants about the most useful element of the course, there was a range of themes emerging including: ‘Easy to digest information. Understanding what my role is and the resources available. Understanding the key public health messages that are needed to be shared. Recognising and understanding how the training could fit into existing roles.

I enjoyed the course, the style in which it was delivered, very informative and lots of interesting discussions were had in the room.

The trainer had a relaxed and informal approach however very passionate and thorough in delivering the content.