It's Friday so what else would Sophie Wood be doing? Yep, she's delivering her weekly Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAider®) Refresher course. Is it time for your refresher? ❇️ Who Should Attend: This is course for existing MHFAider®s in the UK and Gibraltar who need to refresh their skills after 3 years of their original training to retain their status and continued access to MHFAider® Support and Benefits. ❇️ Why Choose Sophie Wood: With a unique blend of professional expertise (seasoned trainer and DEIB expert) and personal lived experience (low mental health, mental ill health and recovery pre and post gender transition), Sophie brings unparalleled insight and empathy to every session. ❇️ What To Expect: Sophie will guide you through engaging discussions, interactive activities, and real-life scenarios designed to reinforce your existing knowledge and enhance your confidence in providing mental health support. ❇️ What You Need To Know: 🗓️ Every Friday Morning ⏰ 09:00 to 13:00 GMT/BST or 10:00 to 14:00 CET/CEST 📍 Location – Online 💷 £150 per person 📝 Reserve your place today just email [email protected]. #MentalHealthFirstAid #InclusiveCulture #BelongingMatters #DEIB
About us
We are all about building cultures that empower EVERYONE to thrive. Over the years we have seen the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB) movement evolve from being a legal requirement to something that is becoming a part of the DNA in organisations that really value their greatest assets - their people. However, the dial has not shifted as much as we would like to see. WHY IS THAT? Well, we believe that we’ve not concentrated enough on building workplaces where trust is strong and people feel psychologically safe. Therefore, we are on a mission to help businesses build more inclusive workplace cultures that do just that. Cultures where everyone: ✅ can have a great experience, ✅ love where they work, ✅ feel like they truly belong and ✅ become the best version of themselves. SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? Well, we promote human connections through our range of talks, workshops and coaching sessions. We bring our lived experience to these sessions, of what it feels like to belong and then not belong as we navigated Sophie’s transition together. We couple this with practical advice on what you can do if your culture is not as inclusive as you’d like it to be. Sessions include:- ✳️ Englightening Webinars ‘All Things Trans – Ask Anything’, ‘Why Does Belonging Matter?, ‘LGBTQIA+ - What’s it all about?’, ‘Working Remotely – Mental Health Maintenance’ ✳️ Workshops ‘Living Your Values As A Team’, ‘Coaching 101 for Managers’, ‘Culture – Setting Your Team Up For Success’ ✳️ Training ‘Mental Health First Aider (MHFA)’ and MHFA Refresher ✳️ Group and 1:1 Coaching ‘Building Inclusive Cultures’ and ‘Be A Memorable Manager’ WHY ARE INCLUSIVE CULTURES IMPORTANT? If you work with us you’ll not only develop a brand that people want to work for. Not just that but you’ll build a culture where your people are: ✅ more confident, ✅ more engaged, ✅ more productive and ✅ more innovative! WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THAT? Let's talk today - [email protected]
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www.belongingbase.com
External link for Belonging Base
- Industry
- Human Resources Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Gibraltar
- Type
- Self-Employed
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, Coaching, Training, Motivational Speaking, Mental Health First Aid, Transgender Matters, and LGBTQ+
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Gibraltar, GI
Employees at Belonging Base
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🤗 Danielle Wood
Inclusion & Belonging Consultant & Speaker 🤝 | Transitions Coach 🦋 | 🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ focus emphasis on the 'T' 🏳️⚧️ and Mental Health…
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Sophie Wood
Inspirational Speaker and Trainer - specialising in Transgender Education & Awareness. Mental Health First Aid Training.(Accredited Instructor) is my…
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🥁 🥁 🥁Drum roll please………. ……. Introducing ‘BECOME MENTAL HEALTH AWARE’ We heard you when you said:- ✅ Not everyone needs to be a Mental Health First Aider ✅ We can’t release all our managers for a 2-day course ✅ We want a cheaper but effective option to raise awareness across the company ✅ We want to embed healthy Mental Health conversations in our culture You Asked For It, So Here It Is - BECOME MENTAL HEALTH AWARE ❇️ Who Should Attend: This is course for anyone, anywhere who wants to raise their awareness of mental health. Particularly useful for people managers and policy makers. ❇️ What To Expect: Sophie Wood guide you through the following using a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities designed by Mental Health First Aid England: * What Mental Health is and how to challenge stigma * A basic knowledge of some common Mental Health issues * An introduction to looking after your own Mental Health and maintaining well-being * Confidence to support someone in distress or who may be experiencing a Mental Health issue ❇️ Why Choose Sophie Wood: With a unique blend of professional expertise (seasoned trainer and DEIB expert) and personal lived experience (low mental health, mental ill health and recovery pre and post gender transition), Sophie brings unparalleled insight and empathy to every session. ❇️ What You Need To Know: 🗓️ Every Thursday morning ⏰ 09:00 to 13:00 GMT/BST or 10:00 to 14:00 CET/CEST 📍 Location – Online 💷 £125 per person 📝 To book individual spaces on public online courses OR to book group bookings (minimum 4 to maximum 12 people) please email [email protected] #MentalHealthFirstAid #InclusiveCulture #BelongingMatters
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“Don’t dwell on the price of promoting inclusion. Instead, ponder the cost of not doing so.” - Danielle Wood Oh yes, I am doing my own quotes now, I'm on 🔥🔥🔥 2 weeks to go until National Inclusion Week, 23rd - 29th September 2024. Click on my bell so you don't miss our next foray into video content with the return of Belonging Bite-sized - The Inclusive Workplace Culture series. #inclusivecultures #belongingmatters #mentalhealthaware
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This is one for you if you are based in Gibraltar, or will there on the 12th September 2024.
Inclusion & Belonging Consultant & Speaker 🤝 | Transitions Coach 🦋 | 🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ focus emphasis on the 'T' 🏳️⚧️ and Mental Health Awareness 🧠 | Champion of Psychological Safety & Employee Engagement 🏆
Well, not long to go now, exactly one week today!!!! Going back a couple of years ago I never imagined I would be sat on a stage giving my thoughts and insights on the importance of Inclusion and Belonging in building healthy workplace cultures. Being a bit of an introvert and someone that suffers from anxiety I never thought I would be able to do it. However, a year into our passion project Belonging Base, my co-founder Sophie Wood and I have not only done this several times, we've also been podcast guests, been keynote speakers and done our own free video content (all available on our website www.belongingbase.com) and we've crafted talks on a number of Inclusion and Belonging subjects that we've had the pleasure to deliver to organisations that are commited to making their workplace culture more inclusive. If you want to get involved in the discussion, there's still time to get your tickets for the COUNT ME IN - Turning DEIB Words Into Actions taking place on Sunborn Gibraltar Yacht Hotel Resort on Thursday 12th September. Come join us and all the other speakers by booking via https://lnkd.in/dpXWAbxJ - see the agenda attached to the post. Caroline Brooks, MA, CPCC, ACC, Marlene Dalli, Natasha Whittaker, Sophie Wood, Suparna Malhotra, MBA, CPCC, Kelly Higson, Christina Marie Giuffré, Jenny Victory, Mark Chichon, Christina Thakor-Rankin, Jo Abergel, Adrian Sladdin, Samantha Grimes, Leah Carnegie FCIPD, Jolene Gomez, Prof (Dr) Adam Boddison OBE, @Christian Santos. #DEIB #BelongingMatters #InclusiveCultures #MentalHealthAware
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An extra big thank you to everyone that is here following Belonging Base -each and everyone of you reinforce the purpose behind our passion. We really hope we can be speaking to more of you directly this year. If you haven't already let me have your email to join the mailing list for updates and offers just drop either of us a DM or email [email protected]. #MentalHealthAware #TransitionsCoaching #BelongingMatters #InclusiveCultures #DEIB
Inclusion & Belonging Consultant & Speaker 🤝 | Transitions Coach 🦋 | 🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ focus emphasis on the 'T' 🏳️⚧️ and Mental Health Awareness 🧠 | Champion of Psychological Safety & Employee Engagement 🏆
😆 “Let’s do it, it’s now or never!” 😆 This was part of a conversation I had with my wife Sophie Wood a little over a year ago. I’d been made redundant and had upskilled as a professional coach and her role was changing at work. Redundancy was on the cards. Suddenly, an opportunity presented itself to do something completely different. That afternoon over a couple of glasses of wine we decided on a concept and rough business model. As the afternoon progressed, we bounced company names around – The Wonderful Woods, The Enchanted Woods, The Diversity Department, The Inclusion Igloo and suddenly we both agreed on Belonging Base! Why? 🤔 Well, we decided that we were going to start with the end in mind (great advice from Stephen Covey), the feeling of belonging that as human beings we all look for in life. That and the domain site was available so we bought it right there and then that same afternoon🤭 🤭 🤭 We launched on September 5th 2023 (it’s our birthday today🎂), we did it without any investors, we used our savings to invest in ourselves. It’s been an amazing year and despite the fact we are yet to make a profit we’ve:- 💗 …been able to share our gender transition journey with a range of audiences to raise awareness and highlight how you turn up at work is impacted by whether you feel like you belong or are just fitting in. The feedback has been so heartwarming – ‘impactful’, ‘powerful’, ‘insightful’, ‘thought-provoking’, ‘emotional’. 🧠 …crossed paths with so many individuals from a diverse variety of companies who understand the importance of bringing mental health conversations out of the shadows and making their culture more open and supportive. 🎤 …shared our thoughts and insights through social media, through panel speaking at live events, through webinars, through podcasts. 🫶 …had some wonderful opportunities to work with organisations like Playtech, System C, Fusebox Games, KPMG UK, Lottoland NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), CIPD Hereford & Worcester Branch The HR Confidence Club-Consultancy thanks for your support. So what does the future hold? 🤔 🧱 It feels good to find your IKIGAI. So we’re holding our nerve and building on the foundations we’ve laid down. 🦋 We’ve recently added Transitions Coaching to the portfolio – this guides people through changes like Job Promotions, Career Changes, Redundancy and Gender Transition. 💡We’ll be launching ‘The Memorable Manager’ training/coaching programme. Managers will become more self-aware and better understand the impact they have on team success through the culture that they create. We’ll empower them build inclusive cultures where everyone is seen, valued and heard. 📖Last but by no means least we’re writing a book about our gender transition journey, what it’s taught us and what we are doing with the learning, so watch this space for updates. #InclusiveCultures #BelongingMatters #MentalHealthAware #DEIB #HappyBirthday
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🥁 🥁 🥁Drum roll please………. ……. Introducing ‘BECOME MENTAL HEALTH AWARE’ We heard you when you said:- ✅ Not everyone needs to be a Mental Health First Aider ✅ We can’t release all our managers for a 2-day course ✅ We want a cheaper but effective option to raise awareness across the company ✅ We want to embed healthy Mental Health conversations in our culture You Asked For It, So Here It Is - BECOME MENTAL HEALTH AWARE ❇️ Who Should Attend: This is course for anyone, anywhere who wants to raise their awareness of mental health. Particularly useful for people managers and policy makers. ❇️ What To Expect: Sophie Wood will guide you through the following using a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities designed by Mental Health First Aid England: * What Mental Health is and how to challenge stigma * A basic knowledge of some common Mental Health issues * An introduction to looking after your own Mental Health and maintaining well-being * Confidence to support someone in distress or who may be experiencing a Mental Health issue ❇️ Why Choose Sophie Wood: With a unique blend of professional expertise (seasoned trainer and DEIB expert) and personal lived experience (low mental health, mental ill health and recovery pre and post gender transition), Sophie brings unparalleled insight and empathy to every session. ❇️ What You Need To Know: 🗓️ Every Thursday morning ⏰ 09:00 to 13:00 GMT/BST or 10:00 to 14:00 CET/CEST 📍 Location – Online 💷 £125 per person 📝 To book individual spaces on public online courses OR to book group bookings (minimum 4 to maximum 12 people) please email [email protected] #MentalHealthFirstAid #InclusiveCulture #BelongingMatters
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We did it! 🎉 🎉🎉 As we approach our first birthday later this week, we're feeling truly humbled by the fact that just over 1000 people are now following Belonging Base. I (🤗 Danielle Wood) and my A-MAZ-ING wife, Sophie Wood, would like to thank all of you that are following us, it's so great to have you on the journey. We'd also like to give an extra special thank you to everyone that has invited us to share our gender transition story and/or attended one of our mental health courses over the last year. It's you folks that re-inforce our shared belief, each and every day, that what we are doing is worthwhile. We're commited to making the employee experience the best it can be for as many people as possible. In doing so we not only build spaces where people feel they belong, but we give them the culture they need to learn, contribute, challenge and innovate. It's all round win:win outcome 😁 We've got a few new things in the pipeline so watch out for updates coming soon............ #BelongingMatters #InclusiveCultures #MentalHealthAware #DEIB
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Well, that went far too quickly for our liking! Mental Health Matters series of Belonging Bite-sized videos has been and gone. Don’t be sad 😢 though……. If you missed any of them, they are now all available via our website, hurrah 🥳 https://lnkd.in/dMyU5jAR #MHFA #mentalhealthaware #mentalhealthfirstaid
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“Don’t dwell on the price of promoting inclusion. Instead, ponder the cost of not doing so.” - Danielle Wood Oh yes, she's doing her own quotes now, she's on 🔥🔥🔥 3 weeks to go until National Inclusion Week, 23rd - 29th September 2024. Click on my bell so you don't miss our next foray into video content with the return of Belonging Bite-sized - The Inclusive Workplace Culture series. #inclusivecultures #belongingmatters #mentalhealthaware
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What else would you like to see in your place of work? #BelongingMatter #InclusiveCultures #MentalHealthAware #DEIB
Inclusion & Belonging Consultant & Speaker 🤝 | Transitions Coach 🦋 | 🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ focus emphasis on the 'T' 🏳️⚧️ and Mental Health Awareness 🧠 | Champion of Psychological Safety & Employee Engagement 🏆
🤔 Why wasn't this one viewed more? ALLYSHIP 🫶 - 'the state or condition of being or having an ally (in various senses). The state or condition of being a person who supports the rights of a minority or marginalised group without being a member of it'. - Oxford English Dictionary. Not only did we make it super simple, everyone can do it, it's less than 7 minutes long and if I am completely honest if I had worked out how to edit bits of it would have ended up in the bloopers!🤭 What could you do more of? #allyship #lgbtqia #belongingmatters #inclusivecultures