Supporting the Limbang community

Join us as a volunteer peer support facilitator to support the mental well-being of the Limbang Community

Register your interest by 30 June 2024. More information and the next steps will be shared upon registration.

What does it mean to be a facilitator for mental well-being?

Facilitators help to provide peer support to support mental well-being. In order to do so, we equip you with the necessary skills, including: mental health literacy, self-compassion, deep listening, and group facilitation.

  • The safety of our facilitators and participants is our priority. Led by this guiding principle, we ensure that facilitators have the skillset and capacity to hold space for others, and are adequately supported throughout their volunteering experience.

  • All our facilitators undergo a facilitator training programme and have to pass a final assessment to ascertain their readiness to become a facilitator.

  • Facilitators will also be mentored to start and run a peer support programme to support their local community at Limbang.

What to expect?

1. Training

 Wed, 10 and 17 July, 7:30pm - 9:30pm | Virtual

Sat, 20 July OR 27 July, 2 pm - 5:30 pm | In-person

Training is a combination of self-paced learning and live sessions. To complete the full certification programme, you’ll need to:

  • Attend min. 1 of 2 virtual training sessions

  • Attend 1 in-person training session

  • Complete all the self-paced exercises

2. Programme Formation & Facilitation

Ongoing basis

Facilitators who pass the training programme will be mentored to start and run a peer support programme for the Limbang community. Facilitators will also be invited to support Calm Collective’s in-house Calm Circles programme.

Hybrid Training Programme

SELF-PACED LEARNING

Curated training videos and reflection exercises that have been co-created with mental health professionals and persons with lived experience.

LIVE TRAINING

Practise skills in role-play exercises simulating real-life scenarios and engage in Q&A sessions to deepen understanding.

INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT

The safety of our facilitators and their communities is important. We ensure that facilitators are ready to hold space for others through personal check-ins.

Equip your team and communities with the following skills to create a safe & non-judgemental space for mental health conversations

Peer support skills covered

Mental health literacy

Feel empowered in the role you can play in communities as peer supporters and increase mental health literacy

Self-care and self-compassion

Be equipped with the knowledge and skills to understand and regulate emotions through self-compassion and self-care

Deep listening

Be equipped with different deep listening skills and how to maintain presence during sensitive topics

Group facilitation

Be equipped with knowledge and skills to set limits, increase group cohesion and address sensitive scenarios in a group setting

Learn from mental health professionals

  • Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi

    Consultant Psychiatrist

  • Dr Karen Pooh

    Clinical Psychologist

  • Joshua Tan

    Art Psychotherapist

  • Shi Min Liew

    Clinical Psychologist

Frequently Asked Questions

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