Accredited MHFA TRainer
Chris Rollings BsC (Hons) Psychology. M.B.A
Chris is an experienced Adult, Youth and Higher Education MHFA Instructor and has delivered the two, one day and half day courses to organisations, industry, schools, colleges and youth workers across the country. His sector experience includes delivering the 1 and 2 Day Courses across the country to over 200 leaders, managers and staff of a major UK manufacturer.
Chris has also delivered the Adult course to the NHS, police, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, the insurance sector, the transport sector, the online retail sector, the information technology (IT) sector, and many more. He has delivered the Youth courses to
numerous schools, colleges and academy trusts. As well as being an Associate trainer with
MHFA England he is also an Associate trainer with Student Minds, delivering the
Higher Education Course in Universities across the country.
Chris now runs his own training and consultancy business in the Midlands. He was previously a senior police officer for over 30 years and has extensive experience in managing people in often pressurised situations. As a senior leader he had a number of roles including being in charge of customer service, the call centre, and operational delivery. During his time in the police he also became a national lead in respect of missing persons and was also involved
in developing joint working with mental health services and with local providers improved awareness and knowledge around mental health issues. After a spell as a Head of Service for a social housing provider in the East Midlands Chris started providing resilience and confidence training to organisations and individuals. This included delivering workshops to over 2,000 young people in the summer of 2017 and 2018 on the National Citizen Service programme, as well as delivering courses to organisations as diverse as British Gas and the
Caldecott Foundation.
As a current crisis volunteer with SHOUT, the new national crisis text service, Chris supports those in crisis. He deals with a wide range of mental health issues and provides support to people at a time when they most need it. With a degree in psychology Chris has a passion
to understand and help others.