Join us in recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month. Our goal is to recognize the ways mental illness impacts our lives and communities, and educate people about services we have available to help. Throughout May we will be offering a free suicide awareness training, highlighting NH organizations that solve mental health challenges through volunteerism and sharing how we provide funding to aid in this initiative.
Get involved today by taking the QPR Suicide Awareness Training, sign up to volunteer on Get Connected or learn more about state-wide grant making initiatives we’ve taken on to increase volunteer capacity for organizations serving one of the leading challenges in our state.
QPR Suicide Awareness Training
As volunteers and volunteer program staff, you are often on the front lines of community service, connecting with individuals who may be struggling. Volunteer NH is offering free online “Gatekeeper” training from the QPR Institute to help you make a difference when it matters most.
This training will equip you to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and learn how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to get the help they need. The course is online, flexible, self-paced, and can be completed in around 60 minutes on your own schedule.
Instructions:
- Enter the organization code: VNH
- Click “Create Training Account”
- Fill out the form with your full name and email
- Click “Create Training Account”
- On this page you will see your User ID and password (Don’t worry, this information will also be emailed to you)
- Click on the login link: https://www.qprtraining.com
- Type in the organization code if prompted: VNH
- Enter the login credentials given to you on the previous page and in the email.
Reach out to jamie@volunteernh.org if you have any questions or issues accessing the training.
Get Connected
Get involved by volunteering for organizations that work to help those in our communities with mental health challenges! Sign up for Get Connected, Volunteer NH’s service database, today to join organizations state-wide that are addressing mental health challenges, food insecurity, affordable housing and more. Once you’ve created a profile, sort organizations by priority using the database’s search function.
NH Volunteer Engagement Program Mini-Grants
As access to mental health care is a State Service Plan Priority area for Volunteer NH, we give special consideration to organizations addressing mental health challenges in the Granite State. Could a volunteer-capacity building mini-grant help your organization meet needs for mental health challenges in the Granite State? Plan to apply for FY25 Volunteer NH Engagement Mini-Grant Round III. Applications open June 2nd.
These smaller grants, $1,000-$4,000, are for a specific, one-time need and can be used for categories like volunteer training, purchasing of volunteer management technology, and volunteer program development.
Here are a few organizations that address mental health issues in our communities and have received our mini-grants within the past year:
- Lakes Region Mental Health
- Ready Rides
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Ascentria Community Services Inc.
- NAMI NH
- Manchester Health Department – Cashin Senior Activity Center