Paul Ogden, The Westgrove Group’s site based Mental Health First-Aider, has won an industry award. Paul, who is a mental health champion at Market Place Shopping Centre in Bolton, has won a Revo ACE Award. He’s pictured presented with his award at an event at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.
Also shortlisted for an award was Handforth Dean Retail Park and St Johns Shopping Centre in Liverpool, both served by Warrington-based Westgrove.
Facilities management company The Westgrove Group, an ACS Pacesetters company, has been working with Market Place, to champion awareness of mental health. As part of the service to shoppers the centre was keen to ensure that they identified a mental health first aider, something which is being called for by many companies in the UK to be mandatory as part of the ‘Time to Change’ campaign. After a mental health awareness week in 2018, Changing Minds, the centre and Westgrove worked together to train over 80 staff in mental health awareness. Paul Ogden, as one of the centre’s Guest Service Ambassadors, took on the role as mental health champion.
He’s now available to offer support and advice to vulnerable customers visiting the centre as well as to the centre’s tenants. Paul completed a mental health first aid course through St John Ambulance, the first aid charity, and a NCFE CACHE Level 2 certificate qualification in Mental Health Awareness.