Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to behaviour change that uses the millions of day-to-day interactions that organisations and individuals have with other people to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
MECC supports the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information and enables individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations:
Benefits of MECC
Improving prevention and reducing health inequalities are both national and local priorities identified in the NHS Long-Term Plan and Surrey’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
MECC supports these objectives by:
• Improving health and wellbeing of both the workforce and the population
• Improving quality of services and support
• Reducing demand on health and social care services
• Embedding a culture of prevention at the heart of organisations
Surrey MECC Train the Trainer Course 2023-24
Surrey County Council is seeking expressions of interest from partner organisations in Surrey (including NHS, local authorities and voluntary organisations) who wish to participate in our MECC Train the Trainer programme.
For full details of the course format and participant requirements visit Healthy Surrey
Organisations / individuals who wish to participate will need to commit to delivering a minimum of three MECC Level 1 training courses per year to colleagues within their organisations, and to participating in Surrey’s MECC Trainers Network following completion of the training.
If you would like to express your interest or wish to nominate a member of staff from your organisation, please complete the expression of interest form.
Further information
For further information please contact:
• Gail Hughes, Public Health Programme Lead: gail.hughes@surreycc.gov.uk
• Jenny Hudson, Programme Support Officer: jenny.hudson@surreycc.gov.uk