Well-Being First Responder
About Well-Being Champions Network
Singapore's trusted workplace well-being network
Where Leaders, Champions, Peer Supporters and Colleagues come together
The Well-being Champions Network™ was launched in 2023 as a workplace initiative under the National Mental Health and Well-being Strategy. Led by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council, the Network supports employers in strengthening workplace mental well-being and building safer, healthier, and more supportive workplaces.
The WCN is managed by Kaleidoscope Labs.
Foundational Psychological First Aid: Responding early, humanely and safely at work
Join the Well-being Champions Network at The Health & Safety Event Asia 2026
Fully subsidised for eligible companies
📅 Date: 10 November 2026
🕗 Timing: 9am - 1pm
📍 Venue: Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
Distress at work is usually noticed first by a colleague, not a professional. Without a shared and safe way to respond, people either stay silent or overstep. This half-day course gives your people the knowledge, skills and confidence to notice when a colleague is struggling, start a supportive conversation and connect them to the right help.
Foundational Psychological First Aid is the core course of the Well-being First Responder (WFR) programme, developed by Kaleidoscope Labs and delivered through the Well-being Champions Network. It is grounded in the World Health Organization’s Look, Listen, Link framework, and aligned with ISO 45003 and Singapore’s National Mental Health Competency Training Framework. The course is practical and non-clinical, so it does not involve diagnosis, counselling or therapy.
Fully subsidised places for eligible companies. The course is usually S$300 per participant. At HSEA it is free of charge for eligible companies, with up to two employees per organisation. Places are limited and registration is required.
Key takeaways:
✓ Understand mental health as a continuum, and how stress and distress show up at work.
✓ Tell stress apart from crisis, and recognise the ripple effects across a team.
✓ Practise self-care across the dimensions of well-being to prevent burnout.
✓ Know what Psychological First Aid is, what it is not, and where your role ends.
✓ Apply Look, Listen, Link through guided workplace role-plays.
Who should attend
- Employees who want to know what to do when a colleague is struggling, and worry about saying the wrong thing
- Staff being appointed as Well-being First Responders
- Supervisors, HR, WSH professionals and well-being champions
Why it matters
Psychosocial risk is now part of occupational safety and health. Peer support is a central recommendation of the Tripartite Advisory on Mental Well-being at Workplaces, and ISO 45003 asks organisations to manage psychosocial risk as they would any other hazard.
For your organisation, the course builds a shared language and method for responding to distress. It helps you spot problems earlier, before they lead to absence or crisis, and lays the foundation for a formal peer support network. Every participant also joins the WFR Community of Practice for continued learning and peer exchange after the course.
Meet lead facilitator Dannie Hamid
Dannie H. is the creator and lead facilitator of the Well-being First Responder Psychological First Aid series. He has more than 30 years of experience in learning, leadership and operations, and has worked as a Psychosocial Wellbeing Practitioner since 2018. Since 2023, he has delivered over 8,000 hours of Psychological First Aid training.
His work is grounded in the WHO Psychological First Aid framework and aligned with the Health Promotion Board Design Guide for Mental Well-being Programmes, the National Mental Health Competency Training Framework and ISO 45003. He is a Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner and Trainer, a qualified International Coaching Federation coach and a Certified Mental Health Advocate with the Institute of Mental Health Singapore.
He works from boardrooms to frontlines. His clients include the Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs, Changi Airport Group, SMRT and the Singapore Red Cross, as well as Singtel, GIC, AIA, DHL and BHP. He is also helping to strengthen workers’ psychological safety on the Terminal 5 Airport project with Penta-Ocean and Koh Brothers.
Dannie will lead the Foundational Psychological First Aid course at HSEA on 10 November.