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The program at a glance:
What: A workplace mental health education program for the social purpose sector, focused on psychological safety, preventing burnout, and helping workplaces thrive.
Who: Volunteers and interns, staff and employees, and managers and people leaders at registered charities, incorporated non-profits, co-operatives and foundations, as well as individuals who work or have worked in the sector.
Three courses: one for each group, ranging from 2-3 hours (volunteers/interns) to 4-5 hours (staff) to 6-8 hours (people leaders).
Formats: self-paced online learning, or hybrid (online learning plus a virtual group workshop).
Co-designed: participants share lived experience and feedback that shape a refined program and resources.
Timeline:
Pilot recruitment October to December 2026.
Course launch in February 2027, collecting feedback through April 2027.
Cost: a reduced rate of 30% below the proposed standard course rate, with flat rates by organization size, cohort and an equity-deserving community-led rate.
Organizational price ranges from $840-$3,850 per course based on the above considerations and delivery format.
Individual price ranges from $70-$175 based on delivery format with supporter and supported rate options.
Pilot Participant: Application link
Non-pilot participant needs assessment (survey only)
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Workplace wellbeing shouldn’t be something we only talk about after burnout hits. 💛
The Rooted Minds Workplace Pilot is a workplace psychological safety & mental health educational program for volunteers, staff, and leaders in the social purpose sector. Three courses. Online or hybrid with virtual workshop. Shaped by the people who take it.
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Burnout in the social purpose sector is a systems issue, and people in our sector deserve workplaces that support them.
I’m sharing the Social Purpose Workplace Pilot from Branch & Anchor, a workplace mental health educational program co-designed with the sector. It offers three courses, one each for volunteers and interns, staff, and people leaders, focused on psychological safety and wellbeing. Participants can choose self-paced online learning or a hybrid format, and a reduced rate applies during the pilot, including a flat rate for organizations, an equity-deserving community rate and individual tiered rates.
If you work at, lead, or volunteer with a registered charity, non-profit, co-operative, or foundation take a look: bit.ly/rootedmindsworkplace
#SocialPurpose #NonprofitLeadership #PsychologicalSafety #WorkplaceWellbeing
Meeting or event announcement script (about 30 seconds):
“Before we wrap up, I want to share something that may be useful for our team and for others in our sector. Rooted Minds by Branch & Anchor is creating a pilot of a workplace mental health educational program designed specifically for social purpose organizations. There are three courses, one for volunteers and interns, one for staff, and one for people leaders, and they focus on psychological safety and preventing burnout. You can take them online at your own pace, or in a hybrid format with a virtual workshop. It’s being co-designed with participants, and pilot pricing applies. If you’d like to know more, the details are at bit.ly/rootedmindsworkplace, and I’m happy to pass along questions.”
Short newsletter blurb:
Subject/heading: A workplace mental health education program built with our sector
Branch & Anchor is launching Rooted Minds, a workplace mental health educational program, on psychological safety and burnout prevention for people working and volunteering in social purpose organizations. Three pilot courses are available (volunteers and interns, staff, and people leaders), either self-paced online or hybrid (virtual workshop). Reduced pricing applies, with an equity-deserving community rate. Learn more and participate: bit.ly/rootedmindsworkplace
Short Blurb (about 25 words, for bios, event listings, and tight spaces):
Rooted Minds is a workplace mental health educational program co-designed including tailored knowledge and tools for volunteers, staff, and leaders in the social purpose sector. Learn more and participate: bit.ly/rootedmindsworkplace
Medium Blurb (about 60 words, for newsletters and posts):
Burnout is a systems issue, and the social purpose sector deserves workplaces that support its people. Rooted Minds, a workplace mental health educational program, from Branch & Anchor, offers three courses for volunteers and interns, staff, and people leaders, focused on psychological safety and wellbeing. Participants help shape the final program. Learn more and participate: bit.ly/rootedmindsworkplace
Long Blurb (about 120 words, for articles, member emails, and partner pages):
Burnout is a systems issue, and the social purpose sector deserves workplaces that support its people. Rooted Minds, a workplace mental health educational program, from Branch & Anchor, includes three courses for volunteers and interns, staff, and people leaders, focused on psychological safety and wellbeing. Participants help inform the program.
Course Options
The pilot course structure will include a knowledge and application component. Currently outlined to focus on:
Volunteers & Interns (2hrs) - Basics to become a mental health advocate. Gaining the knowledge and tools to manage individual mental health and support peers.
Staff & Employees (3hrs) - Deepening knowledge and creating a supportive culture. Gaining the knowledge and skills to manage stress, advocate for wellbeing and change contributing to a healthier workplace.
People Leaders & Managers (4hrs) - Developing knowledge and practice to lead with responsibility and empathy. Gaining the knowledge and skills to model and lead teams with empathy, identify risk and foster a culture of safety and wellbeing.
Program Participation & Timeline
The program milestones include a:
Program recruitment: October 2026-January 2027
(Opt.) Discovery call, agreement signed, payment and onboarding
Program launch and feedback cycle: February-April 2027
Participants complete a pre-course survey, engage with their respective course(s) and share feedback during the learning experience and complete a post-survey and or 1:1 conversation.
Feedback summary report published and iterative process begins: May 2027
Financial Investment
We are asking organizations and individuals who would like to participate in the program to pay 30% off the proposed standard course rate. These funds will enable a condensed course creation and investment to support lived and professional expertise to contribute with compensation. A flat rate cost is determined by organization size and delivery format (self-led online or hybrid with a live workshop) ranging from $840-$3,850 with an additional 10% reduction for equity-deserving community-led organizations. We are asking individuals between $70-$175 based on delivery format with supporter and supported rate options.
Learn more and sign up to participate: bit.ly/rootedmindsworkplace
We acknowledge that our program spans the unceded and ceded lands now known as Ontario which includes 46 treaties and agreements with First Nations and the Crown. We are humbled by the First Nations and Métis communities who have stewarded and lived in a good way on these lands for many generations.
We acknowledge the responsibility of the Crown and their representatives, of settlers and beneficiaries from settler colonialism in supporting efforts to ensure the truth of the past and ongoing oppression continue to be spoken and the harms and violence are ended through collective action. We encourage governments to engage in genuine consultation and consensual partnership working towards reconciliation, healing and prosperity.
As a practice, we are currently located in Tiohtià:ke known as Montréal. Historically a gathering place for many First Nations. These unceded lands have been stewarded by the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation and are now home to many First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.
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