Since 2001, the Mental Health Foundation has been leading Mental Health Awareness Week - bringing the UK together to focus on getting good mental health. This year, the week took place from 12 to 18 May 2025 and the theme is 'community'.
We used this Mental Health Awareness Week to celebrate the power and importance of community.
Being part of a safe, positive community is vital for our mental health and wellbeing. We thrive when we have strong connections with other people and supportive communities that remind us, we are not alone. Communities can provide a sense of belonging, safety, support in hard times, and give us a sense purpose.
How does community benefit your mental health?
Being part of a community can make life feel more meaningful and enjoyable, help us feel happier and safer, and improve our mental health. Yet sometimes, although we’re all part of communities, we don’t always realise the benefits for our mental health. Read about how community supports your mental health, and our top ten tips on how to get involved in your community.
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Online communities
With all of us spending more time online, it's more important than ever to keep our online communities safe and make sure they're having a positive impact on our mental health.
We're calling for urgent reform
We're calling on the government for urgent reform to protect young people’s mental health from online harm.
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Without community, there’s no mental health. We can’t afford to ignore it
Thriving communities support good mental health, but poverty, inequality, and underinvestment have eroded them. We urge government action to rebuild communities and prevent mental ill-health through systemic change.
Stand up for our communities
This Mental Health Awareness Week we’re celebrating the ways that communities protect our mental health. But, our communities are in danger. Recent cuts to welfare are a disaster to the ability of communities to be spaces of safety, care, and support. We must fight for our communities.
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Support good mental health for all
Your support helps us run Mental Health Awareness Week every year and continue our work year-round to make sure that no-one is deprived of the opportunity for good mental health because of who they are, the community they come from or where they live.
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Wear it Green Day
Bring your community together and organise a Wear It Green Day any day of the year at your school, organisation or with family and friends. Raise awareness and fundraise to support our vital work.
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Keep up with all the activity during Mental Health Awareness Week and beyond on our social media channels.
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Our monthly email newsletter is packed with tips to help look after your mental health, updates about vital work across the UK and ways you can get involved in our mission to help everyone have the good mental health they deserve.
Thanks to our partners
Mental Health Awareness Week wouldn’t be possible without the support of our partners.
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About Mental Health Awareness Week
Since 2001, the Mental Health Foundation has been leading Mental Health Awareness Week - bringing together the UK to focus on getting good mental health. Each May, millions of people from every part of society take part. They include people in schools and further education; private, public and charity sectors; families and individuals.
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