As part of our ‘Community’ theme for Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re exploring people’s online communities, and suggesting what we all – and the government – can do to better navigate an increasingly complex online world.
Peer support groups can provide people living with a long-term health condition with a community that plays a vital role in improving mental health.
For Parental Mental Health Day on 30 January, Gillian Meens shares her experiences of finding a community with other parents after the birth of her children.
The theme we've chosen for Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 is Community. Find out why we chose this theme, and how community is important for our mental health.
Mental Health Foundation's Director of England Alexa Knight tackles the value of mental health awareness, in light of recent questions about whether it has gone "too far".
During May we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week in Northern Ireland with a wealth of community events.
Read about all the events happening during Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 across Northern Ireland.
This year for Mental Health Awareness Week we are focusing on anxiety. We all feel anxious from time to time. We are kickstarting a nationwide conversation, encouraging people to share their own experiences and any helpful ideas on how they manage anxiety.
Our CEO Mark Rowland shares his own experience of loneliness, explains the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to 15 May 2022) and invites you to share your stories, break the stigma and be part of the movement to tackle loneliness.
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Most of us haven't experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic in our lifetimes. So it's not surprising if you feel scared, exhausted, vulnerable or simply fed-up.
