Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from Monday 15 – Sunday 21 May 2023. The official theme for this year, as set by the Mental Health Foundation, is ‘anxiety‘.
Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.
Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food.
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems we can face. In a recent mental health survey we carried out around stress, anxiety and hopelessness over personal finances, a quarter of adults said they felt so anxious that it stopped them from doing the things they want to do some or all of the time. Six in ten adults feel this way, at least some of the time. On a positive note, anxiety can be made easier to manage.
Focusing on anxiety for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people’s awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. At the same time, we will keep up the pressure to demand change – making sure that improving mental health is a key priority for the government and society as a whole.
What Can we do to deal with feelings of Anxiety Guide
To download posters and resources please visit – https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week/resources
Anxiety Booklet for Secondary Schools
It’s time to go green for Mental Health Awareness Week. We’re calling on you to go green and raise money for us by running your own event for Wear it Green Day 2023.
Join us on Wear it Green Day 2023 to raise money to help us get good mental health for all of us. By going green, you can support us in carrying out vital research and delivering programmes for different communities. 1 in 6 of us are affected by mental health problems every week.
We have all the resources you’ll need to run your event, whether you’re holding a quiz at work, baking some treats for your family or holding a scavenger hunt at your school.
During Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, we’re encouraging people to hold a Wear it Green Day on Thursday 18 May. Every day is a good day to support good mental health though, so you can also plan one for whenever you like.
Download our pack and hold a Wear it Green Day at your workplace, school or in your community, and join a movement to help make change happen and achieve good mental health for all.
We will be uploading videos, resources and an “anxiety” toolkit soon from our fab team of counsellors. Watch this space….
