Taking place on 6th February 2025, Time to Talk Day is a day for friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together and talk about mental health. Spearheaded by leading mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, in partnership with Co-op, Time to Talk Day encourages people to make time for a real...
Stress Awareness Week: Improve stress management in the workplace
International Stress Awareness Week, observed from 4th-8th November, and Stress Awareness Day (6th November) aim to reduce stress and improve wellbeing. Run by the International Stress Management Association (ISMAUK), the annual campaign is designed to raise global awareness of stress and stress management, and combat the stigma associated with stress and mental health issues....
World Mental Health Day 2024: Prioritise mental health in the workplace
World Mental Health Day falls on 10th October each year, and the theme for the global campaign in 2024 is ‘It is Time to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace.’ World Mental Health Day was established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). For the past 32 years, the campaign has...
Reforming Mental Health Act a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’
A leading mental health charity has called the new government’s pledge to reform the Mental Health Act a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” Responding to the King’s Speech, national charity Mind said that plans announced within it to modernise the Mental Health Act 1983 were “a welcome first step in tackling the nation’s mental health crisis.” The...
Time to Talk Day: start a conversation about mental health
Thursday 1st February 2024 is Time to Talk Day, when everyone is encouraged to have a conversation about mental health. Spearheaded by leading mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, in partnership with Co-op, Time to Talk Day encourages friends, families, colleagues and communities to come together to talk, listen and make positive...
World Mental Health Day focuses on the right to good mental health
It’s World Mental Health Day on Tuesday 10th October 2023, and this year the global campaign will also mark the 75th anniversary of the organisation that founded it, the World Federation for Mental Health. Chosen through a global public vote, the official theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘Mental Health is...
Have a mental health conversation on Time to Talk Day
Thursday 2nd February 2023 is Time to Talk Day, aimed at encouraging the nation to make time for a conversation about mental health. The national awareness day, which was first launched in 2014, is run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness in England, in partnership with the Co-op. It is a UK-wide campaign, which...
Third of UK adults feel anxious about their finances
There are worries about the state of the nation’s mental health after a recent survey found that more than one third (34%) of adults in the UK felt anxious due to financial worries. The survey, commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation, also found that 1 in 10 adults felt hopeless about their finances, while...
Research reveals men’s mental health under pressure
Research by mental health charity Mind has revealed that men feel worried or low more regularly than they did 10 years ago. Mind compared new polling data from YouGov with results from the same survey conducted in 2009 to see how men’s experiences of mental health issues have changed over the past decade. They...
Join the conversation this National Stress Awareness Day
The 12th annual National Stress Awareness Day will be marked on Wednesday 4th November 2020. Falling on the first Wednesday in November each year, the annual awareness day was established to highlight the importance of recognising and managing stress in our daily lives. Mental health charity Mind says that, although stress itself is not...