Mental Health Awareness Week Archives

Mindful movement: Enhancing mental health through everyday actions

20 May 2024

To coincide with this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme of movement, we sat down with Recovery Navigator Ellen and…

Second Step gardening group on a mission to turn office green space into refuge for clients and staff

15 May 2024

A green space filled with brambles, weeds and trees.

One month on from our office move to Pennywell Road, we’re settling in well and are busy creating a warm,…

Embracing movement: Navigating mental health and wellness

13 May 2024

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week has the theme of movement so we caught up with Senior PAT Practitioner Ellen…

Managing Anxiety: Understanding Anxiety and Finding Inner Calm

17 May 2023

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May). This year, it’s shining a light on anxiety and its impact on our lives. Anxiety isn’t just your everyday worry or stress. It’s that feeling of unease and fear that can take over at any time. We’ve all been there, right? Feeling those butterfly nerves when you’re about to face a big exam or a nerve-wracking job interview. But when anxiety starts interfering with your daily life and overall wellbeing, that’s when it becomes a real challenge.

“Sometimes we can’t do things alone”

12 May 2022

This year Mental Health Awareness Week is about loneliness. We hear from Hope client Vic who reached out for help when he felt his mental health was relapsing. TW: This post mentions suicidal thoughts.

Let’s take on loneliness together – Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

4 May 2022

9 to 15 May is Mental Health Awareness Week, a time for breaking down the stigma which still surrounds mental health. This year, we’re going to talk about loneliness. We all feel lonely sometimes, and there are so many different ways we can feel lonely. But we don’t have to struggle by ourselves – let’s take on loneliness together.