Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 is a chance for the UK to focus on mental health.
This year’s theme is kindness, with the week running from 18 – 24 May.
The focus on kindness is a response to the coronavirus outbreak, which is having a big impact on people’s mental health.
Some people have mental health conditions like depression or anxiety, which means they have feelings that won’t go away and which start to really affect day-to-day life.
Mark Rowland, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “We want to use Mental Health Awareness Week to celebrate the thousands of acts of kindness that are so important to our mental health. And we want to start a discussion on the kind of society we want to shape as we emerge from this pandemic.”
Follow the link below to watch the video and find out more information.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52557800
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week
How can you show Kindness this week whilst at home during this difficult time? Could you help to do jobs around the house? Could you play nicely with your siblings? Could you write a nice positive letter to a family member or friend? Maybe even comment on this post and tell us something you’ve been doing.
1 Comment
Erica Field · 19th May 2020 at 8:31 pm
Thank you for supporting the mental health of all our children.