Mental health awareness calendar

Encourages people to talk openly about mental health, helping to reduce stigma and make it easier for people to seek support.

Aims to empower, equip and give a voice to children and young people, while increasing understanding of children’s mental health.

Raises awareness, challenges stereotypes and reduces stigma around eating disorders.

Aims to increase understanding and empathy around self-injury, challenge stigma, and encourage people affected to seek support.

Gets the UK talking about student mental health and encourages universities to make mental health a whole-university priority.

Raises awareness of the importance of sleep health, bringing together health professionals, researchers, patients and the public.

Raises global awareness of bipolar disorders, challenges stigma and discrimination, and improves understanding of the condition.

Raises understanding of PTSD and complex PTSD, encourages conversations about trauma, challenges misconceptions and helps people recognise that effective treatment and support are available.

Challenges myths, fear and misinformation surrounding schizophrenia and promotes a more accurate understanding of the lives and experiences of people living with schizophrenia.

Raises global awareness that suicide is preventable and brings communities, organisations and governments together around suicide prevention, encouraging open conversations, understanding and action to save lives.

Raises awareness and understanding of menopause and the challenges associated with it, while encouraging conversations and better support.

Raises awareness of mental health issues globally and mobilises efforts to support mental health and improve access to mental healthcare.

Aims to challenge misconceptions about OCD, improve understanding of the condition and encourage conversations about its impact on daily life.

Raises awareness of men’s mental health, encourages men to talk and seek support, and addresses stigma and barriers to help-seeking.

Raises awareness of stress and its impact, particularly in working life, and promotes evidence-informed approaches to stress management and healthier workplaces.