Mental Health Awareness Week 15-19 May is a fantastic opportunity to talk about mental health and raise awareness. If you want to make a difference by gifting your time, donating, fundraising or simple starting a conversation then read on. 

Here are 8 quick ways you can get involved with mental health awareness week in your school, college, workplace or community. 

1. Donate to our match fund appeal to double your impact

This Mental Health Awareness Week every donation made to our appeal will be matched by The Big Give.

Donating or fundraising this week doubles your impact in your community and helps us provide crucial support to more people.

Donate and help us reach our campaign target!

Double your impact

2. Access our FREE School support pack with resources to use

Everything you need to support Mental Health Awareness Week in your school.

Including:

• Digital recording to play in assembly from the Know Your Mind team
• Pre-made plan for the week on what to do Monday to Friday
• How to request a speaker in assembly by Bradford District and Craven Mind
• PowerPoint presentation to use for a form time activity
• Step-by-step fundraising guide with advice and tips 
• Services that your students can access

School support pack

3. Access our FREE Employer support pack with resources to use

Everything you need to support Mental Health Awareness Week in your organisation. 

Including:

• Digital recording of a stress awareness workshop with a Bradford District and Craven Mind trainer
• Invitation to an in-person workshop at Bradford District and Craven Mind HQ on Anxiety in the workplace
• Step-by-step fundraising guide with advice and tips on how you can engage your staff 
• Information on services that your staff can access when they are struggling with their mental health

Employer support pack

4. Join our FREE Anxiety training – 18 May, 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Andrea our West Yorkshire Training lead will be a free networking and training event. Come along to office on Thursday 18th May to meet the team and learn more about managing anxiety in the workplace. There will be opportunities to network and refreshments available.

Please book your place using the link below. 

Register your interest

5. Play our Anxiety assembly recording at school

Chloe Love from Know Your Mind held a workshop for children and young people on how to cope with anxiety.

The workshop works great in classrooms, teaching children and younger people what anxiety is, what it feels like and offering self-care and anxiety tips to take home.

6. Use our Stress Bucket workshop in your workplace

Stress can be positive and motivate us to work hard and be productive but if not correctly managed it can become distress, or negative stress, and can hurt our long-term wellbeing.

Bradford District and Craven Mind’s Stress Bucket workshop by our West Yorkshire Mind Training Lead Andrea Wallman is designed to give people a different way of looking at their stress and encourage them to look at their unique coping strategies to look after their own stress.

The best way to use this recording is to play the video first and fill out the stress bucket handout after playing the video.

Access the Stress Bucket handout here

7. Join a Tea & Talk group

Our Tea ‘n’ Talk groups are for anyone to come along to – simply pop in, pull up a chair at a Tea ‘n’ Talk table + have a natter with others in the community. During Mental Health Awareness Week, we are running three Tea ‘n’ Talk groups:

Monday 15th May 10.00am – 12.00pm, Morrisons Cafe, Skipton

Monday 15th May 10.00am – 12.00pm, The Thornbury Centre, Bradford

Tuesday 18th May 10.00am – 12.00pm, The Canteen, Bradford

8. Attend a pop-up event in Bradford 

However you choose to get involved with Mental Health Awareness Week let us know by tagging us on social media.