Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event aimed at encouraging the UK to focus on achieving good mental health, which begins on Monday 9 May. The Mental Health Foundation started the event 21 years ago, and this year’s theme is loneliness.
Why loneliness?
Loneliness is affecting more and more of us in the UK and has had a huge impact on our physical and mental health during the pandemic. Our connection to other people and our community is fundamental to protecting our mental health, and we need to find better ways of tackling the epidemic of loneliness. We can all play a part in this.
This week, we are raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental wellbeing and the practical steps we can take to address it. Reducing loneliness is a major step towards a mentally healthy society.
During the week visit our EPUT social media pages where we will be sharing advice and tips on how to reduce loneliness in our communities. Join in the conversation and help lift someone out of loneliness:
Facebook
Twitter
Events
Thursday 12 May, 12:00pm to 12:45pm
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re hosting an live event with speakers from the Mental Health Foundation.
This live event is open to all staff as well as members of the public and service users and will discuss loneliness, how it affects us and what we can all do to reduce it.
You can view the recording here.
Thursday 13 May, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Hear from local and national initiatives aiming to reduce loneliness. We will be joined by representatives from organisations including Open Arts and Trust Links.
This event is open to the public and our service users.
You can view the recording here.
