Mental Health Awareness Days and Weeks offer valuable opportunities for schools, families, and support services to come together to promote emotional wellbeing across our community.
These dedicated times throughout the year remind us to check in with ourselves and others, raise awareness of mental health challenges, and celebrate the strength in seeking support.
As an Educational Psychology Service, in partnership with the Enfield Mental Health Support Team (MHST), we recognise the importance of these days in raising awareness, reducing stigma, and encouraging open conversations about mental health – especially among children and young people.
This webpage provides key dates and resources to help schools, families, and services engage meaningfully with Mental Health Awareness Days and Weeks throughout the year.
Together, we can foster resilience, compassion, empathy, and a culture of care.
Mental Health Awareness 2026/2027
Enfield Educational Psychology Service (EPS) and My Young Mind Enfield (MYME), Enfield’s MHST, have selected a range of awareness days, weeks, and events to mark across the academic year:
| Term | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn | World Mental Health Day | 10 October 2026 |
| Autumn | International Stress Awareness Week | 2 to 6 November 2026 |
| Autumn | National Self-Care Week | 16 to 22 November 2026 |
| Spring | Children's Mental Health Awareness Week | 1 to 7 February 2027 |
| Spring | Neurodiversity Celebration Week | 15 to 19 March 2027 |
| Summer | Mental Health Awareness Week | 10 to 16 May 2027 |
| Summer | Exam preparation and wellbeing support | Summer Term 2027 |
(Information of other awareness events can be found on Altruist’s Mental Health Awareness 2025-2026 Calendar)
Please see below resources created for this academic year:
Previous year’s mental health awareness resources
Resources created for the academic year 2025/2026:
Autumn Term
- World Mental Health Day - October 2025
- International Stress Awareness Week and National Self-Care Week - November 2025
Spring Term
Summer Term
Resources created for the academic year 2024/2025:
- World Mental Health Day - October 2024
- Childrens Mental Health Week - February 2025
- Mental Health Awareness Week (Primary) - May 2025
- Mental Health Awareness Week (Secondary) - May 2025
- Mental Health Awareness Week Art Activity - May 2025
Resources created for the academic year 2023/2024: