Author: Judith Campbell

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK (18th to the 25th of May 2020)

Kindness is the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020. Research shows that kindness and our mental health are deeply connected. Kindness helps break down isolation, helps reduce stress and helps create and deepen friendships.
Use this opportunity to help your little ones understand kindness, share stories with them and help them think about when someone was kind to them and how it made them feel. Further resources can be found here https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ and https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52557800

The NHS website, ‘Every Mind Matters’ is packed full of expert advice and practical tips to help parents manage home life during the pandemic.
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
The ‘Looking After Children and Young People during the Coronavirus Outbreak’ provides the NHS’s top tips to help you know how to look after the mental health of those you care about during this time. CLICK HERE

Other Useful links include:-
Get Your Mind Plan—Answer 5 quick questions to get your free plan with tips to help you deal with stress and anxiety, improve your sleep, boost your mood and feel more in control.

10 tips to help if you're worried about coronavirus
7 simple ideas to tackle working from home
Mental wellbeing while staying at home

The Action Mental Health MensSana team have developed a bitesize session based on the ‘Healthy Me’ programme for parents and carers around this year’s theme of ‘Kindness’.
The session aims to:
• Identify the issues parents are facing during lockdown
• Raise awareness about mental health
• Highlight self-care techniques for building resilience and confidence
• Show how and where to access support
3 sessions will be delivered online each day via Zoom and will last 30 minutes so you can choose a day and time that suits you best. Monday 18th – Friday 22nd May 2020 10:30am, 3:30pm & 8:00pm. If you are interested in attending, please register via Eventbrite where further details are available: CLICK HERE