Mental Health Awareness week is the 11 – 17 May and it’s a great week to raise awareness of all mental health and wellbeing issues. The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness week is Mindfulness. Mindfulness is a form of meditation that uses breath as form of concentration. Learning Mindfulness helps us pay more attention to the present moment – to our own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing. We have recently published an introduction to Mindfulness which links to free downloads, you can find this information here: www.liveitwell.org.uk/mindfulness

There are lots of events happening in to raise awareness of Mental Health Awareness Week in Kent to see our latest list follow the link.

Live It Well is also promoting better mental wellbeing in Kent through the Six Ways to Wellbeing campaign. The Six Ways to Wellbeing are: Be Active, Keep Learning, Give, Connect, Take Notice, and Care for the Planet. These Six Ways to Wellbeing can improve your mood, strengthen your relationships and help you cope when life doesn’t go to plan. To support this campaign we have made available free resources so if you are planning on holding an event in Mental Health Awareness Week and want some free resources to promote mental wellbeing you find our resources here: www.liveitwell.org.uk/ways-to-wellbeing/resources

We are also holding a series of free seminars to introduce people to the Six Ways to Wellbeing and you can book on these here: www.liveitwell.org.uk/ways-to-wellbeing/seminars

If you are planning on holding an event to promote Mental Health Awareness week in Kent and want Live It Well to publicise it on our local news pages, facebook and twitter accounts please contact us with details.

The Mental Health Foundation are promoting Mental Health Awareness week and you can find out more about their work here: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/mentalhealthawarenessweek

NHS Choices also have information about Mindfulness, follow the link for more information.

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