October 10 is World Mental Health Day 2016. World Mental Health Day is a global awareness day to raise awareness of mental health issues. World Mental Health Day gives us all a great opportunity to get talking about mental health and wellbeing.

There are lots of events happening in Kent to support World Mental Health Day so why not get out, get involved and find out more about mental health and wellbeing and all of the great work happening around the county.
There is also the first Kent Mental Health Festival happening on the 11 October which is a great opportunity to celebrate all of the support for mental health and wellbeing and to see what is available, or to come along and get involved in a workshop. To see more about the Kent Mental Health Festival follow the link here.

On World Mental Health Day 10 October if you cannot come to one of the events happening in Kent why not take the opportunity to think about the small things we can all do to make a difference to someone experiencing a mental health problem – like sending a text to a friend or having a cup of tea and chat.

To find out what is happening to celebrate World Mental Health Day in Kent go to our latest listings here. If you are an organisation who is holding an event and want it added to our list please email: [email protected].

Time to Change have some free resources and ideas for how to start a conversation about mental health why not order them: See the Time to Change Resources here.

The Mental Health Foundation is encouraging everyone to have a Tea and Talk for World Mental Health Day and they have free resources if you want to organise your own tea and talk day you can download these through the Mental Health Foundation here.

To find out more about World Mental Health Day 2016 follow the link.

List updated 6 October.