Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
Every year the Mental Health Foundation runs Mental Health Awareness Week to shed light on the problems faced by those living with mental illness. The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is movement because regular physical activity can alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety, reduce stress levels, increase our energy levels and help to prevent physical illness.
Where can I get support?
There are a range of mental health support services available in Westminster to help you. Some of these services are listed below:
The Hub of Hope is a directory of mental health support and services across the UK.
Westminster Talking Therapies Service is part of the national NHS ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) service, within the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. The talking therapies are for individuals, over 16 years of age, who feel anxious and worried or down and depressed in the Westminster borough.
Brent, Wandsworth & Westminster Mind is a leading community-based mental health charity dedicated to providing outstanding mental health support and tailored clinical interventions across Westminster and other boroughs.
Central London Samaritans provide emotional support to callers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and encourage them to explore their feelings and thereby lessen their burdens and pressures.
Future Men is a specialist charity that supports boys and men along the path to becoming dynamic future men, whilst addressing the stereotypes around masculinity and engaging in the wider conversation of what it means to be a man.
Hestia Westminster offers refuge accommodation to victims of domestic abuse; it provides integrated mental health services at different locations across the Borough and has a dedicated Young People’s service.
The Listening Place provides free, face-to-face, ongoing support, by appointment, for those who feel that life is no longer worth living.
Our contribution to improving mental health
We have been working on a project to identify the mental health needs of people experiencing homelessness and evaluate the gaps in current mental health provisions. You can read more about this project here. Another ongoing project is focusing on young people’s mental health project where we have supported people to speak up about their experiences.
Find out more
For more information about this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week you can visit this link or join the conversation on social media using #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and #MomentsForMovement
