Publish date: 10 May 2024
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 will take place from 13 to 19 May, on the theme of “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”.
Movement is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to move enough. We know there are many different reasons for this, so this Mental Health Awareness Week we want to help people to find moments for movement in their daily routines. Going for a walk in your neighbourhood, putting on your favourite music and dancing around the living room, chair exercises when you’re watching television – it all counts!
We are marking Mental Health Awareness Week by launching a new campaign urging people to move more and helps improve their mental wellbeing. Find out more about the campaign on our website.
What is happening during the week?
Monday, 13 May
They will be at Liverpool Central Library on 13 May from 10am to 3.30pm. 36 services are attending to promote their services and how they can support with mental health and general wellbeing. There will be performances and workshops throughout the day. Find out more in the events calendar.
Tuesday, 14 May
This will be at Liverpool Central Station from 1pm to 6:30pm
They will also be at the Shed at Creative Campus from1pm to 4pm (Baltic Creative Campus, 49 Jamaica Street, Liverpool L1 0AH)
Wednesday, 15 May
They will be at LMA (Liverpool Media Academy) from 10am to 2pm (Met quarter | 35 Whitechapel | Liverpool | L1 6DA).
Thursday, 16 May
They will be at Liverpool Hope University from 9am to 12pm (Hope Park, Taggart Avenue, Liverpool, L16 9JD).
Friday, 16 May
They will be at Les Christabelle’s Cove Children’s Soft Play Centre from 9am to 12pm (Unit 4, Deysbrook Parade, Deysbrook retail park, Deysbrook Lane, Liverpool, L12 4YF).
Enjoy the health and wellbeing benefits of walking whilst raising money to support our communities
Are you ready to embrace the beauty of spring while making a positive impact? Lace up your walking shoes and join us for a 30 day challenge that supports wellbeing as well as helps us to raise money to support Mersey Cares’ mental health and community initiatives.
Find out more on Mersey Cares website.
Walking is simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier. Sometimes overlooked as a form of exercise, walking briskly can help you build stamina, burn excess calories and make your heart healthier. You don’t have to walk for hours, a brisk 10 minute daily walk has lots of health benefits.
We have created some walking route maps for staff based at or working from the below sites you may wish to use during lunch or break times:
The team are doing a dance challenge based on the dance performed by Whitefield Primary School during LLP’s Children’s Mental Health Week Livestream.
Check our the dance video on Vimeo.
If you are taking part, don't forget to tag the team on social media @llppartnership and @livcamhsfyi
NIHR is hosting a webinar on mental health crises: research to improve care. This will be held on Monday, 13 May at 1pm.
If you support people going through mental health crises, this webinar is for you. Learn about NIHR research into adult mental health crises. Speakers will present evidence about crisis care and discuss how this could be improved. Presentations will be followed by a Q&A session, giving you a unique chance to quiz the speakers on how this research could inform your practice.
The webinar will cover:
- What makes community crisis care successful
- How acute day units might help adults experiencing a mental health crisis
- How a peer-support programme could help people avoid relapse to crisis care.
To register, please click here.
Spotlight on mental health
This Mental Health Awareness Week, check out our staff stories on how they like to move for their mental health and how it makes them feel.
Never walk alone
They say a stranger is just a friend you have not yet met. It is never truer than the Our Croxteth walking group for people of all ages. We went along to find out more. Walker Carol arrives to hellos and hugs from a small group of women. As she’s recounting her nervousness at turning up completely alone, fellow walker Jan shouts up, “You weren’t on your own long though were you?” Carol grins – the women have a clear bond. “I feel so much better since I’ve been doing the walks." Continue reading in our MC Magazine.
Ping Pong Power
At Windsor House adult mental health inpatient unit staff are using the sport –with an outdoor concrete table funded by Mersey Cares charity – to help people with enduring mental health issues to socialise, get fit and learn a new skill. Continue reading in our MC Magazine.
