We celebrate key mental health and wellbeing awareness days throughout the year to help raise awareness of mental health and well-being issues.
Below is a list of key dates for mental health awareness days for 2023 and 2024. As these are great days to celebrate on social media, we've also included some helpful hashtags.
If you're looking to raise mental health awareness and celebrate one of these mental health awareness days in a meaningful way, why not run a Corporate Wellness Lunch and Learn session for your employees? We also run Online Mental Health Lunch and Learns.
Mental Health Awareness Calendar 2023
January
- 16th - Blue/Brew Monday (3rd Monday of January) #BrewMonday
February
- 2nd Time to Talk Day #TimeToT
- 6th–12th - Children's Mental Health Awareness Week #CMHAW23
- 27th–5th March – Eating Disorders Awareness Week #EDAW
March
- 1st Self Injury Awareness Day #SIAD
- 3rd - University Mental Health Awareness Day #UniMentalHealthDay
- 13th–19th - Neurodiversity Celebration Week #NeuroDiversityCelebrationWeek
- 17th - World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
- 20th - International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness
- 27th–2nd April - World Autism Acceptance Week #AutismAcceptanceWeek
- 30th World Bi-Polar Awareness #WorldBipolarDay
April
- 1st-30th Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth2023
- 1st-30th World Autism Month #WorldAutismMonth
- 2nd - World Autism Awareness Day #WorldAutismDay
- 7th - World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
- 28th - World Health and Safety at Work Day #HealthAtWork
May
- 1st-31st - National Walking Month #WalkThisMay
- 2nd–8th - Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week #MaternalMHMatters
- 12th - ME Awareness Day #MEAwarenessDay
- 15th–21st - Mental Health Awareness Week #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
- 21st - World Meditation Day #WorldMeditationDay
June
- 1st-30th - International Men’s Health Month #MensHealthMonth
- 12th–18th – Men’s Health Week #MensHealthWeek
- 21st - Father’s Mental Health Awareness Day #FathersMentalHealthAwareness
July
- 24th - Samaritans Awareness Day #SamaritansAwarenessDay
September
- 10th - World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
- 18th-24th - Happiness at Work #HappinessAtWorkWeek
October
- 10th World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
- 30th October – 3rd November – Stress Awareness Week #StressAwarenessWeek
November
- 1st Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay (First Wednesday of November)
December
- 5th International Volunteer Day #IVD2023
Mental Health Awareness Calendar 2024
As not all of the dates for 2024 are yet confirmed, we've included some TBC estimates. We have made it clear when we do this and will update the calendar as dates are announced!
January
- 15th - Blue/Brew Monday (3rd Monday of January) #BrewMonday
February
- 2nd - Time to Talk Day #TimeToT
- Date TBC (Normally the first full week of February which would be the 5th–11th - Children's Mental Health Awareness Week #CMHAW24
- Date TBC (Normally at the end of February or start of March) - Eating Disorders Awareness Week #EDAW
March
- 1st - Self Injury Awareness Day #SIAD
- 3rd - University Mental Health Awareness Day #UniMentalHealthDay
- 15th - World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
- 20th - International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness
- Date TBC (late March) - Neurodiversity Celebration Week #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
- 30th - World Bi-Polar Awareness #WorldBipolarDay
- Date TBC (late March/early April) - World Autism Acceptance Week #AutismAcceptanceWeek
April
- 1st - 30th Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth2024
- 1st - 30th World Autism Month #WorldAutismMonth
- 2nd - World Autism Awareness Day #WorldAutismDay
- 7th - World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
- 28th - World Health and Safety at Work Day #HealthAtWork
May
- 1st-31st - National Walking Month #WalkThisMay
- 2nd–8th - Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week #MaternalMHMatters
- 12th - ME Awareness Day #MEAwarenessDay
- Date TBC (Mid-May) - Mental Health Awareness Week #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
- 21st - World Meditation Day #WorldMeditationDay
June
- 1st-30th - International Men’s Health Month #MensHealthMonth
- 10th–16th – Men’s Health Week #MensHealthWeek
- Date TBC (Late June) - Father’s Mental Health Awareness Day #FathersMentalHealthAwareness
July
- 24th - Samaritans Awareness Day #SamaritansAwarenessDay
September
- 10th - World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
- Date TBC (Normally last full week of September) - Happiness at Work #HappinessAtWorkWeek
October
- 10th - World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
- Date TBC (Normally late October/early November) – Stress Awareness Week #StressAwarenessWeek
November
- 6th - Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay (first Wednesday in November)
December
- 5th - International Volunteer Day - #IVD2024
Do you run a mental health awareness day that we've not listed? Please get in touch and we'll add it to our calendar.
Please note that this blog is updated regularly and was originally published in 2020.