We celebrate key mental health and wellbeing awareness days throughout the year to help raise awareness of mental health and well-being issues.
National Mental Health Awareness Days UK 2026 and 2027
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Ensure that your organisation is aware of upcoming National Mental Health Awareness Days in 2026 and 2027 with our helpful calendar. Find days to focus your employees on their personal wellbeing, as well as raise awareness of mental health within your workplace.
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Below is a list of key dates for mental health awareness days for 2026 and 2027. 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 or an Online Employee mental health awareness session?
For any other help with your organisation’s mental wellbeing strategy contact us to speak to one of our wellbeing experts.
Mental Health Awareness Days 2026
January
- 19th Brew Monday #brewmonday
February
- 5th Time to Talk Day - #TimeToT
- 9th - 15th Children's Mental Health Awareness Week #CMHAW26
- 17th Random Acts of Kindness Day #bekind
- 23rd - 1st Eating Disorders Awareness Week #EDAW
March
- 1st Self Harm and Self Injury Awareness Day #SIAD
- 8th International Women’s Day #IWD
- 12th University Mental Health Day #UniMentalHealthDay
- 13th World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
- 16th - 20th Neurodiversity Celebration Week - #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
- 20th International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness
- 30th World Bipolar Day #WorldBipolarDay
April
- Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth
- World Autism Acceptance Month #AutismAwareness
- 7th World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
- 28th World Health and Safety at Work Day #HealthAtWork
May
- National Walking Month #WalkThisMay
- 4th - 10th Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week#MaternalMHMatters
- 11th - 17th Mental Health Awareness Week #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
June
- Men’s Health Month #MensHealthMonth
- 8th - 14th Loneliness Awareness Week #Loneliness
- 22nd International Father’s Mental Health Day #FathersMentalHealthAwareness
July
- 24th Samaritans Awareness Day #SamaritansAwarenessDay
- 25th National Schizophrenia Awareness Day #RethinkMentalIllness
August
- Altruistic August #AltruisticAugust
- 14th National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwareness
September
- 10th World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
- 21st - 25th Happiness at Work Week #HappinessAtWorkWeek
October
- 10th World Mental Health Day#WorldMentalHealthDay
- 12-18th OCD Awareness Week #OCDAwareness
- 18th World Menopause Day #WorldMenopauseDay
November
- Movember – Men’s Health #Movember
- 2nd - 6th International Stress Awareness Week #StressAwarenessWeek
- 12th Mental Health First Aider Day #MHFAiderDay
- 19th International Men's Day #InternationalMensDay
- 16th - 22nd National Self-Care Week #SelfCare
December
- 2nd - 8th National Grief Awareness Week #GriefAwareness
- 5th International Volunteer Day - #IVD2026
- 21st World Meditation Day #WorldMeditationDay
Mental Health Awareness Days 2027
As not all of the dates for 2027 are yet confirmed, we've included some TBC estimates.
January
- 18th Brew Monday #brewmonday
February
- 4th Time to Talk Day - #TimeToT
- TBC Children's Mental Health Awareness Week #CMHAW27
- 17th Random Acts of Kindness Day #bekind
- TBC Eating Disorders Awareness Week #EDAW
March
- 1st Self Harm and Self Injury Awareness Day #SIAD
- 8th International Women’s Day #IWD
- 11th University Mental Health Day #UniMentalHealthDay
- 12th World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
- 15th - 21st Neurodiversity Celebration Week - #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
- 20th International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness
- 30th World Bipolar Day #WorldBipolarDay
April
- Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth
- World Autism Acceptance Month #AutismAwareness
- 7th World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
- 28th World Health and Safety at Work Day #HealthAtWork
May
- National Walking Month #WalkThisMay
- TBC Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week#MaternalMHMatters
- 10th - 16th Mental Health Awareness Week #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
June
- Men’s Health Month #MensHealthMonth
- TBC Loneliness Awareness Week #Loneliness
- 21st International Father’s Mental Health Day #FathersMentalHealthAwareness
July
- 24th Samaritans Awareness Day #SamaritansAwarenessDay
- 25th National Schizophrenia Awareness Day #RethinkMentalIllness
August
- Altruistic August #AltruisticAugust
- 14th National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwareness
September
- 10th World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
- TBC Happiness at Work Week #HappinessAtWorkWeek
October
- 10th World Mental Health Day#WorldMentalHealthDay
- 11th - 17th OCD Awareness Week #OCDAwareness
- 18th World Menopause Day #WorldMenopauseDay
November
- Movember – Men’s Health #Movember
- 1st - 5th International Stress Awareness Week #StressAwarenessWeek
- 12th Mental Health First Aider Day #MHFAiderDay
- 19th International Men's Day #InternationalMensDay
- TBC National Self-Care Week #SelfCare
December
- 2nd - 8th National Grief Awareness Week #GriefAwareness
- 5th International Volunteer Day - #IVD2027
- 21st World Meditation Day #WorldMeditationDay
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.
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