Mental Health Awareness Week
We are supporting our colleagues in Halton Borough Council’s Health Improvement Team for Mental Health Awareness Week (16th-21st May 2016). We want to end the stigma around mental health. The Health Improvement Team, working under the Active Halton banner, are using Mental Health Awareness Week to encourage people to talk about their mental health and wellbeing.
The 5 Ways to Wellbeing can help you to maintain and improve your own mental health and wellbeing. Something as simple as going for a walk, a chat with a friend or relative or doing something nice for someone can have real benefits to your mental health.
The Health Improvement Team will also be launching the Maketime campaign here in Halton – which has been developed to raise awareness of the 5 Ways and the vast amount of services and places to go in Runcorn and Widnes. There are already lots of things going on around Halton you could get involved with – during Mental Health Awareness Week they will be showcasing some of these opportunities to give some ideas and a head start on how to incorporate the 5 Ways to Wellbeing into your daily life.
More information about the Health Improvement Team’s work around Mental Health Awareness Week can be found at http://www.haltonhealthimprovement.co.uk/mhw2016/
