Spotlight: Children's Mental Health Week 2025
Every year, for the past 11 years, the week is organised and run by the children's mental health charity Place2Be.
It is all about helping young people speak up and feel empowered to talk about mental health.
Each year the week has a theme, and this years is 'Know yourself, Grow yourself' and is all about encouraging you to build self awareness.
What is Children's Mental Health Week?
The first ever Children's Mental Health Week took place in 2015 and was launched to shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people's mental health.
The week was designed to encourage more people to start talking, spread the word and raise money to help fund services to support children's mental health.
As well as to make sure anyone struggling knew they were not alone.
Across the UK lots of schools and communities get involved and hold special events or assemblies to mark the week.
Advice if you are worried about talking about mental health problems
If you are worried about your mental health or are finding it difficult to talk about how you are feeling, there is lots of support out there.
The first thing you should do is speak to an adult that you trust about it. That might be a parent or family member, a family friend or even a teacher at school.
If you're not sure who you would like to talk to, ring Childline on 0800 1111 who will be able to help you with how you are feeling, or visit www.childline.org.uk.
Read about young people's experiences of mental health services in Salford.
The Salford Adolescent Minds (S.A.M) Report looked into young people’s mental health services in Salford.
Read the report here: https://www.healthwatchsalford.co.uk/report/2024-05-20/salford-adolescent-minds-sam-report
