January
- 🟢 Samaritans Brew Monday – Date 19th January A UK campaign encouraging check-ins and connection to support mental wellbeing.
- 📅 Blue Monday – 19 January 2026 Labelled the “most difficult day of the year” — good for resilience and mental-health promotion.
February
- 🧠 Children’s Mental Health Week — 9-15 February 2026 A UK week highlighting the importance of children’s emotional wellbeing.
- 💬 Time to Talk Day – 5 February 2026 A UK day encouraging open conversations about mental health.
- 🍽 Eating Disorders Awareness Week – Monday 23 February to Sunday 1 March 2026 A week focusing on understanding eating disorders
March
- 🧡 Self-Injury Awareness Day – 1 March 2026 Global awareness day about the realities of self-harm and support.
- 🎓 University Mental Health Day – Thursday 12 March 2026 A UK initiative to prioritise student mental wellbeing.
- 🥾 World Sleep Day – 13th March 2026
- 🧘 Neurodiversity Celebration Week – 17th to 23rd March, 2026
- 🧠 World Bipolar Day – 30 March 2026 A day to raise understanding of bipolar spectrum disorders.
April
- 🌼 Stress Awareness Month – All April 2026 Global campaign focusing on understanding and managing stress.
- 🌍 World Health Day – 7 April 2026 WHO health awareness day with mental health often featured.
May
- 🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week – 11–17 May 2026, UK’s biggest annual mental health campaign with a new theme each year.
- 🧘♂️ World Meditation Day – 21 May 2026 Focus on mindfulness and wellbeing.
June
- 🏳️🌈 Pride Month – All June A month celebrating LGBTQ+ inclusion, acceptance and wellbeing.
- 👨⚕️ Men’s Health Week – 8–14 June 2026 Includes focus on men’s mental health.
July
- 🧠 National Schizophrenia Awareness Day – 25 July 2026, UK focus on understanding schizophrenia.
September
- 🟡 World Suicide Prevention Day – 10 September 2026 Global awareness for suicide prevention.
- 🌞 International Happiness at Work Week – September 21-25, 2026
October
- 🧠 World Suicide Prevention Month – All September
- 💚 World Mental Health Day – 10 October 2026 International awareness day championed by the World Federation for Mental Health & WHO.
- 🌀 OCD Awareness Week – 12–18 October 2026 A UK week raising understanding for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
November
- 🧠 Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month – All November 2026 Tackles stigma and highlights men’s mental wellbeing.
- 😟 National Stress Awareness Day – 4 November 2026 A day to focus on psychological stress and coping strategies.
- 📣 Anti-Bullying Week – 13–17 November 2026 Highlights the links between bullying and mental health.
- International Stress Awareness Day