Step into Mental Fitness: Celebrating National Walking Month

It’s National Walking Month! As part of mental health awareness to boost the mental health of people across the nation, we want to highlight the mental health benefits of walking, …

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How to Encourage Positive Behaviour on Social Media for Children

Just like how you teach children how to behave in school or in public, teaching them how to behave online is no different. Our lives have become increasingly digitised, and…

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How to Ensure Safe Use of Social Media for Children’s Mental Health Awareness

Where once it was simply just a platform for adults to share pictures with friends, now, almost all ages have had an experience with social media at one point in…

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How Stress Impacts Your Overall Wellbeing

We all experience stress at some point in our lives. Although some stressful periods can come and go, it is important to consider that excessive stress can have an impact…

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Why Stress Management is so Important

Stress is an inevitable part of life, and we will all experience it at some point. Although some forms of stress can work as healthy motivation, excessive and constant stress…

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Strategies for Supporting Children’s Mental Health

Mental health professionals have been pushing for mental health awareness and recognition across the UK. In 2021, it was found that 1 in every 6 children is experiencing a mental…

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Breaking the Stigma: Menopause and Mental Health

Women’s mental health is a topic that deserves attention and support. Mental health problems are common in society, with women being particularly vulnerable to certain mental health conditions due to…

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How Sleep Can Improve Your Mental Health and Well-being

Although sleep is an often-overlooked aspect of maintaining good mental health, its importance is undeniable. Research shows around 75% of people with depression also show signs of insomnia. A lack…

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We Need to Pay Attention to Women’s Mental Health

As we celebrate Women’s History Month this March, it’s important to acknowledge the challenges that women face in terms of their mental health. Women’s mental health is an issue that…

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Young people, homelessness and mental health…

At least 271,000 people are recorded as homeless in England, including 122,000 children. In Europe, young people aged 18-29 represent 20-30% of the homeless population – that is equivalent to…

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How hearing loss can impact mental health

It’s World Hearing Day! Let’s work to increase awareness and education of hearing loss impact on mental health this World Hearing Day. 1 in 6 of the UK adult population…

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Understanding children’s mental health rights in the UK

The growing issue of children’s mental health and wellbeing has become a pressing issue in the UK. 1 in 6 children aged 5 to 16 are struggling with a mental…

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Mental health rights in the workplace: Understanding employer obligations and employee protections

Poor mental health in the workplace can negatively impact employee productivity and the working environment. 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience mental health issues, so it is…

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How to have fun without alcohol: A guide to a sober social life

Whether you’re quitting alcohol for physical health or mental health, there are many ways you can have fun while avoiding alcohol. Although drinking culture is extremely prevalent in the UK,…

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Understanding men’s mental health

Men’s mental health has become an important topic over the past decade. With 3 out of 4 suicides by men under 35 years of age, poor mental health in the…

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How Shawmind use your donations

Shawmind is a charity on a mission to improve mental health awareness. After our 2017 parliamentary win towards compulsory mental health education in schools, we are committed to ‘headucating’ individuals…

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How to Improve Mental Health in The Workplace

As a leader in your organisation, you’re likely invested in the well-being of your employees.  The workplace, where many people spend the majority of their time each week, is frequently…

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Why mental health education in schools is so important

According to the Prince’s Trust’s Youth Index, one-quarter of young people are unable to cope with life. Report after report reveals the mental health toll exacerbated by lockdown conditions. Research…

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The Cost of Living: How Rising Prices Are Affecting Our Mental Health

The cost of living has been on the rise for quite some time now, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In fact, in some cases it seems to…

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The Post-Covid Impact on Mental Health

It is now more important than ever to be aware of the mental health implications of Covid. Recent studies have shown that mental health conditions are on the rise in…

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What are mental health days and when should you take one?

Taking time off work to care for your physical health is a standard practise but doing the same for your mental health can feel like more of a grey area.…

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Improving mental health after lockdown

During lockdown, we were all made aware of the mental health risks of social isolation, staying indoors and mass worry about health. However, since lockdown has finished, and we are…

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Why mental health awareness is so important

Often, because of misconceptions about mental health and mental wellbeing, people suffer in silence and their conditions go untreated. Mental health awareness is an important social movement to improve understanding…

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4 ways to implement mindfulness in the classroom

Incorporate mindfulness into classroom activities by including breathing, sensory experience, guided imagery, and movement exercises into the day-to-day curriculum. Teaching mindfulness in the classroom is more important than ever. 66%…

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How can mindfulness benefit young people?

It suggests that the mind is fully attending to what’s happening, to what you’re doing, to the space you’re moving through. That might seem trivial, except for the annoying fact…

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Simple ways to use the “5 ways to wellbeing” for young people

It’s the Mental Health Foundation’s Wellbeing Week from 27th June 2022! It’s a fantastic initiative to provide young people with the tools and knowledge to help manage their mental health. …

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How does stigma affect men’s mental health?

Around 75% of UK deaths from suicide are men, and it is the leading cause of mortality for men under the age of 50. These figures highlight the critical need…

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How to prevent loneliness in schools

Loneliness is often associated with older age groups but data has shown that young people are more likely to feel lonely than older age groups. So, how can we prevent…

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4 Free ways to fundraise

We often associate fundraising with organised events, sponsored challenges, and wide-scale donation collections, but we forget that there are lots of different ways to fundraise and help charities. Here is…

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It’s Mental Health Awareness week!

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, which is running from May 9 through May 15, 2022. The year, The Mental Health Foundation has decided to focus on the theme…

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How to support someone struggling with stress?

Stress is one of the most common mental health conditions that everyone is likely to experience at some point in their lives. While small amounts of stress can help us…

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6 Facts about stress you might not know

Stress has a variety of physical and emotional effects on us, with varying degrees of intensity. Not everyone reacts to stress in the same way, and what one person finds…

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How can mindfulness help with stress?

As April is Stress Awareness Month, we want to bring light to the benefit of mindfulness in the management of stress. Currently, there are 822,000 workers suffering from work-related stress,…

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6 Ways to Manage Stress

At some point in our lives, we have all felt the effects of stress; it is an unavoidable part of life. Whilst we are all familiar with what it feels…

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Let’s Improve Bipolar Disorder Awareness

World Bipolar Day is observed on March 30th every year, on the renowned Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday after he was posthumously diagnosed with bipolar disorder. World Bipolar Day…

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Minimising Stress and Anxiety in the Classroom

A common mental health disorder such as anxiety or depression affects 1 in 6 young individuals. Although 75% of diagnosable mental health issues appear before the age of eighteen, it…

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Why are mental health first aiders important in the workplace?

In the same way you would plan for the risk of physical harm in the workplace, having a colleague with mental health first aid training is a crucial tool for…

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How to help someone with an eating disorder

An eating disorder is a complex mental health condition where an individual utilises control of food to cope with negative feelings, often associated with body image. This condition affects 1…

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What are the types of mental health stigma?

What is mental health stigma? Mental health stigma is a negative attitude or negative treatment of an individual or group due to a voiced or perceived mental health condition –…

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How to support mental health in classrooms

Mental health affects many children, with 75% of diagnosable mental health conditions being present before the age of eighteen. Mental health in young people often goes undiagnosed, however, with an…

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How to talk about mental health in classrooms

Our annual Sock it to Stigma! campaign seeks to raise awareness about the stigma associated with mental health and the damage that stigma can cause by getting schools to talk…

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3 simple ways to fight mental health stigma

Our annual Sock it to Stigma campaign is back this month and seeks to raise awareness about the stigma associated with mental health and the damage that stigma can cause.…

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Sock It To Stigma! 2022

Our annual Sock it to Stigma! campaign seeks to raise awareness about the stigma associated with mental health and the damage that stigma can cause. Mental ill health is all…

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Your guide to time off work for mental health

Mental health challenges can feel debilitating and they don’t stop when you enter your workplace (or switch on your laptop) but it can feel like you need to push those…

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Looking after mental health when working from home – 5 tips anyone can use

In a perfect world, working from home would give us endless opportunities to look after our mental health. But we know that the world isn’t perfect and that not everyone…

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How to look after your mental health this Christmas

Christmas is traditionally associated with joy and happiness – but for many, this isn’t the case. For those who already struggle with mental health, Christmas can pose many challenges for…

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