This year Mental Health Awareness Week will take place on 16-22 May 2016 and will focus on relationships.

Every year, in May, we help to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues.

Since our first Mental Health Awareness Week in 2000 we have helped generate public debates around how anxiety, sleep deprivation and exercise can impact our mental health. In 2016 we are talking about relationships.

Healthy and supportive relationships reduce the risk of mental ill-health. This Mental Health Awareness Week we are celebrating the connections, the relationships, the people in our lives that add to our wellbeing and protect and sustain our mental health. From family and friends, to colleagues and neighbours; taking notice of those connections that make you feel safe and supported.
Why we’re raising awareness

More than healthy diet or exercise, strong social networks improve our mental wellbeing. The week will be about recognising this, and thanking the people that support you, reaching out to those who you can listen to and help, and campaigning to ensure that decision makers start addressing the barriers that stop people forming such important relationships.
– See more at: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week#sthash.hc63LkGp.dpuf