Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
The Farming Community Network
- The Farming Community Network (FCN) is asking the farm community if it’s really ‘as tough as old boots’ during Mental Health Awareness Week 2021.
- FCN has developed a short campaign to encourage the farm community to talk about mental health by developing a series of graphics and a poster asking readers, ‘Are you really as tough as old boots?’ before breaking down some of the ways in which we might put on a brave face and avoid talking about difficult topics such as suicide, bereavement, loneliness and feeling overwhelmed.
- Click here to read the full press release.
- A copy of the ‘tough as old boots’ poster can be downloaded here.
Mental Health Foundation’s top tips to connect with nature to improve your mental health throughout the week, click here.
January
- Dry January
- 11th January – National Obesity Awareness Week
February
- 4th February – Time to Talk Day
- Children’s Mental Health Week
- 4th February – World Cancer Day
- 15th-19th February – 4th Annual Mind Your Head Week
- 22-25th February – Farming Help Awareness Week
March
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week
- 1st March – Self Injury Awareness Day
- 11th March – No Smoking Day
- 20th March – International Day of Happiness
- 30th March – World Bipolar Day
April
- Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- 2nd April – Walk to Work Day
- 28th April – World Day for Health and Safety at Work
May
- 6th-12th May – Sun Awareness Week
- 9th-15th May – Women’s Health Week
- 10th-14th May – Mental Health Awareness Week
- 14th-21st May – Arthritis Care Week
June
- 1st-7th June – Volunteers’ Week
- 8th-14th June – Carers Week
- 17th June – Clean Air Day
- 14th-20th June – Men’s Health Week
July
- 19th-23rd July – Farm Safety Week with Yellow Wellies
August
September
- 7th-13th September – Know your numbers – Encouragement for BP and cholesterol testing
- 10th September – World Suicide Prevention Day
- 14th-20th – Sexual Health Week
- 25th September – National Fitness Day
October
- Stoptober
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- 3rd– 7th October – Back care awareness
- 10th October – World Mental Health Day
- 10th-16th October – Ag Mental Health Week
- 12th-16th October – National Work Life Week
November
- Movember – Men’s Health Awareness Month
- 1st – 5th November – National Stress Awareness Week
- 11th-17th November – Alcohol Awareness Week
- 16th-20th November – Anti-bullying week
- 21st November – International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
December
- 3rd December – International Day of Persons with Disability