Movement for Mental Health in Stevenage

Mental Health Awareness week is taking place from 13 to 19 May 2024. This year’s focus is around the cost-of-living crisis and the impact it is having on mental health.

There will be lots of free activities happening at Event Island, Stevenage throughout the week to raise awareness of mental health. It will provide a great opportunity to come along and find out more, while keeping your mind and body active at some of the activities too.

Mental health awareness week is all about helping people to realise the signs of mental health, not just for us but those close to us as well. It’s also about highlighting the help that is available and taking that next step to reach out, if necessary, too.

Stevenage Borough Council is working in partnership with the charity Mind in Mid Herts, alongside plenty of other organisations, schools and groups local to the town. There will be a wide range of activities and performances throughout the week.

Sharn Tomlinson, CEO Mind in Mid Herts said: “This Mental Health Awareness week (13-19th May) we are delighted to be working in partnership with Stevenage Borough Council.  The theme this year is ‘Movement’ and we are going to be in Stevenage Town centre each lunchtime the week of 13-18 May.  This is a great opportunity for people to talk to someone in person about their own or loved one’s mental health.  We will share information about how mental health is improved through physical activity.”

You can find more information about mental health and the help available at https://www.mindinmidherts.org.uk/. If you’d like to know more about the cost-of-living, please visit the Stevenage Borough Council website.

Below you can find out see what’s happening throughout Mental Health Awareness week in Stevenage:

Monday 13th

Tuesday 14th

Wednesday 15th

Thursday 16th

Friday 17th

Saturday 18th

Mind in Mid Herts

Junction 7 Creative -Lantern of Feelings

Mind in mid herts

Mind in Mid Herts

What’s in your town

Warriorz Performing Arts Academy

CAB (financial Wellbeing & Money Matters)

Woolenwick Infant & Primary School Workshop -Making seed bombs/Nature trail

Pixie and Pickles Therapy Ponies

 

SADA Stall

CAB (financial Wellbeing & Money Matters)

Junction 7 Creative -Lantern of Feelings

Jigsaw Arts Stevenage

Mind in Mid Herts

SADA

Self-Love Market

Free Balloon modelling

Everyone Active – Healthy Hub Bus

Stevenage Football Club

Light Music

Light Music

Light Music

Mind in Mid Herts

Mind in Mid Herts

Light Music

 

 

 

Everyone Active – Healthy Hub Bus

Join in Junction 7 Creative’s Parade

Stand-by-me

 

 

 

Stevenage Football Club

Stage performances:

·       12:30pm – Tom Edison, Salaacize and Chikung (Interactive Activity)

·       1pm – Warriorz

·       1:30pm – Purple All Stars

·       1:45pm – Immi Davis

·       2pm – Warriorz

·       2:15pm – The Abilities in Me Choir

 

 

 

 

Stevenage Museum

 

 

 

 

 

Junction 7 Creative -Lantern of Feelings

 

 

 

 

 

Zumbathon

 

 

Posted on: 29th April 2024

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