Children’s Mental Health Week

Why Children’s Mental Health Week is Important

About Children’s Mental Health Week

What is children's mental health week?

Children’s Mental Health Week is an annual event, the first Children’s Mental Health Week was launched in 2015 by Place2Be to highlight the importance of children and young people’s mental health.

What does Place2be do?

Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity that provides vital services such as counselling, mental health support and training to UK schools.

When is children's mental health week 2023?

Children’s Mental Health Week takes place from 6-12th February 2023.

The aim of Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 is to encourage people to get involved, raise vital funds and spread the word about children’s mental health.

What is the theme of Children’s Mental Health Week 2023?

Each year, Children’s mental health week has a different theme, this year it’s Let’s Connect. This is all about making meaningful connections during Children’s mental health week and beyond.

Having connections is vital for our mental health, with the opposite effect of being isolated and lonely, having a negative impact on our mental health.

Five Children’s Mental Health Facts

1-6 children aged 5-16 are likely to have a mental health problem while 39.2% of 6 to 16-year-olds have experienced a deterioration in mental health since 2017 (Children’s Society)
75% of children and young people who experience mental health problems aren’t getting the help they need (Mental Health Foundation)
50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 (Mental health Foundation)
1 in 3 mental health problems in adulthood is directly connected to an adverse childhood experience (ACE). (Young Minds)
83% of young people with mental health needs agreed that the coronavirus pandemic had made their mental health worse (Young Minds)