The Public Health Agency is excited to announce the official relaunch of the Minding your head website https://www.mindingyourhead.info is a valuable informational resource created to provide up-to-date information and self-help advice for mental health and wellbeing. The website provides: clear, up-to-date information on mental health and wellbeing, including anxiety, low mood and depression, stress and more; clear information on how you can support someone with their mental health, including information on supporting children and young people; a service directory for people to find help with

The Public Health Agency (PHA) and Health and Social Care (HSC) organisations have launched this year’s HSC mental health and emotional wellbeing campaign urging people to prioritise workplace mental health. Between now and World Mental Health Day on 10 October the five local HSC Trusts, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) and the PHA are encouraging people to take 10 minutes for mental health self-care using the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’. Fiona Teague, Regional Lead for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing at the PHA, said: “No matter the workplace environment you are in, whether

Health and Social Care Trusts and PHA have worked in partnership to develop a campaign to encourage people across Northern Ireland to embrace and demonstrate the theme: Creating Hope, Through Action. The campaign will run from 11 th September -9 th October 2023 to mark the period between World Suicide Prevention Day and World Mental Health Day. This year we are calling on people to ‘Walk & Talk’. Embracing the Take 5 messages to ‘Be Active’ and ‘Connect’. Below are some resources for promoting Walk and Talk events on your social media and some suggested text you could include on your post. You