UK Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 1-7 May

Last year was the inaugural World Maternal Mental Health day in May 2016. This year, as well as World Maternal Mental Health day on 3rd May there will be a UK Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 1-7th May.

Focus:

How and where mums and families can seek help and support for perinatal mental health problems

Lead Organisation:

Perinatal Mental Health Partnership (PMHP)

Key messages:

Maternal mental health matters. #maternalMHmatters. Women and their family and friends need to know where they can find help and support for perinatal mental health problems.

How you can get involved

  • During the week highlight what your organisation is doing to help women with perinatal mental health problems
  • Tweet using #maternalMHmatters
  • Participate in the nightly #PNDHour 8-9pm on Twitter @PNDandMe
  • Join in with and support activities being organised by other groups
  • Come up with your own ideas to highlight that #maternalMHmatters

Lead contacts:

Mums with lived experience from PMHP, Eve Canavan and Beth Bone

Email: perinatalmhpartnership@gmail.com to find out more about the week and how you can get involved

Facebook:  https://m.facebook.com/PerinatalMHPartnershipUK/

Twitter: #maternalMHmatters @pmhpuk

 

To find out what is happening during the week visit our event page.