Children's Mental Health Week 2026

Children's Mental Health Week 2026 will take place between 9-15 February in 2026. Our theme is 'This is my place' where we're encouraging peers, families, schools and communities to create an environment that gives children and young people a sense of belonging.

Visit our Children's Mental Health Week site to learn more about the week and find out how you can take part. Make sure you also sign up to receive our email updates so you're the first to know all our news and announcements about the week!

About Children's Mental Health Week

Place2Be launched the first-ever Children's Mental Health Week in 2015 to empower, equip and give a voice to every child in the UK. It has since become a well recognised event, with hundreds of schools and colleges participating across the UK (and beyond!) as well as hundreds of children, parents and carers.

Every year, Place2Be’s expert team develops free resources to help people participate in the week devoted to children's mental health. Our highly adaptable Children's Mental Health Week resources include things like:

• assembly guides
• group activities
• show and tell activities
• top tips
• fundraising packs 
• posters.

Visit Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week site

Previous Children's Mental Health Weeks

Take a look back at our Children's Mental Health Week themes and resources from previous years.

2025

Children's Mental Health Week 2025 took place from 3-9 February. The theme for 2025 was Know Yourself, Grow Yourself, with the aim to equip and empower children and young people across the UK to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them. We want children and young people to discover how getting to know who they are can help them build resilience, grow and develop.

Look back at 2025

2024

Our theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2024 was My Voice Matters. During the week, which ran from 5-11 February 2024, we encouraged children and young people to express themselves and feel empowered to work together to create a positive change for their wellbeing.

Look back at 2024