About Children’s Mental Health Week
What is Children's Mental Health Week?
Children's Mental Health Week is a mental health awareness week that launched by children's mental health charity, Place2Be. The week exists to empower, equip and give a voice to all children and young people in the UK.
When was Children's Mental Health Week 2025?
Children's Mental Health Week 2025 took place from 3-9 February 2025. The week launched a decade ago in 2015 and we celebrate it every February, with this year marking the 11th Children's Mental Health Week.
What was the theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2025?
This year, Children's Mental Health Week focussed on Know Yourself, Grow Yourself.
We want Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 to encourage children, young people and adults to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them. This will help them grow and develop resilience to cope with what life throws at them.
Who did you partner with for Children's Mental Health Week 2025?
This year we partnered with Here4You, supported by The Walt Disney Company and the Inside Out 2 characters to explore our theme Know Yourself, Grow Yourself.
We partnered with Here4You, supported by The Walt Disney Company!
Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 joined forces with Here4You to explore the importance of self-awareness and expressing emotions.
Here4You is supported by The Walt Disney Company, and through the characters of Pixar’s Inside Out and Inside Out 2, the resources encourage children and young people across the UK to discover how getting to know who they are can help them build resilience, grow and develop.
Throughout our resources and website, you might've seen some of your favourite Inside Out 2 characters, helping us explore our theme of Know Yourself, Grow Yourself.
Have you held a fundraiser? You can pay in your fundraising to Place2Be! Thank you so much for your support this Children's Mental Health Week.
Pay in your fundraisingThe theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2025 was 'Know Yourself, Grow Yourself'
We want Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 to encourage children, young people and adults to grow and develop by embracing and building self-awareness.
Know Yourself, Grow Yourself will put a spotlight on how we can build resilience, grow and develop by understanding who we are and what makes us tick.
The more we understand about ourselves, the better we're prepared to tackle life's ups and downs. Our in-school counsellors help children and young people in the UK cope with some of the most challenging times in their lives. By helping them get to understand and accept themselves, they start to build self-awareness. This allows them to develop the skills they need to cope with what life throws at them.
During Children’s Mental Health Week we want to celebrate children and young people building resilience, embracing self-awareness and forming strong connections with others.
About Place2Be
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity who have provided counselling, mental health support and training in UK schools since 1994. We believe that children should not have to face mental health problems alone.
Our range of different mental health and counselling services are based on our 30 years' experience working with schools and pupils, and are available for schools across the UK. We also offer mental health training for school staff, support for parents and families, as well as counselling qualifications for anyone wanting to become a counsellor.
Place2Be equips people with the skills and experience they need to help and transform the lives of children and young people.
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