Families
Join us at home for Children's Mental Health Week from 9 - 15 February 2026!
We love seeing how families, parents and carers get involved in Children's Mental Health Week every year. We're busy working on getting some resources ready making it super easy for you take part from the comfort of your own home.
Make sure you sign up to hear from us to be the first to know about any updates for our 2026 event!
How can we get involved from home?
Get the latest news and announcements about Children's Mental Health Week 2026 and sign up to receive our email updates!
Sign up to hear from usWe've put together a wrap-up of our 2025 week so you can get an idea of what will be involved in 2026.
Read our wrap-upWho started Children's Mental Health Week?
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity who started Children's Mental Health Week in 2015.
In addition to providing counselling, mental health support and training in UK schools, we have expert parenting advice, tips and articles. We believe that children should not have to face mental health problems alone.
Advice for parents and carers
Expert-written articles and videos about common parenting issues for parents and carers of primary-age children.
Read our Parenting Smart articlesResources to take part in the week
We haven't released our official Children's Mental Health Week resources for 2026 yet.
Make sure you sign up to receive our email updates so you're the first to know when you can download them!
If you're looking for an idea of what the resources might look like, we've got resources from previous Children's Mental Health Week events you can take a look at.
Get the latest updates about Children's Mental Health Week
Sign up for Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week email alerts to be the first to hear about new updates.
Latest news and blogs
Read more about Findel and Place2Be's partnership for Children's Mental Health Week 2025.
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The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 was ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’ and we encouraged children, young people and…
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Smiley Movement’s Creative Producer joined Place2Be Regional Director Eric Haines on a visit to Gwyn Jones Primary School in East…
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Get in touch
If you've got a question about the week, any fundraising, or would like to let us know how you're taking part, get in touch with us!
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