Hi Andy

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week

This year, the theme is about action.

While awareness matters, it’s what we do and how we show up that really changes lives.

How you’re helping Barnardo’s take action...


	Action for Ella:

Ella smiling at the camera while leaning against a wall

"I just gave up"

Ella was trying to cope with serious mental health struggles after being hospitalised. But then, she found her local Barnardo’s service where she got support with her mental health.

“I was struggling with my self-esteem, my eating, and just struggling to stay alive...”

Read the full story…

Action in local communities:

At Barnardo’s, we’re already there in communities across the UK.

And that means, with your help, we can support young people like Ella in ways that fit what they’re going through.

It could be talking to a trained counsellor, getting support in school, working with youth workers, or helping families understand what’s going on and where to turn next.

A young girl smiling holidng a football, sat next to a Barnardo's support worker

By being part of our community, you’re on the ground with us, helping locally. Thank you.

Learn more about the mental health services we have for families we support.

Visit our website

Action for when money’s tight:

“If it wasn’t for the Turn2us Benefits Calculator, I would never have even known that the benefits I now claim existed. It has given me and my three boys a small safety net.”

Mental health doesn’t sit on its own. Money worries also affect people’s mental health, especially for families living in poverty.

That’s why we offer practical tools powered by Turn2us through our website. Tools like the Benefits Calculator, PIP Helper and Grants Search.

They help families understand what support they may be entitled to. So they can take the first step towards easing pressure and building stability.

This is just one of the ways your support is helping lift families out of poverty.

Visit our webpage dedicated to support and advice for money worries.


	Your awareness in action:

From early childhood through to young adulthood, your support helps make real change happen at every stage of growing up.

Because when awareness turns into action, it does not just raise understanding, it changes lives.

And you make that possible.

Thank you for being part of Mental Health Awareness Week.

With thanks, from all of us,

Jo Moon
Project Manager, Children’s Services

Funds raised won’t be restricted to a particular project but will go to where it's needed most, helping us support children and young people no matter what they are facing.

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Hi Andy

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week

How you’re helping Barnardo’s take action...

Action for Ella:

Action in local communities:

Action for when money’s tight:

Your awareness in action: