Doing Good Does You Good

Mental Health Awareness Week 2012

Doing good things for others can reduce stress, improve your emotional wellbeing and even benefit your physical health.

It feels good to give and doesn’t have to be a grand gesture or even cost you money.

You could:

• Pass on a compliment
• Smile and say thank you
• Be particularly kind to friends or strangers
• Get involved in a cause that means a lot to you
• Volunteer your time

SHOW KINDNESS THIS WEEK
During Mental Health Awareness Week (21 - 27 May 2012), try and carry out one act of kindness every day and tell us how it made you feel over on our Facebook page!

Mental Health Foundation have produced some posters you can use in schools, offices, hospitals and waiting rooms, as well as a pocket guide to show the positive impact helping others can have on your own mental health:

• Doing Good Does You Good A3 posters

• Doing Good Does You Good - a pocket guide to helping others

• Doing Good? Report

If you need advice this week, contact PAPYRUS or see our LINKS page for other sources of help.

More information on Mental Health Awareness Week is available on the Mental Health Foundation website.