On Friday, 10th October 2025, the UK will join the global community in observing World Mental Health Day, a vital annual event dedicated to raising awareness, reducing stigma, and promoting mental wellbeing.

There’s a name for that feeling you get sometimes; the one where you don’t quite believe you deserve your success, or that you haven’t quite earned the right to be in a certain position. Maybe you aren’t actually as good as others think you are, or aren’t really capable or competent to lead a team/publicly speak on a topic/train others in an area you are penned as an expert in?

Mental Health week takes places between 12th and 18th May this year, with the theme being ‘community’. The power of having a community can help all of us with our mental health. Everyone has a part to play in supporting mental health - here’s how you can do this. 

In 2023, 41.7% of NHS staff reported feeling unwell due to work related stress. So unless you think matters have improved since then, half or more of your team could be feeling like this today...