Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

CNTW Charity have partnered with Northumberland Wildlife Trust to offer the opportunity to immerse yourself in the outdoors through two events designed to connect with and learn about nature and local wildlife.

Socialising in nature can benefit both physical and mental health. People with nature on their doorstep are more active, mentally resilient and have better all-round health.

These sessions provide the perfect opportunity to connect with nature, reflect and reset.

Mental Health Awareness Week is a great opportunity to have important discussions around wellbeing with your community, friends and family. We would also like to highlight useful resources available to everyone who might be struggling with their mental health.

Self-help guides

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) offers a range of award-winning self-help guides produced by NHS Clinical Psychologists with contributions from service users, healthcare and voluntary sector staff. The guides cover a wide range of topics such as depression, anxiety and stress, providing tools to work through feelings and emotions. They’re not intended to replace the advice of a medical professional. If it’s not a medical emergency and you’re unsure about what to do next, our self-help guides can suggest next steps.

You can view or download our guides for free here: https://selfhelp.cntw.nhs.uk/

CNTW Charity

CNTW Charity (UK registered charity: 1165788) and its SHINE fund aim to improve the experience and wellbeing of patients receiving care in CNTW NHS Trust’s mental health, learning disability and neurological care services. Patients receiving care in our services are often going through one of the most difficult times in their life and SHINE aims to make this time a bit more comfortable by providing therapeutic activities and items of comfort. Donations have helped provide patients with gardening equipment, musical instruments, sensory equipment and yoga sessions.

Northumberland Wildlife Trust

“The natural world is the foundation of our health, wellbeing and prosperity” 

Evidence shows that a thriving, wildlife-rich environment benefits both physical and mental health. People with nature on their doorstep are more active, mentally resilient and have better all-round health. This is why The Wildlife Trusts are working to bring wildlife to more people, and more people to wildlife.

We manage over 60 nature reserves and help to create wildlife-rich landscapes and seas by working in partnership with other organisations, landowners and communities.

We are one of 46 Wildlife Trusts, a grassroots movement working across the UK to make life better – for wildlife, for people and for future generations. We aim to inspire people to value nature through our visitor centres, events, education programmes, volunteering and campaigns.