--- title: "Mental Health Awareness Week 13/05/24 to 19/05/24 - Movement" url: "https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/news/2024-05-14-mental-health-awareness-week-13-05-24-to-19-05-24-movement" school: "Willow Bank School" --- # Mental Health Awareness Week 13/05/24 to 19/05/24 - Movement ![Image of Mental Health Awareness Week 13/05/24 to 19/05/24 - Movement](https://files.schudio.com/willowbank-st-helens-new/images/news/MHAW2024.png) 14 May 2024 This years Mental Health Awareness Week theme is **Movement.** **[Mental Health Foundation Tips and Advice](https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week)** [YouTube video](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QMUi_qwsDp8?rel=0) Movement is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to move enough. We know there are many different reasons for this, so this **Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on supporting people to find moments for movement in their daily routines.** Going for a walk in your neighbourhood, putting on your favourite music and dancing around the living room, chair exercises when you’re watching television – it all counts! **Why movement matters** Being physically active is great for our bodies and our minds. Exercise has been proven to reduce anxiety and depression, and it can help us to prevent physical illnesses. Sadly, people living with mental illness die on average 20 years younger than the general population, often from avoidable physical illness. This group is more likely to develop preventable conditions like diabetes, heart disease, bowel cancer and breast cancer. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want you to ‘move’ for your mental health. Movement doesn’t need to look like going to the gym, running a marathon or taking part in a team sport – and it doesn’t need to cost the earth. It can be as simple as stepping off the bus a stop early, moving a 1-2-1 meeting to a walking call, giving your child a push on a park swing after school, or dancing in your kitchen while you cook dinner. To promote Mental Health Awareness week all pupils will be participating in activities of their choice on Tuesday afternoon. [ DfE Learning Records Service - Pupil Privacy Notice](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/news/2024-05-02-dfe-learning-records-service-pupil-privacy-notice) [Family First Free Magazine - Issue 3 ](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/news/2024-06-26-family-first-free-magazine-issue-3) ![Willow Bank School](https://files.schudio.com/willowbank-st-helens-new/images/logo/Willow-Bank-Arch-Outline-Colour.png) ### Willow Bank School Winwick Road Newton-le-Willows Merseyside WA12 8DE 01744 678745 ### Useful Links - [Ofsted](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/key-information/ofsted-reports) - [Governors](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/about-us/governors) - [Admissions](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/statutory-information/admissions) - [Policies](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/key-information/policies) © Copyright 2026 Willow Bank School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://willowbank.st-helens.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)