MS Awareness Week
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-26
MS Awareness Week 2026 will run from 20th April.
What is MS?
MS is a condition that affects the body’s central nervous system (CNS). By the latest estimates, over 2.8 million people worldwide have MS.
It’s a disorder that causes your body’s immune system to attack myelin, a coating that insulates some of your nerve fibers. This process is known as demyelination. When myelin is damaged or destroyed, it affects the nerve impulses traveling to and from the brain and spinal cord, causing a wide variety of symptoms in MS.
Once diagnosed, MS stays with you for life, but treatments and specialists can help you to manage the condition and its symptoms.
MS can be tough, and for many people talking about it can be challenging. Whether you’re opening up to a friend after being newly diagnosed, or finding the right words to describe symptoms to an employer. But if people know about your MS and how it affects you, they’ll be in a better place to offer support if and when you need it.
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https://www.mssociety.org.uk/get-involved/ms-awareness-week

Mental Health Awareness Week
2026-05-11 - 2026-05-17
Today is the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
This week runs from the 11th to 17th May and was started by The Mental Health Foundation. It provides an opportunity for the UK to focus on achieving good mental health, and to raise awareness for mental health issues.
The theme for 2026 is “Take Action”
This Mental Health Awareness Week we’re asking people to join us in taking action to support good mental health. Even small actions can help us feel hopeful and less powerless. And while our individual actions matter, when we come together we are even more powerful.

We’ve chosen Action as this year’s theme because, while awareness is vital, real change comes when we take action too. Together, we’ve come a long way on mental health, but we can’t risk going backwards. There’s still much we can do to prevent people becoming unwell in the first place.

Raising awareness is vital, but real change comes when we take action to !

Source: Mental Health Awareness Week | Mental Health Foundation
