Police Mutual marks Mental Health Awareness Week
12 May 2025
Community is the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week which starts today.
Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, the purpose of the week, which runs from 12 to 18 May, is to celebrate the power and importance of community with research showing people who are more socially connected to family, friends or their community are happier, physically healthier and live longer with fewer mental health problems than those who are less connected.
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Police Mutual has published a factsheet offering tips on looking after your mental health and highlighting the fact that emergency service workers are twice as likely as the public to identify problems at work as the main cause of their mental health problems, but also significantly less likely to seek help.
Factsheets
The factsheet gives links to organisations that can offer mental health support including the NHS, MIND, the Samaritans and the Mental Health Foundation.
Police Mutual, which offers a range of products and services that are only available to police officers, staff, their families and the wider police family, publishes monthly factsheets covering wellbeing and financial matters.
The May factsheets are:
