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  • Project Common Ground (Greek)

    Athens

    This initiative recognizes that while the social and digital landscapes of Europe evolve, our shared need for mental resilience remains the universal foundation upon which we build our future, especially in Greece where migration has been under the spotlight for a long time.

  • Mental Health Training for Interdisciplinarity (Danish)

    Denmark

    Working with Danish and international partners, Nordic Wellbeing Academy will connect, train, and debate interdiscplinarity in mental health for a week across three venues in Denmark.

  • The gentle art of appropriate youth co-creation

    Nothing about us, without us. The phrase the reminds us, that if you are doing anything, that will impact young people, you should involve them in co-creating it!

  • Grounded Together: Embodied Awareness for Wellbeing and Responsible Decisions (Italian)

    Online

    How we show up for others depends, first, on how present we are within ourselves. This is the core proposition of Grounded Together, two online sessions offered during the European Mental Health Week 2026 by a methodologist and a speech-language therapists Phd in pedagogy, both specialists in embodied learning and applied somatic awareness.

  • EMHW event at the European Parliament

    European Parliament

    The EU’s Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health marked a major step in placing mental health on the European agenda, recognising it as a social, economic, and human rights priority. However, nearly three years on, progress remains uneven, with key areas still lacking sustained action and long-term investment.

  • Between Convictions and Psychiatric Labels: Beliefs, Polarisation and Mental Health in a Changing Europe

    Online

    When people argue that rising immigration is part of a deliberate plan by political elites to reshape society and replace existing populations, it can be difficult to make sense of this belief. Those who hold this view may feel they are simply seeing patterns that others miss, and their certainty can grow stronger when they find others who seem to confirm it.

  • Psychedelic Research & Access in Ukraine: Building safe, evidence-based options for war-related mental health needs

    European Parliament

    The event, co-organised by PAREA, the MEP Action Group on Psychedelics in Healthcare, and the Ukrainian Psychedelic Research Association (UPRA), and hosted by S&D MEP Vytenis Andriukaitis, will explore how evidence-based psychedelic therapies may contribute to addressing war-related mental health challenges in Ukraine, particularly PTSD among veterans.

  • Recovery Colleges Portugal: A Relevância do Suporte Interpares | The relevance of peer support (Portugese)

    Lisbon

    This workshop will explore how peer support can transform mental health journeys into pathways of participation, autonomy, and hope. Centered on lived experience, it creates an open and inclusive space for dialogue between individuals, practitioners, and community members, highlighting the power of shared learning and mutual support in recovery processes.

  • Dare to move

    Brussels

    This event features an immersive workshop using the gamified tool "Atrévete a Moverte" to explore the intersection of forced migration and mental well-being from a community-wide perspective. Moving beyond the classroom, this session invites citizens from all walks of life to engage in a powerful role-playing experience that simulates the psychological and emotional challenges faced by refugees and migrants.

  • Community Support and Resilience Group for Political Anxiety (Grup de sprijin și reziliență comunitară pentru anxietatea politică)

    Bucharest

    In the context of European Mental Health Week 2026, Choice will organise a community support and resilience group for political anxiety in Bucharest, with a Cluj edition to be announced. The event responds to the growing emotional impact of political polarisation, war, economic insecurity, democratic backsliding, disinformation, and constant exposure to distressing news.

  • Laughing Together: A Comedy Night for Mental Health

    Join us for a special evening of laughter, connection, and community as part of European Mental Health Week 2026. Hosted by Canadian comedian Tristan Barber, this comedy night brings together […]

  • Stronger Together: Youth Participation and Co-Creation in Digital Mental Health Research

    Online

    This webinar will explore the importance of meaningful youth participation in digital mental health research in a changing Europe. In line with the European Mental Health Week 2026 theme, “Stronger Together: Prioritise Mental Health in a Changing Europe,” the session will highlight how inclusive and participatory approaches can strengthen research, policy, and practice.

  • Children’s Mental Health Across All Their Environments

    European Parliament

    The event aims to highlight the importance of children’s mental health by looking at the full ecosystem in which every child grows. Mental well‑being is shaped not only by individual factors but also by the quality of the environments surrounding the child: the family, the school, and the wider social context. The event will bring together stakeholders from different sectors to explore how coordinated action across these environments can better protect and promote children’s mental health.

  • Stronger Together: Healing Culture in Communities!

    Online

    The online session is implemented in the regular programme of the Healing Culture Community - a growing open and interdiciplinary community of professionals and engaged individuals and organizations in the intersection of culture and health

  • Take Care at Circus Connect: mental health in circus arts

    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES

    Circus Connect 2026 brings together European and international circus networks to strengthen cooperation, shared advocacy and future‑oriented collaboration, with a specific focus on mental health and well‑being within circus organisations and their staff. The event is a two‑day gathering (7+8 May) for circus organisations, networks and professionals to exchange practices, explore collaboration and reflect on the future of the circus sector.

  • Stronger Together Celebration (Swedish)

    Hybrid

    Create a discussion panel with local government representatives (from culture and education), school leaders, sports organization leaders, and corporate sponsors to discuss why and how they came together and supported proactive mental fitness training for 1000+ local teenagers (and counting).

  • BKS – Best Known Secret

    The event will feature a screening of the film (or selected excerpts), followed by a participatory discussion led by the protagonists and contributors.

  • Stronger Together: Supporting Psychological Resilience and Dignity Through Systems of Care

    Uzhhorod, Ukraine

    This conference looks at how systems of care can support psychological resilience and protect human dignity in the context of war and ongoing social change in Europe. It will take place at the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and approach mental health as a matter of human rights and public policy, not just an individual experience.

Mental Health Europe is not responsible for the content of external events featured on this calendar