--- title: "SRS is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week" url: "https://sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-05-11-srs-is-supporting-mental-health-awareness-week" school: "The Sydney Russell School" --- # SRS is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week ![Image of SRS is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week](https://files.schudio.com/the-sydney-russell-school-2/images/news/25-26/Mental_Health_Awareness_Week_Website.png) 11 May 2026 We’re supporting Mental Health Awareness Week at SRS. This year’s theme is ACTION. This Mental Health Awareness Week, think about how you can take action for good mental health. Awareness is vital, but real change comes when we take action too. This Mental Health Awareness Week, think about how you can take action for good mental health. This can be for yourself, or for someone else. We offer a broad range of mental health support initiatives at SRS. This is lead by our AAVP of Health and Wellbeing, counsellors, Thrive practitioners and more. If you’d like to know more, or need support yourself, speak to your form tutor, or someone in the LSC. --- **At SRS, we have:** - 7 MHST team members providing support to over 90 students across both the Primary and Secondary sites - 46 Year 12 Wellbeing mentors supporting over 50 Year 7, 8 and 9 Mentees - 1 Health and Wellbeing Lead - 2 School Counsellors - 2 School Mentors *You can also find more mental health support on our [Help and Advice](https://www.sydneyrussellschool.com/help-advice) page.* [Whole School Updates](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/news/tag/whole-school-updates) [ The Globe \| 8th May 2026](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-05-08-the-globe-8th-may-2026) [Heritage Week at SRS ](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-05-15-heritage-week-at-srs) ![The Sydney Russell School](https://files.schudio.com/the-sydney-russell-school-2/images/logo/logo-border-white(3).png) ### The Sydney Russell School Parsloes Avenue Dagenham ESSEX RM9 5QT 020 3959 9900 ### Helpful Links - [Term Dates](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/term-dates) - [Contact Us](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/contact) - [Safeguarding](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/safeguarding) - [SEND](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/send) - [Work With Us](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/recruitment) - [Admissions](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/secondary/admissions-secondary) - [Privacy Policy](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/privacy-policy-for-the-sydney-russell-school) ### Useful Links - [Curriculum](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/curriculum-intent) - [Personal Development](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/personal-development) - [Ofsted](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/ofsted) - [Policies](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/policies) - [Academy Information](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/academy-information) - [Accelerated Reader](https://login.renaissance.com/12d2c9ac-effd-460c-8884-557a8cc9c336?state=1646fda9-c0ca-44e6-830d-61c3967399c5) ### Translation [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/the-sydney-russell-school-2/images/logo/PLLogo11(1).png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/SydneyRussellSchoolOfficial) - [X](https://x.com/SydneyR_School) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@SYDTVCHANNEL) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-sydney-russell-school) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/sydneyrussellschool_official/) © The Sydney Russell School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://sydneyrussellschool.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)