Feeling Anxious campaign 2026

The five local Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland alongside the Public Health Agency and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service have worked in partnership to promote a campaign to highlight to the general public the signs of anxiety, things that might help with anxiety, techniques to help with symptoms of anxiety and stress and how to get help if it lasts for a long time or impacts your daily life. 

Feeling anxous leaflet front cover

Feedback

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Resources

There are a variety of supporting resources for promotion of this campaign to help with public awareness and engagement. Some are available in print. Please contact the relevant health improvement contact at the bottom of this page to find out how to access these. 

  • feeling anxious front cover leaflet

    Feeling anxious? Leaflet

    This leaflet highlights the signs of anxiety, things that might help with anxiety, techniques to help with symptoms and how to get help if lasts for a long time or impacts your daily life. 

  • Apps can help with your mental health poster

    Apps can help with your mental health poster

    This poster signposts people to Health and Social Care apps library, which contains apps to help with mental health and emotional wellbeing.

  • Email banner Feeling anxious?

    Feeling anxious? Email banner

    Feeling anxious? banner to support email signatures or media graphics

  • Minding your head wallet card

    This wallet card signposts people to the website www.mindingyourhead.info for information and advice on mental health.

  • Take 5 word search

    Take 5 steps word search 

  • Take 5 colouring in sheets

    Take 5 steps colouring in sheet 

  • Host a calming skills workshop

    When you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed or out of control, it can seem like your thoughts and emotions are taking over. These short exercises - sometimes called grounding exercises - can help you pause, feel more settled and regain a sense of control.

    If you would like to try hosting a calming skills workshop, this guide will support you to do that. You do not need to have any particular qualification to host a calming skills workshop. You just need to have an awareness of the calming skills and the confidence to describe these to workshop participants. 

Social media graphics

There are a range of social media graphics that are available for download to allow consistent messaging. HSC will be using and sharing the graphics over the course of the campaign. 

HSC webpages

  • South Eastern Trust

    South Eastern Trust Mental health and emotional wellbeing 

    South Eastern Trust

  • Belfast Trust

    Belfast Trust Mental Health 

    Belfast Trust

  • Western Trust

    Western Trust Emotional Health and Wellbeing

    Western Trust

  • Southern Trust

    Southern Trust - Protecting your mental health 

    Southern Trust

  • Northern Trust

    Northern Trust - Mental Health and wellbeing

    Northern Trust

HSC Trust Training Directories

There is a range of training available through the HSC local Trusts to develop your skills to support others. 

For further information

For further information about this campaign please contact Health Improvement colleagues: