The Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival will offer the local community a welcoming and inclusive space to focus on wellbeing and self-care.
Hosted by Perth-based charity Trauma Healing Together, the free festival’s theme is ‘Self-Care Beyond the Buzzword’.
As well as celebrating self-care and empowerment, the two-day event will provide workshops, creative activities and community support for people of all ages and backgrounds.
The festival, funded by the NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation, will offer everything from upcycling workshops and nature-themed creative sessions to activities to support grief and emotional wellbeing. Visitors can also spend peaceful moments with animals from chinchillas to tortoises, sing and dance at the silent disco, or try their hand at bracelet-making and hair braiding.
Alongside 18 interactive workshops (nine each day), the festival will host 20 organisations providing information, advice and resources on mental health, wellbeing, and community support and the chance to explore practical tools and initiatives available across Perth and Kinross.
This year’s festival partners are Aberlour Children’s Charity, Archie’s Child Bereavement Services Tayside, Bipolar Scotland, Change Mental Health, Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), ESOLPerth, Home Energy Scotland, Home Start PKC, Menopause Café, Mind Space, Nature Connect – Crieff, Nest Creative Spaces & Craft Reuse Hub, NHS Listening Services, On the Mend / CATH, Perth Minorities Association, Perth Pride, Trauma Healing Together, Trinity Church Nazarene, Walled Garden PKAVS, and Y Centre Perth.