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International Stress Awareness Week 2026

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International Stress Awareness Week takes place this year from 2 November to 6 November.

The week brings national and international attention to the importance of reducing stress and improving mental wellbeing across workplaces and communities. Through a series of campaigns, events and thought-leadership activities, the week encourages employers to prioritise wellbeing and strengthen their approach to stress management.

The theme for 2026 is “Shaping the Future of Stress and Wellbeing: Rehumanising the Workplace.” 

For further information please select the following link: International Stress Awareness Week | ISMA Stress Management Association.

Whether you’re a small business or a large corporation, the law requires all employers to prevent work-related stress to support good mental health in the workplace, for further information please select the following link: Working Minds - Work Right.

Are you talking about mental health at work? - Paying attention to workplace mental health has never been more important. Stress is not a mental health problem but prolonged exposure to unmanageable stress can cause, or worsen existing, mental health problems: Mental Health Awareness Week | Business Wales (gov.wales).


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