Spotlight on Support – Reflecting on our World Mental Health Day 2026 event

On Friday 9th October 2026, we held our annual World Mental Health Day event at Number One Riverside.

The theme for this year’s event was Spotlight on Support and we spent the day sharing information and resources around the mental health services we offer and connecting with people in our community.

We want to say a big THANK YOU to…

everyone who visited our event (some incredible conversations took place and we loved meeting and chatting with you!)

community organisations who shared information about their services alongside us Kyp Rochdale Alzheimer’s Society Samaritans Turning Point Rochdale & Oldham NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Talking Therapies

our team of staff and volunteers who helped out before, during and after the event

Number One Riverside for providing us with such a wonderful space to host our event

everyone who took part in our ‘spin the wheel, win biscuits’ fundraiser! We raised over £100 which will go directly to helping us to provide mental health support at our Wellbeing Centre in Rochdale or at our Wellbeing Hub in Middleton.

We hope everyone had a nice time at the event and that you found it a useful way to find our about services, connect with others and start conversations about mental health.

Here are some photos from the day!