Community Reflection Worksheet – A Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 Activity for Secondary Schools.

A free, thoughtful and reflective activity to help teens explore their role in the community and understand how connection supports mental wellbeing.

Support young people in developing emotional insight and social awareness with this Community Reflection Worksheet, designed for Mental Health Awareness Week 2025. Whether completed as part of our Secondary Mental Health Awareness Week Presentation or as a standalone classroom activity, this resource invites students to reflect on both the support they receive from their community and the contribution they make to it.

Through personal reflection and optional group discussion, students begin to build a clearer understanding of how community connection underpins mental health - and how they can play an active role in making it stronger.

About This Resource

The worksheet includes two core reflective prompts:

• How my community supports me.

• How I support my community. 

These open-ended questions give teens the space to think about relationships, school, friendships, clubs, and neighbourhoods - anything that forms part of their social and emotional world. Students can choose to write about friends who check in on them, a trusted adult at school, a sports team that brings them joy, or even a community space that makes them feel safe.

In turn, they’re asked to consider how they show up for others - whether it’s by helping at home, supporting their friends, volunteering, or simply being kind and inclusive in group settings.

Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

Held from 12th–18th May, Mental Health Awareness Week is a national initiative that encourages reflection, open conversations, and learning around emotional wellbeing. It provides a timely opportunity for schools to address mental health proactively, helping students develop the tools they need to understand and manage their feelings.

About This Year’s Theme: Power in Community

The 2025 theme, Power in Community, focuses on the vital role that support networks and connection play in mental health. For teenagers - who are often navigating independence, identity, and increased social pressure - understanding the protective power of a caring community is essential.

This worksheet provides a focussed space for students to reflect on how they experience support and connection, and how their own actions can uplift others. It reinforces the idea that being part of a community isn’t passive, it's shaped by how we show up for each other.

Benefits of This Resource

✅ Encourages personal reflection and self-awareness.
✅ Reinforces the value of mutual support and shared responsibility.
✅ Helps teens articulate and appreciate their support systems.
✅ Promotes social-emotional skills including empathy, gratitude, and self-esteem.
✅ Provides an entry point into larger conversations about mental health and community engagement.
✅ Can be used in classrooms or 1:1 wellbeing support.
✅ Easily pairs with additional PSHE, RSE, or citizenship lessons.

How to Use This Resource

• Use this worksheet as part of the Secondary Mental Health Awareness Presentation after discussing the theme of community.

• Alternatively, introduce it during  PSHE, or pastoral sessions as a reflective wellbeing check-in.

• Encourage students to answer each prompt honestly and thoughtfully, this can be done independently, or with a partner.

• Facilitate a follow-up discussion: What surprised you? What makes someone a good community member?

• Invite students to consider ways they can take more active roles in their communities, such as volunteering, being inclusive, or offering support to peers.

• Optionally, collate responses (anonymously or with permission) to create a class or year-group “Our Community is Stronger Together” wall.

The Community Reflection Worksheet is a powerful, simple tool that encourages teens to consider both the support they receive and the role they play in the communities around them. It helps reinforce the idea that connection is a cornerstone of mental health, and that by contributing to a positive community, we build a stronger support system for ourselves and others.

Aligned with the 2025 theme Power in Community, this resource is a perfect addition to your Mental Health Awareness Week toolkit, and a valuable conversation starter all year round.

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