Who Can Help Me? Colouring and Discussion Sheet - WMHD2025

A calming, creative colouring sheet designed to help children identify and talk about the trusted people in their lives who support their mental health.

Sometimes the best conversations happen while children’s hands are busy. The Who Can Help Me? Colouring Sheet is a simple but powerful way to encourage children to think about the people in their lives who can support them. As they colour in the sheet, adults can guide gentle discussions about the different helpers children can turn to when life feels tricky - from family and friends to teachers, doctors, and wider community services.

This free printable activity is perfect for World Mental Health Day 2025, but it can also be used at any point in the year to promote wellbeing, spark conversations, and reassure children that they are never alone.

Features

• One-page printable colouring sheet in A4 format.

• Illustrations of different helpers (family, friends, teachers, health professionals, community figures).

• Designed for discussion alongside colouring, making it accessible and engaging.

• Adaptable to suit different communities and family structures.

• Suitable for KS1 and KS2 pupils and older audiences too!

• Free to download, print, and use.

About This Resource

The Who Can Help Me? Colouring Sheet combines creativity with conversation. As children colour in the sheet, they are encouraged to talk about each type of helper and what role they play in supporting mental health.

Educators, professionals and adults can adapt the discussion to reflect each child’s context. For example, if a child does not have access to a particular adult or service, the helper can be reframed in a way that feels safe and relevant. This flexibility ensures the activity is inclusive for all children, regardless of background or circumstances.

World Mental Health Day 2025

The theme for World Mental Health Day 2025 is “Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies: Access to Services.” For younger children, this theme has been simplified into a more relatable focus: knowing who your helpers are in tricky times.

This colouring sheet ties directly into that theme by encouraging children to identify and reflect on the safe people around them - building reassurance and awareness of their personal support networks.

Benefits

• Promotes calm, mindful colouring alongside meaningful discussion.

• Encourages children to identify trusted helpers in their lives.

• Creates opportunities for teachers, carers, or parents to talk about support in a safe, child-friendly way.

• Adaptable to different community and family contexts.

• Builds emotional literacy and awareness of support networks.

• Quick to use, flexible, and completely free.

How to Use

1. Print out the Who Can Help Me? Colouring Sheet for your class, group or child.

2. Provide colouring materials and encourage children to colour at their own pace.

3. As they colour, guide gentle discussion by asking: Who helps you when you feel sad or worried? What do these helpers do that makes you feel safe?

4. Adapt the sheet to reflect each child’s personal circumstances, reframing any helpers that don’t apply.

5. Display the finished sheets as part of a wellbeing wall, or let pupils take them home as a personal reminder of their helpers.

Suggested Uses

• World Mental Health Day assembly activity.

• PSHE or class sessions.

• Small group or one-to-one pastoral conversations.

• As a calming wellbeing activity during the school day.

• For family engagement - send home to complete with parents or carers.

• When helping children in counselling or therapy to explore their wider support network.

The Who Can Help Me? Colouring and Discussion Sheet is an engaging printable activity that combines mindful colouring with meaningful conversations about mental health. By highlighting the helpers in a child’s life, it reassures children that they are not alone and encourages them to recognise the safe people and services they can turn to.

Ideal for World Mental Health Day 2025 and all year round, this resource is simple, flexible, and engaging - the perfect addition to your wellbeing toolkit.

Download our Who Can Help Me? Colouring Sheet today and spark calming, supportive conversations about mental health in your classroom or therapy setting. A creative activity that makes it easy for children to recognise their helpers and build awareness of their support networks.