Mental Health Day on 8 October 2026 at the Jinonice Campus and in the Hollar and Opletalova Buildings

On Thursday, 8 October 2026, join us in the ground floor area of the Jinonice Campus for a morning dedicated to wellbeing. Enjoy a tasty breakfast prepared by student societies, play table football, plant a little something of your own and take part in a variety of activities.

This year, you can look forward to meeting Monty the pony and other animals involved in animal-assisted therapy. Creative minds can visit the stand hosted by the international student association FSV UK Circle, where colouring activities and other creative materials will be available. You can also join your classmates in the library in Building A for board and card games.

Student ombudspeople will also be present throughout the event.

Program at the Jinonice Campus:

9:00 - 12:00 Quick board and card games for 2-5 players

9:00 - 11:00 Breakfast provided by student societies

9:00 - 13:00 Animal-assisted therapy with Monty the pony and other animals

9:00 - 11:00 Student ombudspersons' information stand

9:00 - 11:00 Creative workshop (colouring activities and more)

9:00 - 11:00 Horticultural therapy and aromatherapy

9:00 - 14:00 Table football and cornhole

Looking forward to meeting the therapy dogs? This time, you can meet them in the Hollar building.

Program at the Hollar building:

9:00 - 11:00 Breakfast provided by student societies, colouring activities and more

9:00 - 10:30 Meet the therapy dogs

Program at the Opletalova building:

9:00 - 11:00 Breakfast provided by student societies, colouring activities and more

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All students and staff are warmly welcome! The event is organised by the FSV UK Wellbeing Working Group.

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October each year. As it falls on a Saturday in 2026, we will mark the occasion at FSV UK earlier, on Thursday, 8 October.

This event is supported by the project ESF+ at UK, reg. number CZ.02.02.XX/00/23_022/0008957.