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World Mental Health Day 2025: ConnectionWORKS
August 25, 2025

Because connection isn’t just helpful—it’s essential.

The theme of the 2025 World Mental Health Day (WMHD) campaign was ConnectionWORKS. Connection is a vital part of our community-based approach to recovery, empowering individuals and transforming communities.

Observed annually on October 10, World Mental Health Day is a global movement to raise awareness, fight stigma, and advocate for better mental health for all. In 2025 our message was one that lies at the heart of everything we do at Clubhouse International: ConnectionWORKS. Read our latest article about ConnectionWorks in International Business Times here.

See how ConnectionWorks at Clubhouses around the Globe!

Why ConnectionWORKS?

The Impact of Connection on Mental Health

Research shows strong social connections can help reduce the risk of depression and anxiety, improve self-esteem, and increase feelings of happiness and life satisfaction. Conversely, lack of social connection increases the chances of experiencing loneliness, depression, and anxiety. (Source: NIH National Library of Medicine). The research shows that connections provide:

  • Belonging – Feeling part of a group creates security and reduces anxiety
  • Emotional support – Trusted relationships help us cope during tough times
  • Purpose – Connection helps us feel part of something larger
  • Self-esteem – Supportive relationships build confidence
  • Resilience – Social support helps us recover from life’s challenges

Further, the The WHO Commission on Social Connection’s 2025 Report finds that loneliness:

  • Affects 1 in 6 people worldwide
  • Is linked to 871,000 preventable deaths annually (100 every hour)
  • Undermines health, well-being, education, and economic resilience
  • The 2025 Report calls for:
    • Treating social/mental health with the same urgency as physical health
    • Urgent, scalable solutions to build stronger connections
    • A future where stronger bonds mean longer life, better health, and stronger communities

How Clubhouses Improve Recovery through Connection

At Clubhouses around the world, we see it every day: connection transforms lives.

The Clubhouse Model is a proven, community-based approach to mental health recovery. Members and staff work side-by-side to create opportunities for friendship, work, education, and purpose—all within a supportive, stigma-free environment. Clubhouses also connect with the local community to provide opportunities for Clubhouse members to (re)integrate into society. Confidence is rebuilt. Isolation fades. Belonging takes root.

In a world where disconnection too often defines the experience of mental illness, Clubhouses offer something profoundly different: hope through connection.

What the Campaign Will Do

Our ConnectionWORKS campaign highlighted the vital role of connection and community in mental health recovery by:

  • Showcasing the Clubhouse Model as a proven, community-based solution to mental health recovery
  • Amplifying the voices of Clubhouse members, demonstrating how connection to work, purpose, and each other drives recovery
  • Engaging the broader public in mental health advocacy through connection and inclusion
  • Highlighting partnerships between Clubhouses and local businesses, universities, hospitals, and more
  • Strengthening advocacy by proving that connection isn’t optional—it’s life-changing

A Global Collaboration

We once again partnered with the World Federation for Mental Health, and aligned with the World Health Organization and other global mental health advocates.

This campaign was a powerful opportunity for the Clubhouse International network to unite around a shared purpose—to demonstrate that ConnectionWORKS, and to invite the world to join us in building more connected, inclusive communities.

Participating Clubhouses and Clubhouse Coalitions

The following Clubhouse International Clubhouses and Clubhouse Coalitions joined us in 2025 for the World Mental Health Day campaign:

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