The Christmas holiday season is often associated with joy, celebration, and togetherness. However, for some of us, it can be a time of increased stress, anxiety, and loneliness. This year, to help support young people’s emotional wellbeing during Christmas and through to the New Year, we have created this Advent 30 Day What’s Up Challenge.
What is the Advent 30 day What’s Up Challenge?
The Advent 30 Day What’s Up Challenge is based on the original, popular 30 Day What’s Up Challenge campaign and blog which is currently available on The Source website for young people to do.
Each day from the 1st of December leading up to Christmas and New Year, young people can take part in doing one of the below daily challenges which are designed to promote emotional wellbeing among young people during the Christmas season – even if your family doesn’t celebrate Christmas you can still join in.
How will the challenges help support my emotional wellbeing?
The challenges range from simple acts of self-care to more interactive tasks like reaching out to a friend or family member and expressing gratitude, and are inspired by the ‘five ways to wellbeing’ which are known to support your emotional health.
These are – ‘Be Active’, ‘Give’, ‘Keep Learning’, ‘Take Notice’ and ‘Connect with others’.
How do I complete the challenges?
Click on a daily challenge box below and it will give you ideas and resources for how to complete each challenge, and information about how the challenge will help improve your mood.
The rules:
- There are no rules – you can do all the daily challenges throughout December, or you can pick out some to do – it’s up to you.
- There is no right or wrong way for how you complete each challenge – just have fun and see if they boost your mood!
- The challenges will help you to try something different and connect more with those around you.
Challenge 1 Listen to your favourite feel-good Winter songs
Challenge 2 Make some earth-friendly
Winter decorations using natural objects
Challenge 3 Draw a Christmas card to send to your local care home
Challenge 4 Talk to someone about how
you feel about the festive period!
Are you Happy! Excited! Worried! Or
Stressed about this time of year?
Challenge 5 Get Hygge – gather blankets and snacks, and dim the lights.
Challenge 6 Donate a gift or toy that you no longer need to charity.
Challenge 7 Wear a festive jumper or a colourful for Christmas jumper day and donate to ‘Save the Children’ charity.
Challenge 8 Watch your favourite ‘feel-good’ Winter movie.
Challenge 9 Write 3 things you are grateful for in Winter – getting cosy, thick jumpers, time to reflect, festive lights etc.
Challenge 10 Bake some gingerbread or other food you like.
Challenge 11 Do the 5,4,3,2,1 grounding technique (Name 5 things you see, 4 things you can feel, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste.
Challenge 12 Make someone smile with a cheesy cracker joke.
Day 13 challenge – How nice have you been this year! If you have said something unkind to someone, tell them you are sorry.
Day 14 challenge – Make a friendship paper-chain or paper snowflakes.
Day 15 challenge – Leave a happy note for someone to find.
Day 16 challenge – Go for a walk to see some Christmas lights.
Day 17 challenge – Get creative! Create a homemade gift.
Day 18 challenge – Find out how many countries celebrate Christmas, ask your friends about what traditions they celebrate.
Day 19 challenge – Don’t be alone, get support if you need it over the holidays.
Day 20 challenge – Do an act of kindness for someone.
Day 21 challenge – Donate something to your local food bank.
Day 22 challenge – Sing out loud. Go carolling or sing along to your favourite Winter songs.
Day 23 challenge – Take time for some self-care.
Day 24 challenge – Light a candle for someone who can’t be with you.
Day 25 challenge – Cuddle something.
Day 26 challenge – Avoid social media for 24 hours.
Day 27 challenge – Play a (board) game together with a friend or family.
Day 28 challenge – Try making soup.
Day 29 challenge – Get together with your friends and write down and share your wishes for the future.
Day 30 challenge – Promise yourself one thing that you will do differently in the New Year.
Download and Print our Advent 30 Day What’s Up Challenge Posters:
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