The Ice Bucket Challenge is back, here's what you need to know

If you have older siblings, cousins or friends you might remember the ice bucket challenge, or maybe you have seen it going viral on social media recently?

Back in 2014 the viral challenge took the internet by storm, and now it is back.

The challenge includes pouring ice cold water over yourself and filming it to raise awareness and funds for charity.

This time round the challenge is to raise awareness of mental health and to encourage people to talk about it.

Where did the Ice Bucket Challenge start and why?

The Ice Bucket Challenge involves pouring a bucket of ice water over yourself, nominating your friends to do the same and making a donation to a charity

The challenge first came around in 2014, where it started in America as a way to raise awareness of the condition ALS which is a form of Motor Neurone Disease.

Back in 2014 hundreds of celebrities including Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, The Rock and Victoria and David Beckham took on the challenge.

The campaign went viral and raised thousands of dollars in weeks, and hundreds of thousands of dollars overall.

The newest ice bucket challenge was created by students at University of South Carolina's Mental Illness Needs Discussion club who posted on Instagram about the challenge to raise awareness and funds for mental health causes.

What is the Ice Bucket Challenge?

The challenge involves soaking yourself in freezing water

The Ice Bucket Challenge involves pouring a bucket of ice water over yourself (or getting someone to do it for you), then nominating your friends to do the same and making a donation to a charity.

This time round the charity being supported by the challenge is a student-run charity called MIND (Mental Illness Needs Discussion) in the United States.

Like last time, the trend began in America but now people from all across the world are joining in and spreading the message.