Health & Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing
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Your wellbeing is important to us!
Your wellbeing is important to us!
That is why we have a dedicated Wellbeing Team of highly-trained and experienced Wellbeing Officers.
The Safeguarding & Wellbeing Team works closely with students to help them overcome any issues affecting wellbeing. They can provide support and advice on a wide range of issues including abuse, harassment, health, financial worries, personal issues, and mental health.
We recognise that any student can experience problems from time to time, not necessarily related to their academic studies. The Safeguarding & Wellbeing Team are always on hand to discuss what may be troubling you in a safe, non-judgemental environment.
This could be:
Mental health issues
General health issues
Drug and alcohol abuse
Pregnancy
Family issues
Financial issues
We have a range of external support services available to support students.
Axess Sexual Health
Community support groups
Local foodbanks
Student Assistance Programme
NHS Support
The NHS Live Well website offers a full range of information and advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking, and drinking less alcohol. Also, the NHS Every Mind Matters website offers you a free plan with tips to help you deal with stress and anxiety, improve your sleep, boost your mind, and feel more in control.
As well as physical wellbeing, you can access information and self-help guides, tools, and activities that can improve your mental health on the site. 10 Stress Busters is a list of actions you can take immediately if you are feeling overwhelmed.
Longer term, evidence suggests that following these five steps can help keep you feeling mentally well-balanced, more positive, and able to make the most of life. 5 steps to mental wellbeing - NHS.
If you're a parent of children or teenagers, you can find a range of advice and support from the NHS, including tips on how to help your child with exam-related stress, teen aggression, and discussing their feelings.
Feeling exhausted is so common that it even has its own acronym, TATT which stands for Tired All The Time. Find out more about sleep and tiredness at Live Well and get tips on how to improve your sleep from setting a bedtime routine to reducing screen time in the evening.
Learning how to relax takes practice, but over time it can help release tension in your body, calm your mind, and improve your wellbeing. In this 30-minute video instructor Beth's soothing words and relaxing moves help you leave the stresses and strains of the day behind and prepare for restful sleep.
In addition to these websites, there are a number of really useful Apps that you can download for support with your wellbeing: Calm, Insight Timer, Action for Happiness.
Financial and Wellbeing Support
Financial Health can be particularly challenging to manage at times, the Citizens Advice website has a lot of great resources to help with financial management. The debt and money section has an array of information on how to manage debt, manage rent, mortgage arrears, and other information. Use the Citizens Advice budgeting tool to help you understand what you are earning, spending, and where you may be able to cut costs.
The Money Helper website brings together many aspects of information and guidance including rising rents, covering higher energy costs, or tackling debt, bringing together useful tools, calculators, and guides to help you keep on top of your money.
Click here if you require any further support for your own heath & wellbeing.
Hub of Hope
The Hub of Hope is the UK’s leading mental health support database. It is provided by national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, and brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private, and NHS mental health support services together in one place for the first time.
Click here to open the Hub of Hope website.
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