Ask for Help

If you would like to meet with one of our Student Wellbeing Officers, please email sbs-wellbeing@york.ac.uk, or you can book directly with Leonie Raymond using this link or Heather Buckby using this link.

Appointments last 45 minutes and can either be online or in person. Appointments are confidential (we do not advise your supervisor or the school that you have met with us) unless there is a risk to yourself or others. 

If you would like to speak to Sarah Clayden as the School's Open Door Practitioner, please complete the Open Door Referral form.

Call 999 if you are, or the person you are concerned about is, in immediate danger of hurting themselves or someone else.

You can then call Campus Safety to help aid the emergency services on +44 (0)1904 32 3333 (or 3333 from a University extension) or use the SafeZone app.

You can also call the NHS Urgent Mental Health Helpline on 0800 051 6171 .

Further Crisis Contact information is available here.

Sometimes all you need is to talk about how you feel with someone who will listen. There are lots of people ready to lend a sympathetic ear, including your supervisors, the University of York Student's Union, and the Samaritans. For Peer-to-Peer support, you may wish to try TalkCampus. Postgraduate Research Students may wish to visit the Wellbeing Thesis.

In addition, Student Space, a platform developed by Student Minds, offers support via text, phone, email or webchat in partnership with the Mix and if you prefer talking in person Mental Health Matters run the Haven in York, at 30 Clarence Street. Most of these websites also provide online resources for you to use in your own time, at your own place, for example those from the Charlie Waller Trust or U-Belong

Cost of Living Crisis Support

The current cost of living crisis is affecting everyone, with increases in utility bills, food prices and transport costs.

The university has created a hub to bring together all the support we offer in one place.