Everybody has mental health.
Over the last year, many of us have felt the strain of changing workloads, financial concerns, health worries, the inability to see loved ones on our mental health.
We hope that the stories we have shared through Mental Health Awareness Week will help you to reflect on your experience with your own mental health, and will enable you to support others who may be struggling.
We know that the range of experiences included in this series of articles is limited – there are so many overlapping factors linked to our identity that will impact our mental health and perspective.
St George's staff networks
If any of the experiences shared have resonated with you, we would encourage you to join our staff networks, which are open to all.
We have 3 staff networks at St George’s:
- Disability Network
- LGBT+ Network
- Race and Ethnicity Network.
Mental Health Awareness and Mental Health First Aid courses
If you are interested in attending our Mental Health Awareness half day course or Mental Health First Aid two-day course, delivered by MHFA England, please contact Staff Development on staffdev@sgul.ac.uk for more information and to be added to the waiting list.
The Gathering
The Gathering - our Mental Health and Wellbeing Group – will be restarting monthly gatherings on Teams from Thursday 10 June 2021, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.
If you would like to register for the event, or join the mailing list so you don’t miss updates, please email staffdev@sgul.ac.uk.
Counselling service
We offer a time-limited counselling service available to all undergraduates and postgraduates studying at St George’s. The service is also available to university staff.
It is free and confidential.
None of the counsellors discriminate on the grounds of sexuality, race nor religion. They aim at all times to be impartial and non-judgemental.
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is available to staff, free of charge.
This is a 24/7 service provided by Confidential Care and is able to advise on a variety of topics as well as offering counselling and emotional support. It is completely confidential.
During Covid-19 EAP has been adapted to a telephone service. To access the service, please follow these instructions.
Download the EAP leaflet (PDF) for more information. (You can also visit Well Online and log in using username: sglogin password: wellbeing).
Other places to find help
Here are some resources which may help if you are looking to learn more about mental health or are seeking support: