THREE DAYS TO GO!!

Not the fittest pair you'll find joining this team but dedicated nonetheless! :)

Mental wellness is something we both advocate for and care very deeply about, both personally and professionally.  As ex-UU staff (Lauren) and the current DVC (Paul), we're both fully behind the Mind Your Mood initiative; student-led, the idea is to get students involved in activities and encourage them to talk about their mood, mental health and concerns, all in a safe environment. It should be the most natural thing for us all to do but, unfortunately, society hasn't allowed talking about how we feel to be as free-flowing as we'd like - however, that's changing massively and any little help we can do to encourage everyone to share the load... well, we should all be on that bandwagon.

And so we'll be taking part in the Belfast City 8 Mile Walk as part of Ulster University's Mind your Mood 2023 campaign. Joining friends, colleagues and students on Sunday 30 April 2023, the route will take us from Stormont Estate to Ormeau Park.

We'd appreciate the donation of any pennies you have lying around!

"Mind Your Mood, is an innovative student-led initiative, managed by Student Wellbeing, which aims to raise awareness and encourage UU students to talk about their mental health by facilitating a range of fun themed events, training courses and wellbeing activities."

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/mindyourmood