Zero Tolerance, Mental Health Awareness Week and the Jolly Season

Monday 10th to Sunday 16th December 2012

Zero Tolerance

So far, we have been accredited by the Women's NUS and been sent loads of stickers and posters to promote the policy in our SU. In January next year, we will begin training the SU Security in what Zero Tolerance is and how it works. I have also made small business cards with useful contacts for any victim of sexual harassment, that security will carry around with them. The contacts include support services available in college and at the SU. We're also looking into getting Zero Tolerance posters in toilets, and the logo onto the projector and the SU wristbands. 

We're getting there, slowly but surely!

Mental Health Awareness Week

We talked about this at a Campaigns Sub-Committee meeting and also at the Inclusion & Representation Senate on Tuesday. The week begins on the 21st January, and is going to be incredible!

I spent the whole of this week taking photos of the wonderful students on campus with placards with mental health statistics. All of the facts come from various mental health charities and trusted sources - I say this because many of them can be very surprising. What touched me is that more often than I planned, people would choose a statistic that related to their mother, their brother, their friend, someone they knew. I think that this is a wonderful example of how mental health affects many of us and many of the people who are close to us. This part of the campaign is to raise awareness of how mental health is a serious issue which we all need to face up to by talking about it. Of course talk about it when you feel ready and comfortable, but it is important that we are all understanding of what mental illness is. That way, we can guide each other to getting the support when and where we need it. 

The I&R Senate will also be organising a talk by students, a video with these students, and a poster campaign with the societies. Expect to be contacted very soon!

Happy Holidays!

Yes, it is the holidays! Enjoy yourself, work hard, eat well and build your courage up again for the year ahead. I don't know about you, but the next two terms have me quaking in my slippers already. It's my final year, there are massive campaigns to run and I will have a lot on my plate, as we all do. Take this time to rebuild your immune system by taking those vitamins and eating those vegetables. Take the time to sleep and see your friends. In 2013, you'll be thankful for it.