#WELLSTUDENT is an initiative that has been created to encapsulate a vast and varied wellbeing offer. Mental health and wellbeing issues pre-date Covid, however, there has been a significant increase in the demand for college services to support learners, with case numbers increasing 4-fold since the pandemic. #WELLSTUDENT focuses on early intervention and prevention, encouraging learners to take ownership of their own wellbeing, developing resilience and in turn reducing the strain on specialist therapeutic, pastoral and safeguarding staff in the college, allowing them to deal with more serious mental health concerns. This has been a shift from a reactive to proactive approach to wellbeing. Supported by staff that have undertaken comprehensive CPD, students are encouraged to take a pro-active approach to mental health and wellbeing through engaging with the fully inclusive #WELLSTUDENT enrichment programme which also serves as an internal social prescribing offer. The programme has four distinct categories, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual and all students are encouraged to participate in activities they feel best meet their needs at any given time. Accompanied by a resilience-based, levelled tutorial programme, #WELLSTUDENT builds a resilient cohort of who are proactive in the care of their mental health at college and beyond.

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