Mental Health Awareness Week | Your Working Ways – Reset campaign 15 - 25 May

Your Working Ways – Reset

This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘anxiety’, and Workplace Health works to support the health and wellbeing of staff and PhD students.

Anxiety is a common emotion in us, and is one of the most common mental health problems that we can face.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, free events will be hosted, that actively work to reduce stress and anxiety by providing you with the tools to effect change within your own lives, and we encourage all to attend.

Upcoming events
 

• Tuesday 16 May, 12.45 - 13.15. Mindfulness session (online)
  Mindfulness can be a beneficial practise to incorporate into your everyday life to help us enjoy life and understand ourselves better.

• Tuesday 23 May, 12.30 - 13.15. Stress Briefing, Managing stress and UCL support
  Stress can affect us not only mentally, but physically as well. It is not always easy to recognise when stress is affecting you.

• Thursday 25 May, 12.30 - 13.20. Lunch and Learn on the Importance of Sleep
  Sleep problems are common and can make us extremely tired, make work harder and us more irritable. But there are ways to manage your sleep.

• Plus Weekly Nearby Nature lunchtime discovery trails.

Non-Workplace Health Activities

• Special Interest Group in Mental Health at Work 

Workplace Health works under the philosophy of: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Work and offers a range of services free to staff. To check out the recommended resources, head along to our website.

UCL Resources

UCL Offers a wide range of courses and resources.

These courses are now open and taking registration for June: 

• Essential Skills for Being More Assertive (part 1)
• Negotiating Change
• Financial Wellbeing: Investment and Pensions
• Managing Up
• Practising Being More Assertive (part 2)
• Financial Wellbeing: Foundation

Additional resources and courses offered can be found here

Another resource available to UCL staff and PhD students is Spectrum.Life

Spectrum.Life provides confidential, 24/7 mental health support in seconds: by phone, WhatsApp or Live Chat. Speak to information experts on legal, financial, housing and family related issues. Support available for both personal and work-related matters. 

Spectrum.Life digital platform also provides a range of resources such as:

• Digital gyms and fitness videos
• Wellbeing learning modules
• Recipe to support nutrition
• Self guided meditation

Learn about what's available at UCL to support your mental health and wellbeing. Reflect on your working ways and be inspired to make small, achievable changes to support you to be well at work.