Mental Health Awareness Week: activities to help you unwind

This Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May), take a break from your studies and unwind with a host of free activities happening across the week on campus and online.

The week kicks off with Wellfest – a celebration of wellbeing on Highfield campus – with stalls including doughnut decorating, rock painting, mindful colouring and table tennis. The fair is also a chance to find out more about the Five Ways to Wellbeing:  

• Connect 
• Be active 
• Take notice 
• Learn 
• Give 

The activities running throughout the week are based on the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ theme, so get involved and start taking the steps to help look after yourself.

From taking the chance to hit the water on a paddleboard – whether you have experience or not – to creating your own mini bouquet of flowers to give to a friend, colleague or family member: there is something for everyone. Here is an overview of what is on during the week and the event links with full details:

Monday 9 May	Wellfest: Five Ways to Wellbeing fair   12:00 – 16:00: 38P Marquee, Highfield Campus Occupational therapy – rock painting   12:00 – 13:00: 38P Marquee, Highfield Campus Quaker quiet hour 13:00 – 14:00: Faith and Reflection Centre, Building 6, Highfield Campus
Tuesday 10 May	Macrame workshop (2 sessions) 14:00 – 15:00 15:00 – 16:00 Building 37, Highfield Campus  Plant pot painting  12:00 – 16:00: 38P Marquee, Highfield Campus  Flower bombing 12:00 – 16:00: 38P Marquee, Highfield Campus
Wednesday 11 May	Toastie time  12:30 – 14:30: Faith and Reflection Centre, Building 6, Highfield Campus
Thursday 12 May	Stand up paddleboarding 11:00 – 12:00 & 12:30 – 13:30: University of Southampton Watersports Centre, Mead Crescent, Swaythling, SO18 2J Occupational therapy – relaxation session 12:30 – 13:30: 67A Portacabin, Highfield Campu Giant games and board games 14:00 – 17:00: 38P Marquee, Highfield Campus
Friday 13 May	Solent Minds – managing assessment stress 12:00 – 13:00: Online  English conversation 13:30 – 15:30: Faith and Reflection Centre, Building 6, Highfield Campus  Community picnic 12:00 – 14:00, 38P Marquee, Highfield Campus

Visit the Student Engagement Events SharePoint site to see all the events happening during the week and across semester two and onwards.  

For 24/7 support, please contact The Student Hub – your first point of contact for questions and concerns relating to wellbeing.