This month's way to wellbeing spotlight is on Take Notice.

We'll be producing material to support and promote Take Notice, alongside focusing on a different, salient wellbeing topic each week. Please visit the other items in this menu for more details.

Don't forget, if you want to plan your own activity and need inspiration, examples of previous events can be found here. As face to face activities aren't possible during the current situation, we'd love to hear from you with alternative suggestions. Please send these to studentsupport@manchester.ac.uk.

Resources

You can find ready-made resources here or, if you want to create your own, visit the University's brandsite for the assets you'll need (you'll need to scroll down a little to get to them!).

If creating your own, you’ll need to buy InDesign (in Adobe Creative Cloud) from the University's Electronic Software Delivery system.

You should also ask IT to install the University fonts, they can do this simply for you here.

Social media

Don't forget to follow us on instagram: @uomwellbeing.

Every Wednesday the Wellbeing Team will be promoting positive wellbeing to encourage students to take care of themselves during these uncertain times. 

We'll be handpicking different events and activites students can take part in throughout the day at home - from mindfulness sessions to exercise classes.

This will be promoted through our instagram page @uomwellbeing and on our student support website. You can find a clickable PDF schedule for the day here, this will be updated every Tuesday. Further assets for social media can be found below.

If you'd like to run your own activities to promote positive wellbeing and need some inspiration, take a look at this event ideas page. Due to the current situation, we know that face to face activities won't be possible so if you have any suggestions for alternative events, we'd love to hear from you: studentsupport@manchester.ac.uk

Remember to use the hashtag #uomwellbeingwednesdays in any social media posts!

Suggested copy for newsletters etc:

Looking for a wellbeing boost? Every Wednesday your Wellbeing Team will be running ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays!'. These Wednesdays will include wellbeing events and activities that you can take part in from home throughout the day - from mindfulness sessions to live gigs. Follow @uomwellbeing to get involved!

Assets:

(Right-click to save images- social media and instagram story assets will be updated every Tuesday)

Greater Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week runs from 1 to 7 February 2021. The campaign is an opportunity to bring people together, highlight Greater Manchester’s zero tolerance to hate crime and encourage both victims and witnesses to take a stand and report hate crime.

No one should face hate, violence or abuse because of who they are, who they love, where they’re from, what they look like or what they believe. 

Head to www.letsendhatecrime.com to find out more and use the hashtag #WeStandTogether during the week.

If you’ve been a victim or witness of hate crime, you can report it to us by using Report and Support. You can report something anonymously or report something and get support from an advisor.

Undoubtedly, the last year has had a huge impact on the financial wellbeing of many students due to losses in part-time work, changes to family circumstances etc. Now more than ever, students may need extra support when it comes to their finances, so we’d like to use National Student Money Week as an opportunity to promote support such as the Living Cost Support Fund and remind students of the different ways that they can maintain their financial wellbeing.

During the week we will be running a competition on our Instagram channel (@uomwellbeing) where students are in with a chance of winning a £25 supermarket voucher. All they need to do is post a picture of their favourite healthy meal on a budget, tagging @uomwellbeing, to be in with a chance of winning.

Imposter syndrome is the feeling or belief that you've been given something you didn't earn or don't deserve. It affects students of all backgrounds and in different ways. However, research has shown that imposter syndrome is more prevalent among women and minority students. It can also impact mature students, who are prone to the sense that they don’t belong.  If this is something you feel you can relate to, check out this resource on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome.  

This month is also LGBTQ+ History Month, but as things are looking a little different this year, The Mancunion has put together an variety of recommendations for students to celebrate the history of the LGBTQ+ community at home, LGBTQ+ History Month: How to celebrate from home.

UoM Sport are also celebrating LGBT+ History Month! Each year UoM Sport join the Stonewall Rainbow Laces campaign to show our support of the LGBT+ community within sport. However, this year with no in person sport and competition, they’ll be continuing their campaign online.

We are currently training our new intake of Wellbeing Champions ready to deliver exciting wellbeing events and campaigns from next Semester. Watch this space!