Your safety and welfare are really important to us. So we’ll make sure you’re safe in college and on work placements, protect you from abuse, neglect, bullying and harassment, and we’ll provide support with personal difficulties. You can use our confidential counselling and chaplaincy services and we can also put you in touch with external organisations who can help. If you’d like to know more, talk to Student Services on your campus.
Health
Health Promotion Roadshows
To help you stay healthy, local and national organisations regularly visit the campuses to offer samples, advice and information on matters such as stopping smoking, healthy eating, fitness and exercise. So if you want to whip up a smoothie on a bike, get your blood pressure tested or find out about holistic therapies, look out for details when you enrol.
Healthy Eating
Whether you already eat healthily or want to know how to, the team who run our campus catering – Charter & Co – can help. As well as hot and cold refreshments, their menus always include healthy options and their Student Survival Guide has tips on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle at college.
Wellbeing
Counselling
Rather than telling you what to do, our counsellors are there to help and support you in making your own decisions in complete confidentiality – unless you raise a safeguarding concern, which your counsellor is obliged to report to the campus safeguarding lead.
Mental Health Support
Togetherall is our free online community for mental health support, with 24/7 access to trained professionals, clinical expertise and peer support in a safe online environment. It aims to improve mental wellbeing in an inclusive and non-judgmental way by providing a safe space to talk, share experiences and support others. Togetherall helps you manage mental health conditions, take control, feel better and maintain positive mental wellbeing while you’re at college. Find out more here.
LGBTQ+ support
Our support team can help you and offer mentoring and support to anyone who wants to set up special interest groups such as LGBTQ, mental health or a specific faith.
Spirituality
Chaplaincy
If you need pastoral support with bereavement, anxiety, identity or faith (any faith) challenges, our chaplaincy and inclusion coordinator can help.
Faith and spirituality team
Whether you want to find out more about the faiths of the world, get help with meditation or prayer or need support in times of crisis or spiritual need, our Spirituality team is there for you.
They’ll help you understand your own faith, or that of others, and offer support and advice on topics such as equality, diversity, hate crime and more. The team also offers mentoring and support to anyone who wants to set up special interest groups such as LGBTQ, mental health or a specific faith.
Prayer rooms and ablution facilities
There are prayer rooms on each campus, and Newport has Wudu ablution facilities available for Muslim learners and staff as part of their prayer ritual.