The Student Wellbeing Service works with other areas within the university such as Widening Participation, Sport St mays and academic colleagues to provide a range of activities for students that can support wellbeing, connect students with others and promote attainment.
This page provides a list of activities that we offer, please do follow our Twitter and Instagram pages to keep up to date with our latest announcements, events and themed posts.
Reprezent Health
We are scheduled after several sports programmes core lectures to fit around your timetable and reduce the stress of commuting. You are invited to come along and train alongside staff from wellbeing, learning development, and academic staff from the School of Sport Exercise and Applied Sciences.
Hang Out and Paint
Hang out and paint is an open session for all students and staff to attend. This session has a calm and inclusive atmosphere to allow students from different demographics and interests to participate.
Sessions run weekly on Thursday from 4pm – 6pm in K17, you can drop in at any point during this period. All equipment is provided to partake in various creative activities including different mediums on canvas, miniature painting and crafts. You are welcome to bring your own equipment. We play calming classical based background music, whilst sallowing participants to request music within this or similar genres.
Wellbeing staff attend all sessions, although there is no formal discussion or plan. Hang out and paint is a space for you to meet others from various stages of their education including masters and PHD students, communicate if you wish with peers or staff and explore your creative side in a safe informal environment.
Wellbeing Wednesdays
Our weekly half an hour session during term time provides an opportunity to take a break, promote self-care and reset your mind. We will run short meditation sessions as well as using arts and crafts and walking to practice being in the moment. Sessions can help you stay focussed, motivated and manage your stress. Please check our social media for times and location information.
Active for All
Sports St Marys offer multiple free activities for all students throughout the year. Working closely with students’ sessions run weekly during term time and can be tailored to what students want to do. This is a space for all students to be active and engage in physical activity and sports together.
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No Ordinary Society
Wellbeing works closely with the No Ordinary Society, which is a truly inclusive society that aims to support and celebrate the diverse student population at St Mary's University. No Ordinary Society organises social activities such as mindfulness colouring-in, art classes, cooking classes, film nights and board games.
In addition to that they also offer adapted sport and physical activities such as sitting volleyball, boccia, ultimate Frisbee, yoga and kick-boxing.
The society has been a great success and is the perfect way for students who find joining other societies or sports teams a very daunting experience to integrate into life at St Mary's University and make new friends.
Find out more about the society
Wellbeing walks
During awareness campaigns and other university wide events we run wellbeing walks. These are a great opportunity to explore the beautiful grounds at St Mary’s whilst engaging in some mindfulness and promoting your mental health.