“Stress Less@Staffs: Support during assessment, Wellbeing Collection and beyond.”

1. Stress Less@Staffs:
Support during assessment,
Wellbeing Collection and
beyond.

2. What I’m going
to tell you
about
• Evolution of what we have provided
and how we embraced wellbeing in
the Library
• Impact on my role
• Epic failures
• Epic successes
• Beyond assessment
• University strategy
• Questions
• Activity

3. How we embraced wellbeing in
the study environment.
It escalated quickly.
• Spring 2018 coloring books, jigsaw
puzzles and origami in the libraries
• Autumn 2018 wellbeing collection in
the libraries
• Winter 2019 events in the libraries for
assessment
• Spring 2019 events organized by the
library across the 3 campuses

4. University initiatives we supported
and/or organised
University Mental Health Day
Student Minds
Mental Health Awareness Week
body positivity
Stress Less@staffs – assessment and exam support
delivered across the campus
Learning and Teaching conference
student resilience
Snack bags for students working in the Library
during Ramadan

5. Inside I was
like

7. I embraced
my new
alternative
universe

8. Who do I know, who can help?
Sports Development & Active
Lifestyles
Staff with hobbies
Staff with talent
Chaplaincy
Students’ Union

9. Epic failures
My spinal tap moment
My spinal tap moment
Epic failures
I created this
exciting and
amazing event, will
anybody turn up...

10. …….Nope
British Ceramics Biennial – 1 student
Comic art student running learning
the basics of drawing – 1 student, 1
member of staff
Vinyl listening club – 2 students
Sometimes you just get it wrong
• Wrong day
• Wrong location
• Wrong activity
• Wrong publicity
Reflect & learn, it is character building
Go and paint a pebble or do some colouring in

11. The list of events
Spring 2019
delivered across
the three
campuses
Easter egg painting and decorating
Hula hooping
Play with clay
Painting peace mural
Free gym entry at off peak times
Outdoor table tennis
Lunch time walk
Free tea and coffee
Super-size connect 4
Big Jenga
Assorted board games
Fruit for thought and water (SU)
Pebble painting
Free football
Outdoor volleyball
Football dartboard competition
Rounders
Mini tennis
Frisbee
In door table tennis
Outdoor table tennis

12. Analysis

13. Beyond assessment
weeks
• Children’s Library –supporting parents and
carers
• Wellbeing Collection – books on prescription,
hula hoops, lego, colouring books etc
• Activity boxes – resistance bands and skipping
ropes
• Exercise bikes
• Dog days – guide dogs and Bedlington
whippet

14. What next
Want to improve and add finesse but what
does that look and feel like?
Talk to the University Marketing and Events
Team
Contact Events Management Course leader to
discuss co-creation with students, they can
plan and deliver the Stress Less@staffs as an
assessed project

15. The Library profile within the University
Recognition that the
library plays an important
part of student mental
health and resilience skills
Involved in developing
University strategy for
mental health
Library staff trained as
mental health first aiders

16. Easter egg painting
The stolen goth egg
Questions
Extreme dot to dot
Have a cuppa