Wellbeing Services

At Sunderland, we have an amazing team of professionals who are trained to support you with your emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

We offer a free, personalised approach to meet your needs which is confidential and accessible, ensuring that you can feel happy and fulfilled while studying with us.

Mental health support

Our wellbeing service is for all students. You can refer yourself to the service, or someone may refer you to us with your knowledge and agreement. 85% of students surveyed said our university's wellbeing support services were well communicated (National Student Survey, 2024).

We offer a range of tailored support including:

Registering with a GP or local groups
Mental health support
Links to recovery connections onsite
Links with accommodation and halls staff
Healthy lifestyle clinics

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Groups and workshops

We provide workshops where you can come along to boost your wellbeing, social skills and to help soothe any problems you may be having. These include:

How to develop confidence in social situations
Call it a Night (sleeping well) session
Guided mindfulness session
Bereavement support sessions
Stress and anxiety workshop
360 meditation space
Friendship evenings

Overnight support

You can call our support workers between the hours of 6:30pm-6:30am, seven nights a week.

All calls are free and confidential. Advisors are based on campus and will be available to answer your call and offer further support if needed.

Call: 0191 515 2451

24/7 online support

To further support you during your time with us, we have partnered with online wellbeing services, including:

Silvercloud gives you access to online CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) programmes, tailored to your specific needs.
Togetherall offers a community of others to share your thoughts and feelings with and access to wellbeing resources.
Student Space offers support on mental health, studies, money, relationships, and more.
UMII enables you to build your profile and get new matches every day to establish meaningful relationships with like-minded students.

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