GCU Student Carers'

📣 Calling all young adult carers! 📣

Sign up to our Young Carers Futures job club on 8 April! We will be joined by to hear about their fantastic careers, including hotels and resorts!

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4aa6x2E

This is great news!

You asked and the GCU Students' Association delivered!

In partnership with the University, two new microwaves and a hot water machine have been installed on level 0 of the Students' Association Building and are free to use for all students 🤝

This was in response to the current cost of living crisis and was a successful team objective for the Full Time Officers 2023/24 lead by Student President SP Chidozie Nwaigwe pictured with our Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Susan Mitchell 💙

It allows students to save money by bringing their own food onto campus and heating it up, as well as making hot drinks and noodle cups

Remember to read the instructions before using the equipment and to bring your own cutlery 🍴🥄

📣 Unpaid Carer Mental Health Toolkit

We are creating a health and wellbeing resource for adult unpaid carers for self-directed support, and for support workers to carry out wellbeing sessions.

We want to hear from you about content of the toolkit!

More details below 👇

Our next Family & Carer Support Groups at Stobhill Hospital Mental Health Campus are:
Older Adult Group - Fri 26 Jan at 1.30pm in Jura Ward.
Adult Group - Fri 19 Jan at 2.00pm in group Room 2, Mackinnon House.
More info from ward staff or phone 0141 201 3292. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Did you know that as an unpaid carer you have access to a variety of national Carer Cards?
Find out more about what’s available to you 👉www.mobiliseonline.co.uk/carers-cards
Local support 👉www.yoursupportglasgow.org/carers

What's a Carer's Card? | Mobilise Discover what carers cards are in your area and across the UK, how to get them and how they help.

If you’re interested! Book your place below ⬇️

ICYMI - We've added more training courses to our website for January - March 2024.

Visit: https://www.lanarkshirecarers.org.uk/training to find out more and book your place!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a lovely festive break.
Do any of you have 30 minutes to spare to help out a student for research?
Do you care for someone with dementia? Please get in contact with Aileen (email is on the poster). Or contact myself and I can pass on your details !

Lovely to meet Eddie and Sandie at the Connect Community Trust in Wellhouse and Provanhall this morning to share info on Glasgow East End Community Carers

All unpaid carers ( including Young Carers aged 16+) will be eligible for both the Flu and Covid Booster this winter. Don’t let your protection fade!

You can book an appointment for your flu and COVID-19 vaccines at https://nhsinform.scot/wintervaccines

Hi everyone. I want to introduce myself as the new Student Carer Officer. I am Stacey McFadyen, a 4th Year Social Work student here at GCU. I am excited to meet you all and hear your voices. I put myself forward for this role as I know first-hand what it is like to be a student carer, and know how important it is to hear the views and opinions of student carers. Being one myself, it can feel like our responsibilities can be hard to manage alongside University and that it is hard to be recognised. I want to advocate and encourage the strengths of each person in this Representation Network as I feel like it is easy to get lost within our responsibilities; so just to be recognised as ourselves, and not just carers. I would like us to have a safe and welcoming environment to discuss any concerns and overall views on University life. I would like to do a few events so I can meet some of you, either in person or online, including a Christmas get-together. I am looking forward to meeting you all, learning and sharing our experiences and knowledge. If you identify as a student carer, please join the group here (link in bio). Please feel free to reach out, whether that be to discuss matters or to have a friendly chat. You can email me at [email protected].

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On Monday we will be welcoming Carers Trust Scotland and Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership onto campus to talk about the work they do supporting carers.

Pop along to the Campus Life Lounge in the George Moore Building (Level 1) and the Relax and Renew Space on Level 0 of the library from 12-2pm to chat with their friendly staff and pick up a freebie!

Then join us in the Campus Life Seminar Rooms Level 1 for coffee, a cake, and a chat any time between 1 and 2.

Meet our fabulous Student Carer Officer and find out about all the great work she has been doing to represent the voices of student carers GCU Student Carers'

This event is for anyone who is interested in learning about support for carers and could be of particular interest to students on health and social care courses who may work with carers in their professional lives.



https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carers-rights-day-carers-event-on-campus-with-coffee-and-cake-tickets-453860859047

I will be attending the main event in Edinburgh on 9th November and will be gathering information and representing GCU. I would encourage other Unpaid Carers' to sign up to the virtual workshops online!

We've got a month of virtual events for during November.

As well as main event on 9 Nov we'll have workshops, information/advice sessions and some relaxing and networking session.

Find out more at:
https://www.carersuk.org/scotland/policy/carers-parliament-2

This is just unacceptable 😤

GCU made the list ⭐️

We are excited to announce the universities to join the second year of the University Mental Health Charter Programme! 🌟60 institutions have committed to adopting a whole-university approach to achieve long-term strategic change in mental health.

Is your uni on this list? 👀

Read all about these inspiring universities: http://ow.ly/UsH550KXTpj

Another fantastic event held by GCU!

Tomorrow Glasgow Caledonian University will be hosting their next Spotlight on Mental Health event with a focus on men’s mental health.

The event will take place on campus and include discussion with SAMH’s Robert Nesbitt, GCU's Dani Hutcheon, Dr Jamie Frankis and will be supported by GCU's Craig Telfer.

Find out more and sign up at the Eventbrite!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spotlight-on-mens-mental-health-tickets-423995521017

Are you a new or existing GCU student? Are you an unpaid Carer? Then please read ⬇️

The Student Carers' Group exists to represent the interests of all student carers studying at GCU.
As the Student Carer Officer, i aim to enhance the experience of students with caring responsibilities.

Join our free Student Carers' Group and help us make a change! We organise events for student carers' and host regular meets up 💛

https://www.gcustudents.co.uk/groups/student-carers-network

Pop along on Monday 🥰💖

GCU students and staff are invited to come along to a 30 minute drop-in mindfulness session on World Mental Health Day!

Monday the 10th of October is World Mental Health Day and GCU Wellbeing with the Sir Alex Ferguson Library are offering a 30 minute drop in session for GCU staff and students to try mindfulness.

Whether this would be your first time engaging with mindfulness, or you are a regular practitioner, all are welcome!

The session is free, with no booking required - just pop along on the day! (Those who sign up to this event will receive a reminder on Monday for the session)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-mental-health-day-2022-mindfulness-session-tickets-435564654607

Challenges that student carers face...

The challenges for Student Carers in Scotland

In light of the University closing for the Bank Holiday on Monday 19th September, the Freshers' Fair will now take place on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st September.

We look forward to welcoming all new and returning students at Freshers' events taking place between the 20th - 23rd of September.

For a full list of events visit - www.GCUstudents.co.uk/events

You Belong Here 🥰❤️

The difference between surviving university and thriving at university is often times down to a sense of belonging. Having others around you who share similar backgrounds and "gets you". We have 11 Representation Networks that are free to join, run by students like yourself.

www.gcustudents.co.uk/articles/you-belong-here-representation-networks

SP Laiba Tareen VP Chukwuma Egbujor VP Jennifer Abali VP John Mavileth GCU Student Life

Fantastic opportunity for those who can't attend f2f sessions!

Join us online for classes this September!

🧡 Gentle Yoga & relaxation – every Tuesday in September at 6pm

🧡 Breathwork & meditation – every Wednesday in September at 6.30pm

To sign up: [email protected] or 01475 735 180.

⚠️ FAO YOUNG ADULT CARERS ⚠️

Please spare just a few short minutes to help out a dear colleague by completing this completely anonymous questionnaire about the barriers that prevent young and young adult carers being identified and accessing support.

❤️ The more questionnaires and surveys we do = the more we learn and can make changes!

Thank you kindly :)

Young Adult Carers questionnaire Hi! My name is Louisa and I am an intern at Carers Trust. I am working on a project and one of my aims is to work out ways to improve support for young adult carers. I would be really grateful if you can answer these questions in as much or as little detail as you like! Please respond by 18th Septem...

So I contributed to a piece for GCU Student life and provided to tips for née GCU students. I hope these help!

We know that starting university can be daunting, so we've collected some from our current students🌟

Stacey is a Child Nursing student at GCU, and has shared some top tips to help you settle into life at university🥰

Check our her tips below👇

🗣️"If you are worried about essays, assignments and referencing at university level then I definitely recommend contacting the Learning Development Centre (LDC) as soon as you start. As soon as essays come out, their appointments go like crazy! The LDC can help with so many academic things and will get you off to a great start!"

🗣️ "Organisation is key! I know this is quite obvious, but you have no idea how quickly things can pile up. Grab yourself a good academic diary and jot it all down. Make sure to plan some self-care time too!"

🗣️ "Visit the Student Association or go on their website. There are many student networks and societies to join, such as the Student Carers Group, LGBT+ Network and many other sporting societies."

🗣️ "This is probably the most important one. Always put your mental health and physical health first before anything. Mental health is extremely important and so is self-care. University can be so demanding at times and it is essential to take some "me time". The Student Wellbeing services are wonderful and offer free services to all GCU students such as counselling, mental health advisor appointments, activities like yoga and much more!"

Keep an eye on the GCU Student Life social media pages over the coming weeks for more Tips 4 U @ GCU🫶

As the GCU Student Carer Officer I am here for ALL Student carers' anytime day or night. I can point you in the direction for further support in many other areas such as wellbeing, money and benefit advice, and how to build a Carer Support Plan.

Please contact me for further info ✨️

Student Carer Research Report | Carers Trust Scotland This research makes recommendations and suggestions for colleges and universities to implement to better support student carers.

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