Your Wellbeing in College

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Wellbeing Pledge

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai is committed to supporting the wellbeing of staff and learners through the promotion and provision of a range of opportunities and services. Taking care of your physical, emotional and social wellbeing is important to ensure that you can enjoy your time and achieve success at the college.

This wellbeing pledge supports the implementation of the staff and learner wellbeing strategy and summarises the commitment to supporting everyone’s mental health and wellbeing.

We will support your EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING by:

Raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing
Providing expert support and guidance from a team of dedicated staff
Offering access to professional counselling and support services
Developing opportunities for open discussions about wellbeing
Developing apps and toolkits to promote wellbeing, self-care and resilience

We will support you to STAY SAFE by:

Promoting safeguarding in all that we do
Providing personalised support for learners and staff during absence
Providing information and support on healthy relationships
Working in partnership with other specialist services to offer expert guidance and support (e.g., substance misuse)
Promoting support and delivering health checks for potential chronic health conditions

We will support you to contribute towards a SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT by:

Promoting green health
Providing guidance on being environmentally sustainable
Providing opportunities for outdoor learning
Developing and promoting healthy transport options
Reducing our use of single-use plastic

We will support you to become ACTIVE AND HEALTHY by:

Identifying and developing a team of Wellbeing Representatives (staff) and Wellbeing Ambassadors (learners) to provide and promote opportunities to engage in a range of social wellbeing activities
Providing opportunities for inclusive sport and fitness
Providing opportunities for community engagement
Offering healthy eating and drinking options at every site
Promoting physical activity

We are here to help you

Watch the video to understand how the college Welfare Team can support your wellbeing during your time at college.

The college is committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where all learners can thrive. A wide range of welfare support is available to help students manage personal, emotional, and wellbeing-related challenges that may impact their education.Students can access confidential one-to-one support, mentoring, and early intervention services. Support focuses on building confidence, developing resilience, and promoting positive mental health. Learners are also offered guidance around safeguarding, physical and emotional wellbeing, and can be referred to external specialist services when needed.
Wellbeing initiatives, including ENGAGE sessions, help equip students with the tools to navigate everyday challenges and build coping strategies for life and learning. Overall, the college’s welfare provision is designed to remove barriers, keep learners safe, and empower them to succeed both personally and academically.

Amser i Chi

Amser i Chi is our confidential check-in service provided by the Learner Welfare Team for Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Learners.

It provides you with the opportunity to chat to someone who will listen and provide support on a variety of matters.

Grŵp Llandrillo Learners can complete the online self referral form (on eDrac or the Wellbeing Hub) or email the team staysafe@gllm.ac.uk Consortium Worked Based Learners should contact their tutor/assessor in the first instance.

Click here to find out more or to contact the Welfare Team.

Sexual Health

Grwp Llandrillo-Menai offers a Sexual Health Drop-In service where you can get confidential advice and support about sexual health and wellbeing.

As a registered C Card provider, we provide free condoms and STI testing kits and these can be obtained via the Welfare Team.

We provide information on how to stay safe, sexual health and we can also help you access specialist external services.

Read this document to learn about the C-Card Sexual Health Drop-in service available to you.

Wellbeing and Physical Activity Programme

We have a wellbeing and physical activity programme at the college and the Wellbeing and Enrichment Officers and a Rugby Officer work with learners to arrange a wide range of sporting and non-sporting activities across all campuses.

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Period Dignity

Working with our Active Ambassadors we developed the 'It won't stop us' Campaign. As part of this inspiring campaign, we promote the importance of maintaining physical activity to reduce the symptoms of menstruation and that periods should not act as a barrier to engaging in either learning or active wellbeing. Alongside this we have developed free complimentary exercise resources which learners can do at home.

Access to free products: Within Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, we also provide FREE eco-friendly single use and reusable period products at Learner Services on each campus as well as a delivery service to learners' own homes.

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'I'm OK' survey

One of the approaches as part of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Wellbeing Strategy, which looks at how best we can support your wellbeing whilst you are studying with us.

Your health is impacted by your emotional, social and physical wellbeing. For you to feel ok it is important for you to feel good (e.g. feelings of happiness, contentment, enjoyment, curiosity, engagement) and function well (experiencing positive relationships, having some control over one’s life, having a sense of purpose).

The survey asks 15 questions around how you feel about your wellbeing, and covers three areas: emotional, social and physical wellbeing.

Personalised Wellbeing Plan

Once you have completed the survey, a personalised Wellbeing Plan will be immediately produced. The Wellbeing Plan will offer some self-care tips on how you can look after yourself in a healthy way or offer suggestions on where you can find out more information.

We will be running the survey three times a year to see if your feelings change during this time and to see if your wellbeing improves.

Some of your responses will be plotted on a Wellbeing Star, so when you re-take the survey later in the year, you will be able to see the progress you have made.

The "I’m Ok" Survey can be found on 'eDrac Learner'. Once you have logged in, you will see the "I'm OK Survey" banner on the homepage. Click the banner to start the survey.