World Mental Health Day Tomorrow

World Mental Health Day – Quiz! Refreshments! Prizes!

Wednesday 10th October, 1pm – 2pm at the Dome (Avery Hill Campus)

Mental illness is a fact of life.  According to the Mental Health Foundation, one in four people in the UK will experience at least one episode of mental illness in their lifetime. 

To mark World Mental Health Day 2012, the Students’ Union is working with the University’s *AccessAbility Ambassadors to raise awareness of mental illness, and the support that’s available for students.   Mental illness does not need to be an obstacle to students going on to achieve academic success, or an issue that stops students from having a complete University experience.

As part of this, we are hosting a Quiz on Mental Health at the Dome on Wednesday 10th October, from 1pm to 2pm.  The Students’ Union is donating  vouchers for a FREE University of Greenwich hoodie for the lucky first prize winner, as well as food/drink vouchers for the SU Bars for runners-up.   We’ve got cakes and biscuits to share, and a limited supply of coffee mugs to give away courtesy of the Greenwich Drug & Alcohol Action Team (but buy your own coffee!).

And, if you’ve got time to spare in the afternoon, why not stay for an afternoon with the *AccessAbility team for board games?  Relieve your own mental stress (or increase it!) with new friends and old.  Please bring your own favourite (and a personal plea…leave Monopoly at home…)

For information about the Disabled & Diverse Students Network, contact Melanie Thorley (email tm34@gre.ac.uk)

The Students’ Union will be putting further information on the SUUG website, including the answers to Wednesday’s quiz (after the event!). For more information contact Matt Ventrella, Academic & Welfare Adviser, Students’ Union, University of Greenwich.

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