Events and activities - World Mental Health Day 2023

Here are some free events and activities running in October 2023, which could boost your wellbeing or improve your knowledge of mental health.

What	When	Who (run by)	Where	How	Notes
Free gym session or studio class at Penryn Sports Centre	10 October	A free personal profile is required, to redeem your 'promotional code' against a Gym Session / Studio Class. Visit: fitnesscentre.fxplus.ac.uk. Promotional code: MH23 Bookings are open on Wed 04 Oct and subject to availability. For further information, please contact the Sports Centre - 01326 370770 / sportscentre@fxplus.ac.uk
Free session at Exeter Sports Park	10 October	A free personal profile is required. Click here. Options include: SPORTS PARK: Yoga in the Lemmy - 07:00 Legs, Bums & Tums in Studio 1 - 07:30 Ride in Studio 1 - 18:15 ST LUKES: Boxercise - 12:30 – Upper Hall St Lukes Body Pump - 17:30 – Dance Studio St Lukes Yoga - 18:30 – Dance Studio St Lukes Bookings are open on Mon 02 Oct and subject to availability. For further information, please contact the Sports Park - 01392 724452 / exetersport@exeter.ac.uk Socials: @uniofexetersport @uoestudentsport
'Mental Health at Work - The Business case' webinar	10 October, 10-11am	Mindful Employer	Online	Sign up	This webinar is for business leaders, HR professionals, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the business case for investing in workplace mental health initiatives.
ONE thing to take you from Mental Health to Wealth webinar	10 October, 12.30-1pm	Art of Brilliance	Online	Sign up	Dr Andy Cope will be live on our Youtube channel, sharing the ONE thing you can do to raise your wellbeing bar from mental health to mental WEALTH.
WMHD Mindfulness Arts-based Practice - a restorative space to connect to self and others	10 October, 3.30-5.30pm	Jackie Bagnall and Fiona Rourke	The Creative Quadrant, Streatham Court (Business School)	You can just turn up!	This session is open to all colleagues and is intended as a taster for anyone wanting to better understand the role of creativity in sustaining personal energy. Led by colleagues to support colleagues. Examples of activities include collaging, badge-making and intuitive painting.
Viv Groskop – Happy High Status: How to be effortlessly confident	10 October, 5-7.30pm	University of Exeter Business School	University of Exeter Business School,(Room 103, Harrison Building) Streatham Campus	Sign up	Join Viv Groskop, award-winning writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, as she shares her thoughts on determining your own ‘status’ - how you relate to others, how you carry yourself and how your internal confidence is reflected externally.
Mindful Meditation	12 October, 12-12.30 (and every Thursday)	Run by John Danvers via Zoom or join from ‘The Quiet Room’, Room 111 – 112, 1st Floor, The Old Library (Streatham) but you will need to bring your laptop or tablet to watch from.		Email StaffLife stafflife@exeter.ac.uk to join / email John Danvers j.danvers@exeter.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Embracing Diversity webinar	12 October, 12-1pm	St. Johns Ambulance	Online	Sign up	This year's theme is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’. Together, we'll explore how diversity challenges have a profound impact on mental health.
Free taster of trauma-informed yoga exercises and mindfulness	12 October, 12.30-1.30pm	The Wellbeing Network	Streatham campus (room TBC)	Sign up	Kayleigh is a Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher based in Exeter. She is offering a free taster session of chair-based yoga stretches alongside some mindfulness practices. This will be followed by regular paid sessions. Her work is aimed at supporting recovery and growth from trauma, and better physical, psychological, biological & emotional wellbeing for everyone.
Managing Chronic Fatigue at Work (internal training)	18 October, 10-11am	Occupational Health	Online	Sign up	This session will provide information on symptoms of Chronic Fatigue and Post-COVID syndrome (Long-COVID). It will cover what support and resources are available for those with the condition, and what managers can do to support colleagues at work.
Black Mental Health: Talk and Q&A	26 October 12-1.30pm	University of Exeter	Online	Sign up	Join Dean Harvey, Associate Non-Executive Director at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, for a talk and Q&A about Black mental health in the UK. This session will cover contributing factors to mental ill health including racism, isolation and inequality, as well as protective factors contributing to mental wellness such as creativity, joy and community. Post-session support and resources will be provided. All staff and students from University of Exeter, Falmouth University, FX Plus and The Students’ Union are welcome to attend.
Fika Friday Social	27 October, 3-4.30pm	The Wellbeing Network (Please fill in this form to join the group.)	In person - Physics Senior Common Room (on the 7th floor)	You can just turn up!	The Wellbeing Network would like to invite you to our monthly coffee and cake social based on the Swedish tradition of Fika. We will provide the coffee and tea - you just need to bring a mug and something sweet to eat (shop bought is fine!). Even if you can only drop in for 20 mins, please do come along if you can!