Welcome and Wellbeing Project

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The Welcome and Wellbeing project is a collaborative project between UEA University of Sanctuary, local charities including Re-think and St Barnabas Counselling Centre, and specialist mental health professionals. The project aims to better understand the support needs of students from a forced migration background. Currently, the UEA University of Sanctuary team are developing a pastoral support programme model that includes the following key areas of activity:

Welcome, Orientation and Assessments
Peer Support

Community Development and Psychoeducation
Sanctuary

Community Led Participatory Art and Cultural Projects

Training and Awareness Raising Across the HEI, Local Community and the Global HEI Community

If you would like to discuss the Welcome and Wellbeing project, please email: university.of.sanctuary@uea.ac.uk