Pro-actively taking care of your mental health and wellbeing can play a key part in having a positive and successful university experience.
It is recognised that We aim to provide you with information that will help you take care of yourself. We all experience times when we struggle, we want you to know it's ok to feel this way, and if things get too difficult support it avaiable if you need it.
Togetherall provides a safe space for members to engage anonymously with a wider network of people across the world who understand what it's like to struggle with mental health.
Members can share thoughts and feelings, ask questions and access support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Togetherall is the only digital mental health service registered with the Care Quality Commission and are utilised by the Education sector, Military and the NHS.
How to join
- Visit Togetherall's website
- Click 'register'
- Select 'I'm from a university or college'
- Register with your academic email address (@nottingham.ac.uk)
Togetherall is available via the app or through the website using a device connected to the internet.
Read the Togetherall user guide for full instructions on joining and using Togetherall.
To find out more about Togetherall, watch the introductory video below.
Self help strategies & self care
Living with mental health issues
University Disability Support Services support students who have a disability, mental health difficulty, long-term medical condition, autistic spectrum condition, or a specific learning difference such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia or ADHD.
University Wellbeing team offer wellbeing support to all students.
NHS Self help guides
Mind has lots of useful information if you’ve been diagnosed with a mental health problem and you want to find out more about it, including treatment options and where to go for support.
Rethink Mental Illness: Studying and mental illness.
Understanding & managing stress
Mind: How to Manage Stress explains what stress is, what might cause it and how it can affect you.
Information from the NHS on stress and how to manage it.
NHS LGBTQ+ mental health support guide provides information, advice and contact details of support service
University of Nottingham Students' Union LGBT+ Network represents all students at the university who do not conform to the hetero normative or cis normative expectations of society (and therefore anyone who self-identifies as LGBTQ+). This also includes anyone who experiences any sort of homophobia, biphobia and/or transphobia.
Notts LGBT+ Network provides information and support to the LGBT+ communities in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire county.
Derbyshire LGBT is Derbyshire’s only LGBT+ specific support service. They support anyone who is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender or anyone who is having issues with their sexual orientation or gender identity, this includes family and friends.
Mental health and finance
Extenuating Circumstances
Have your studies been affected by illness or unexpected events? Then you may be entitled to a claim for extenuating circumstances.
Extenuating Circumstances procedure is intended to support you if you experience exceptional, unforeseeable, short-term circumstances which affect your ability to study or take assessments.
Find out more about extenuating circumstances and how to apply.
Who to contact if you need support?
Support at university
Support and Wellbeing This service if the first point of contact for student wellbeing support. They can refer you to support and wellbeing practitioners, counsellors and mental health advisors as well as provide information about other local wellbeing services you can access.
Visit The Wellbeing Team page to find out more about the Support and Wellbeing team, as well as other services available. To book an appointment with support and wellbeing service visit StudentLife.
Local support
Your local GP (doctor) Cripps Health Centre: 0115 846 8888
Orchard Practice, Kegworth: 01509 672 419
Turning point : The Nottinghamshire Mental Health Helpline offers access to support for people who need emotional support or information about their mental health.
The service works alongside the Nottinghamshire Crisis Line, providing personalised advice, emotional support and information on coping mechanisms.
NottAlone Local mental health advice and help for young people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
The Nottinghamshire Crisis Sanctuaries provides mental health crisis support to the communities of Nottinghamshire. The Crisis Sanctuaries are for anyone near, or at crisis who need a safe space to talk.
Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services (IAPT) provide assessment and treatment for people with ‘mild to moderate common mental health problems’ without the need for a GP referral.
Services available are:
Harmless provides support for people affected by self-harm
Kooth on-line counselling for young people