University Mental Health Day

Event Name

Time and location

Description

Regulate and Rise Sound Bath (Inner self-connection session)

7.30am-8.30am in the Chapel

Drop-in to the Chapel where you can regulate your nervous system with therapeutic sounds and increase your energy levels with some mood-boosting refreshments.

Exhibition: Too Young for an Existential Crisis by Charne Visser

8.30am-5.30pm in Chapters Cafe

South African born, Stoke-on-Trent based artist Charne Visser unveils her latest collection – an intimate exploration of stillness, identity, and the emotional weight of modern life.

Too Young for an Existential Crisis? examines how environment shapes psychological presence, placing readers, thinkers, and quiet wanderers in serene, nature-infused interiors. These scenes offer a gentle retreat from a culture defined by constant connectivity, comparison, and digital overstimulation.

Regulate and Rise Sound Bath (Inner self-connection session)

9.30am-10.30am in the Chapel

Drop-in to the Chapel where you can regulate your nervous system with therapeutic sounds and increase your energy levels with some mood-boosting refreshments.

Communal student breakfast

10am-11am in The Kitchen Table

Enjoy a free breakfast, including hot drinks, smoothies, oats, fruit, and cereal bars, boost your mood, and start your day in the best way! Students honouring Ramadan are invited to take a breakfast that they can have later in the day.

Walk the Labyrinth – A Journey of Reflection

10am-4pm in the Chapel

Labyrinths are an ancient method of reflection, meditation, or prayer, which can be used by people of any faith or none to help focus and calm the mind.

A labyrinth has a single circuitous path that winds its way into the centre and back to the exit. It’s not a maze – there are no tricks to it, and no dead ends. In fact, it’s the exact opposite: rather than trying to make us lose our way, it’s designed to help us find it.

Drop into the Chapel any time as instructions will be provided.

Coffee/tea stall with mental health activity

11am-2pm at the Forest of Light

Enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee and take part in some activities to calm your mind.

Health and Wellbeing Community Hub

12pm-3pm in the Chancellor’s building foyer

Stands confirmed:

·       NHS Mental Health Support

·       North Staffs Combined NHS – Mental Health Nurses

·       Staff Wellbeing services

·       Keele Holistic Therapies Services – with free taster massage sessions for students and staff

·       STaRS (Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery System

·       NHS Talking Therapies

·       New Era - Victim Support

·       Campus Safety team

·       Furry Friends

·       Bear Force

·       Lifeworks North Staffordshire

·       YESS (Your Emotional Support Services)

·       The Zen Project – Aromatherapy station where you can create your own wellness sprays/essential oils

·       Campus Life team

·       Sports Centre team

·       Residence Life team

·       Ascend – Sexual Violence Mental Health Service

·       Spectrum.Life – freebies will be available for students

·       Occupational Health team

·       SESO team (Student Experience and Support Officers)

·       Mental Health Advisors

·       Port Vale FC

·       Sustainability team

·       Disability, Support and Inclusion team

·       Community First Responders

You can also leave a note of support and friendship on our Connection and Compassion Wall.

Colour Theory Drop-in with artist Ian Mood

12pm-4pm in the Chancellor’s building gallery

Have fun experimenting with paint as you create a personalised colour swatch or swatches to express something unique about you.

Self-connection – Craft and Activity Area

12pm-3pm in The Kitchen Table Cosy Corner

Come and join us for some crafts and activities, including mindful colouring and bracelet making, which can be done as part of your own self-connection, or with friends to connect and create together.

You could also take time to call or message your family and friends or write a postcard home or to your future self.

Paws@Keele (Therapy dogs) and Counsellors Connect Area

12pm-2pm in the Tawney building

An opportunity to meet our therapy dogs - New Foundland puppies Mozart and Violet.

The Counselling and Mental Health team will have counsellors available and there will be an opportunity to connect with them. 

Keele community Coffee and Connect

12pm-2pm in the Chancellor’s building Open Space

All students, staff and the Keele Community are invited to join us for a complimentary cup of coffee or tea and to take time out of their busy schedule to catch up and make new friends.

Community Wellbeing Walk and Talk

1pm-2pm

Please meet at the Forest of Light.

Control the Controllables: Starting Your Career Without the Stress

Online from 1pm. Please pre-book your place.

Has thinking about the future become something you avoid? When the job market feels overwhelming and everyone else seems to have a plan, it’s easy to feel stuck.

Join the Careers Team for a low-pressure session designed to break the cycle of career anxiety. We’re moving past the expectation that you need to have it all figured out and offering practical tools to help you navigate your next steps without the burnout.

Friendship bracelet making craft

3pm-5.30pm in the KPA (upstairs)

All materials will be included.

Rock Painting and Origami by Nurture

4pm-6pm in the Sustainability Bungalow

Paint your Person and Sip

6pm-8pm in the Tawney building

Join us for a unique alcohol-free Paint & Sip where you’ll paint a portrait of a friend (or be paired up with someone new!). No art skills are needed - it's more fun that way!

Please note that this is a student-only event.

Connecting through Pickleball

5pm-6.30pm

6.30pm-8pm

Sports Centre (Walshaw Hall)

Two sessions will run - one from 5pm-6.30pm and one from 6.30pm-8pm.

Each session is £1 or free with a Keele University gym membership.

Please book in advance by dropping in to the Sports Centre Reception or calling 01782 733368.

Connect and Play

6pm-8pm in The Squirrel (Students’ Union)

Give carpet and table-top curling a go and take inspiration from live Paralympic Curling which will be shown on screens.