Congratulations and good luck to SERC who has been nominated in two categories at Action Mental Health Headfirst Awards

Congratulations and good luck to SERC who has been nominated in two categories at Action Mental Health’s Headfirst Awards which are taking place at W5 to coincide with World Mental Health Day on Wednesday 10 October.

This year the global theme for the day is ‘Young people and mental health in a changing world’.  

The awards aim to recognise and celebrate the contribution made by local schools, colleges, organisations and individuals, in supporting the mental health of children and young people.

Downpatrick Campus Manager Paul Walsh has been nominated in the ‘Championing Young People’s Mental Health’ category.

Meanwhile SERCs Human Resources Department has been nominated in the ‘Commitment to Well-being for the Community’ category.

To demonstrate the College’s commitment to looking after the emotional and physical wellbeing of students, SERC has signed up to the Mental Health Charter which formalises their commitment to helping employees and students get through difficulties at work and study caused by mental illness.

To date nine mental health champions have been trained across all campuses to promote the difficulties around mental health issues as well as showing students how to cope with the problems associated to it and what help and support is available.  

This work is further supported through the provision of Mental Health Awareness Training seminars which are being delivered to classes across all the SERC Campuses in partnership with Action Mental Health.