Mental Health Support A Union self-help guide

Student Wellbeing

The Student Wellbeing Team provides specialist information and guidance to help you look after your wellbeing. They also offer a free counselling service and workshops. They are based at the Student Wellbeing Centre, Ground Floor, T-Block at Kedleston Road.

Term Time Hours
Finance: 10.00am–11.00am & 1.00pm–2.00pm
Disability: 3.00pm–4.00pm

Non-Term Time Hours
Finance: 1.00pm–2.00pm
Disability: 3.00pm–4.00pm

Student Wellbeing (Buxton)

The Student Wellbeing Team provides specialist information and guidance to help you look after your wellbeing. They also offer a free counselling service and workshops.

Derby Chaplaincy

There’s a Multi-Faith Centre on campus with a team of chaplains and faith consultants to support you. The chaplaincy offers one to one support and events to students of all faiths, or no faiths, and is open 9.30am-4.00pm at Kedleston Road.

Buxton Chaplaincy

You’ll find the Chaplaincy office at the top of Clarendon House, room CL301. If you’d prefer to make an appointment, please contact us on:

Samaritans

Offering emotional support 24 hours a day.

Derbyshire Mind

Derbyshire Mind offers mental health advocacy and other support services.

First Steps

First steps is a charity that exists to raise awareness and give support to anyone affected by eating difficulties and disorders. This support also includes parents, partners and families and is provided via support groups, telephone, 1-to-1, dramatherapy and complementary therapies.

First Steps also raise awareness in schools and in the community. They’re based at Ingham House 16 Agard Street, Derby, DE1 1DZ.

Trent PTS

Trent PTS offers psychological therapies across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire Head Office is based at Woodlands Lodge, 111 Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, DE22 3NL. You can make a self-referral on the website or call.