Music Durham Welfare

11/03/2021

SQUARE SUBMISSIONS:
We’re starting our collections of your squares to begin stitching together the quilt! How exciting! Dm us to arrange an in person (socially distanced!) collection, or mail it to Grey College to Charlie Fletcher (our amazing MD Pres) 😉

If you are waiting to receive your materials (as indicated on the form), we are aiming to get them to you by the beginning of next week, and it can be a nice afternoon activity for you before you send it right back to us!

We’re nearly at the end of term~ you got this 🔥✨

05/03/2021

CALLING ALL SQUARES (completed or still in progress!)

We'd love to see what kind of beautiful squares everyone's been creating! Please send us pictures or tag us in your posts! 🥰

RTProjects
Music Durham

05/03/2021

Check out our article for the Durham Community Newsletter! ahead of 💓🎶 Music Durham RTProjects 👀
https://www.dur.ac.uk/experience/news/?itemno=44010

Additionally, please take a look at our blog article about the Quilting Project!

https://sites.durham.ac.uk/studentblog/stitching-a-quilt-of-community-squares-of-hope-that-bring-us-together/

If you're interested, please fill in the interest form!

During these particularly challenging and uncertain times, the role of Welfare in university has been gaining much needed discourse, as taking care of one’s mental health and wellbeing is finding itself at the top of everyone’s list of priorities. Music Durham Welfare has been working hard to co...

05/03/2021

10/02/2021

We hope everyone is doing well and successfully handling the Summative Season. As you may know, Music Durham Welfare are currently running a Quilting project in support of mental health charity RT Projects with the aim of bridging together communities and encouraging creativity during these challenging times. You can use any fabric you have at home and cut it into a square (15x15cm) and decorate it however you want (check out our informative video for details)! Drop off/sending details will be released later this week. I hear there is also some talk about introducing a competitive element to this project so get creative ;)!

This form is to get an idea of how many people are looking to get involved so that we can track everyone's progress and send out extra supplies and materials should anyone need it! We'd also love to stay in touch and see all the beautiful squares people make :D

We hope everyone is doing well and successfully handling the Summative Season. As you may know, Music Durham Welfare are currently running a Quilting project in support of mental health charity RT Projects with the aim of bridging together communities and encouraging creativity during these challeng...

28/01/2021

We've compiled some ways you can take care of your mental health ✨ You've got this 💪

23/12/2020

Our fundraising link is live! Please consider donating to support the amazing work of RTProjects

We are so excited to see all the creativity in the squares submitted after the break! Stay tuned for live quilting sessions later :)
https://www.givey.com/stitchingaquiltofcommunity

Music Durham

16/12/2020

Stitching a Quilt of Community - MD Welfare X RT Projects ✨
RTProjects

07/10/2020

Hey everyone! We hope everyone has been having a nice first week of term 😊

Music Durham are looking for a select number of dedicated students to form a brand-new team of welfare officers who will work to support student wellbeing in the Music Durham community this year. You do not need any prior experience to apply for this position so please if you are at all interested, get involved! We look forward to hearing from you!

20/06/2020

As many of you will be aware with the time of year and many of you being on exec committees yourselves, the time has come for me to handover the role of welfare officer into the safe and wonderful hands of Hana who will guide the role into the coming academic year. I cannot wait to see all the amazing things you do with welfare this coming year!

I would like to take this opportunity of handover to say a big thank you for all the supporters of Music Durham Welfare this year- from society engagement, our page top fans (I see you- thank you!), the wonderful current and incoming music durham exec for their continous support (and for creating the role ofc!), to the endurance of my close friends and family who have heard copious amounts of 'what snacks should I buy?', 'look at the at these free resources!', 'what do you think about this event/post/idea' and for always giving me an honest second opinion- it has been appreciated so so much!

I know for many this has been a very difficult year and my heart and empathy goes to you all- I hope the dark times pass soon. Despite the greater prominence of talk surrounding mental health in the current times, at any point in your life present or to come, please access support if times get overwhelming. There are always people that care even if they are not physically close or apparent who they may be at the current time. And most importantly, remember that your feelings are always valid, you are valued and you are heard. [Support lines below]

My ending words as welfare officer as the quote suggests kindness and emotion does not define or decrease your strength, perception is a powerful tool (and one you have control of) and life is a journey of growth.

Welfare love over n out xo

Samaritans- 24/7 freephone 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org

Nightline- phone calls and instant message service 9pm-7am, No. on DUO and back of campus cards

Bereavement Trust Helpline: 0800 435 455 6pm-10pm every evening

Cruse Bereavement Helpline: 0808 808 1677​ See hours on website at- https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-help/helpline

An extensive list of specific helplines available at-
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/