You Are Not Alone
JMSU is launching a new awareness campaign on Monday 25 January 2021, highlighting that students are not alone and help is available. According to a survey* of UK adults which took place into Covid-19 restrictions, one in four (24%) adults in the UK said they had feelings of loneliness. The campaign, You Are Not Alone, will aim to raise awareness and get you active at this difficult time.
We challenge LJMU students to walk, run or cycle to help us reach 5991.6km. That’s 5991.6km for the 24% of LJMU students that say their mental health has declined due to the current pandemic.
👇 How to get involved 👇
- Run or Walk and submit your distance here.
- Tag us (@teamljmu and @johnmooressu) on social media when you're out walking, running or cycling!
- Keep going and keep posting, let's raise awareness of the importance of mental health together!
- Your distance will be recorded and added to our leaderboard. Students groups will also have a separate leaderboard.
🤷🏻♂️ What else can you do? 🤷🏽♀️
- Check on your friends and drop them a message to see if they are okay. ✨✨
- As we are raising awareness for mental health, we are also supporting the charity Mind, which gives people support with mental health. Donate if you can here: https://www.mind.org.uk/donate. 🧠💖
- Speak to someone different. 🤗🤝
- Promote the benefits of physical activity and try a group WhatsApp walk. 🚶🏻♀️🚶♂️🚶🏾♂️🚶🏽♀️
- JMSU and LJMU are here to support your wellbeing, head over to our Wellbeing section to find out more. 💞
- Join in on one of our ‘Walk With JMSU’ sessions, our first one is taking place this Monday!
We are hoping to get to 5991.6km by March with the help of staff, students, student groups, and student leaders.
Let’s do this Team LJMU!
