The Occupational Health Team aims to improve staff wellbeing by having a proactive approach supporting all physical and psychological wellbeing. If you are concerned that work is affecting your health or that your health his affecting your ability to undertake your role, please contact them for advice. You can either be referred by your line manager or self-refer.

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 2752
Email: occhealth@st-andrews.ac.uk

Report and Support is an online tool where staff, students and members of the community can report issues of bullying, discrimination, abuse, assault, or harassment of any sort anonymously, or by reporting with contact details so an adviser can provide support.

Mediation is a confidential, impartial, and voluntary process in which trained mediators help people in dispute work out an agreement. This service is available for any staff who wants to resolve disagreement informally. Mediation is also available for groups or teams seeking a collaborative, inclusive framework for problem solving issues.

Email mediation@st-andrews.ac.uk to arrange a time to discuss, in confidence, how mediation can help. The service operates independently and confidentially. 

The EDI team can provide confidential help, support and advice to staff dealing with equality, diversity, or inclusion issues. 

Email: diversity@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 1649

British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via the online BSL Video Relay Interpreting Service: https://contactscotland-bsl.org 

For more information, guidance, and support please visit the University Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion webpages.

On their website, you can find resources and support on topics such as:

• Disability and Health Related Guidance: 
• Sexual Orientation Staff Resources
• Trans, Gender Identity, Reassignment, or Non-Binary Staff Guidance:
• BAME Resources

For more BAME support and resource options, please see the resources below.

The University Chaplain is available to offer pastoral care and support for any employee, regardless of religion or belief (including non-belief). The Chaplain is also the point of contact for various spiritual and faiths issues.

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 2866
Email: chaplaincy@st-andrews.ac.uk   

If you are concerned about a student’s wellbeing you can contact Student Services at theasc@st-andrews.ac.uk, or if out of hours via the Security and Response team (+44 (0)1334 46 8999).

The Consultation Service provide confidential advice to all University Staff who work with or who encounter students with additional support needs.  

The University is committed to supporting staff and students in addressing and meeting their support needs. A key benefit of this service is that it will reduce the feeling of being alone in navigating a new situation.

The consultation team can be contacted by telephone and e-mail to request further information:

Address: Eden Court, The Scores, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9AS
Telephone Number: +44 (0) 1334 462020
Email: consulserv@st-andrews.ac.uk

Samaritans provides listening and support services for people in crisis and distress. The service is open 24 hours, you can call anytime about anything that’s troubling you, no matter how large or small the issue feels.

Call: 116 123 free from any phone
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Send a letter to the Samaritans

Nightline is a confidential, anonymous listening and information service operated by students at the University of St Andrews. 

You can contact Nightline to discuss anything and everything, their volunteers will never direct you in what to do or offer advice, but they will actively listen and be there to help you talk through things on your own terms and in your own time.

Contact them by phone, email, Skype, and IM every night. The email line is only available during summer months (June to August).

• Phone (8pm to 7am): +44 (0)1334 46 22 66 (ext. 22 66 in halls)
• Skype (8pm to 7am): @StAndrewsNightline (audio only)
• Instant Message (8pm to midnight)
• Email (24 hours): nightline@st-andrews.ac.uk

This service is only available for people in Scotland.

Breathing Space is a free, confidential, phone service for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16 experiencing low mood, depression, or anxiety.

Helpline number: 0800 83 85 87

Available:

Weekdays: Monday to Thursday, 6pm to 2am
Weekend: Friday 6pm to Monday 6am

The Scottish Association for Mental Health offers an information service you can use if you are looking to chat or if you need support: 

Phone: 0344 800 0550
Email: info@samh.org.uk
Visit the SAMH website

Available: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Mind is a UK charity aimed at providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. 

You can access their emergency advice, Infoline (an information and signposting service), Legal line (a line that provides legal information and general advice on mental health related law), and their mental health resources database. 

Help tool
Phone: 0300 123 3393
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Post: Mind Infoline, PO Box 75225, London, E15 9FS

Available: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays).

​​Boloh is Barnardo’s Covid-19 helpline and webchat for BAME individuals. Their helpline advisors can provide services in English, Punjabi, Mirpuri, Polish, Luganda, Ruyankole, Rukiga, Rutooro and Kinyarwanda. 

Their therapeutic sessions can be provided in the following languages: English, Gujarati, Urdu, Bengali, French, Spanish, Arabic, Punjabi, Mirpuri, Pothwari, Hinko, Hindi and Sundhi. Interpreters can be provided for other languages.

Phone: 0800 151 2605
Availability: Monday to Friday, 10am-8pm. Saturday to Sunday, 10am-3pm
You can also send them a message via webchat on their website. 

You can find helplines for various types of mental health support in your country via Find a Helpline.

This service only supports 121 countries; however, they are continuously adding resources from more countries. 

BAATN is a UK non-profit organisation that connects people of colour (POC) individuals to POC counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists. You can find their directory of specialists on their website.

Learn more about mental health in BAME communities through the Mental Health Foundation.

Mind’s website provides information and advice on mental health problems. Access their information hubs.

No One Can See My Cry: Understanding Mental Health Issues for BAME Academics, Professional Staff and Students in Higher Education is a Zoom seminar by Dr Jason Arday, an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Durham University. The presentation examines the impact of negotiating racial inequality and discrimination at university and the impact upon mental health. Aspects examined consider the impact of belonging, victimization, isolation and marginalisation on mental health and how this consequently affects university experiences for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students and staff.

The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) website has information on wellbeing and self-help, as well as advice for maintaining wellbeing.

A guide to self-help resources held by the University Library.

Taraki is a non-profit company that provides mental health support, resources, and awareness to Punjabi communities. 

You can join virtual events and forums on the Taraki website.

Silver Cloud is an online self-help cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programme for students with low mood, anxiety, stress or worries about body image. This resources is provided to all employee and students and can be access via the link below:

SilverCloud. Making Space For Healthy Minds (silvercloudhealth.com)