Conscious Edinburgh

Conscious Edinburgh has 3 main goals: 1) To advance the education amongst the student population through the provision of information sessions, smaller group sessions and flyers surrounding mental health and how to deal with stress. 2) To advance the health amongst the student population through the provision of safe spaces on campus for students to express their mental health in an encouraging environment enabling peer-support, along with the provision of mental health first aid training to spot the signs of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts as well as other mental health issues. 3) The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the person for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended by encouraging students to take part in activities such as yoga and other team building activities. Our committee of 20+ students organise fundraising events of various scales to facilitate our provision of Mental Health First Aid Courses, peer support groups and subsidised cognitive behavioural therapy sessions. Our mission is to train at least one person from every club and society at the University of Edinburgh. As well as this, the committee put on many different well-being events throughout the year to encourage the normalisation of mental health.