Glasgow Caledonian University and Scottish Action on Mental Health (SAMH) have updated their memorandum of understanding to promote mental health and wellbeing.
Professor Stephen Decent, principal and vice-chancellor at the university, said: “Scottish Action for Mental Health has helped guide the university’s support for the mental health and wellbeing of our staff, students and local community for more than a decade.
“I was delighted to welcome Billy Watson to the campus to celebrate and consolidate our enduring partnership with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding.
“We very much look forward to building on our relationship and further promoting positive mental health and wellbeing.”
The MoU renews the 13-year association between SAMH and the city centre university.
Their collaborative work includes secondment of the Mentally Healthy University Coordinator from SAMH, and various awareness and wellbeing initiatives.
The university’s Department of Psychology is also now the academic partner of SAMH’s Psychological Wellbeing strategy.
These collaborations result in beneficial academic, research, and service-delivery projects including an online wellbeing service named Time for You.
The service was initially exclusively for frontline workers of the COVID-19 pandemic but it’s now available to all.
Billy Watson, chief executive at SAMH, said: “We are delighted to be extending our partnership with Glasgow Caledonian, which aims to improve mental health and wellbeing support for students and staff, as well as furthering our collaborative research.
“Supporting young people, particularly after the turmoil of recent years caused by the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis, is one of our core strategic aims and we look forward to continuing to work closely with the University to do this.”
