So what has the Wellbeing Zone been up to I hear you ask...

So we have been busy bees for the last few weeks and got through many a screwed up piece of paper and coloured pens, but we now have some great campaigns and events. And best of all they all involve fellow students!


THINK DRINK DRUGS

We are working with the Brighton & Hove Brief Intervention Service to run three road shows to provide information on where to go for advice/ support in Brighton and Hove on alcohol and drug issues. We will also be promoting the www.thinkdrinkdrugs.com website which provides drugs and alcohol information and advice on where to get help.
Cockcroft - Tuesday 24th January, 11-2pm Student's Union reception, ground floor
Grand Parade - Friday 27th January, 11-2pm Outside Sallis Benney
Falmer - Monday 30th January, 11-2pm Checkland Building main entrance

For more information visit http://ubsu.net/wellbeingcampaigns/content/796973/thinkdrinkdrugs/ and www.thinkdrinkdrugs.com


THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH

This event is being run by Matt Collard a University of Brighton student and supported by the Brighton SU Wishing Well fund. The Freedom of Speech is an event to raise awareness of support for people with speech impairments
Tuesday 7th February, 5-6pm, Room D222, The Checkland Building, Falmer with speakers Matt Callard (UoB student) and Anne Blight (Founder of The Starfish Project)
Open to all - just come along, there will be refreshments and an opportunity to chat with the presenters after the talk

The release of the film The King’s Speech has put the issue of speech impairments in the public eye more than ever before. Matt will talk about how he is working to overcome his stammer, along with Anne who will talk about the work of local speech therapy course The Starfish Project,
“University can be a particularly challenging time for someone with a speech impairment - meeting new people, doing presentations, interviews, performing everyday tasks. Having tried numerous speech therapy approaches over the years, I had a breakthrough 5 years ago when I attended The Starfish Project which helped me enormously. Since that time (with a lot of work and support) my speech has improved dramatically, enabling me to do many things I couldn't do before, changing my life in a big way. Generally, there isn't much mentioned about support for people with speech impairments so I thought I'd try and help change that.” - Matt Callard

For more information http://www.ubsu.net/wellbeingcampaigns/content/796983/freedom_of_speech/


THE UNTOUCHABLES

This campaign is being run by UoB student Kerry Grainger and supported be the Brighton SU Wishing Well fund. She is currently recruiting for the photo shoot for this campaign

‘Fed up of looking at impossibly perfect bodies portrayed in today's media? Join the Untouchables campaign and help us create a photographic collection of real bodies, completely un-retouched and proud! Come in for a free photo shoot, Superhero style, and help us kick some retouching ass! We're looking for guys and girls of all shapes and sizes to come along and have some fun in the studio, posing in mid-air in black underwear or shorts or tops.
The shoots will take place over several days at the Circus Street Annexe - where the photography department of the University of Brighton is situated. Each session will take approximately 45 minutes and will be made as private and fun as possible. At the end of the shooting you can take a look at the images before confirming that you would like them to be used as part of the campaign. Have a glance at our test shots for an idea of the sort of thing you should expect!
We believe anti-retouching campaigns are so important because with all the big magazines and advertisements now relying heavily on photo shopped images the standard of beauty is being constantly shifted into something ever-more unattainable. Low body confidence and low self-esteem are two issues that relate directly to the distribution of such images and can often develop into far more serious issues surrounding our relationships with our bodies and our image in general. We want to show people that you don’t have to be air-brushed to look good and that beauty doesn’t come in a standard size or shape!’

For more information and to become involved go to www.The-Untouchables.co.uk


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Brighton's A Picture of Sustainability

Hello bloggers,

It's been a while since my last blog and for that I can only apologise!

Today sees the launch of a photo competition that although is open to all Brighton residents and beyond, has been heavily pitched at the students here at the University of Brighton.

For a few months now I have been working with a new company called Caydoo, who have set up to bring people together in the name of sustainability. The website is all about networking people with their local surroundings and local events as to what's happening in terms of sustainability across where they live. This therefor includes mapping software to show you just what's going on around you and how close so many things are!

The main thing we have been working on is how best to introduce the company to students and how it can be reinforced that the messages behind sustainability are important and real. From this, the idea of Brighton's A Picture of Sustainability came about and is launched today!!!

This is a photo competition that is designed to get people to think about sustainability and what is means to them and then find a picture that represents this. The photos then need to be uploaded onto the Caydoo website. The photos will be judged in 2 ways, firstly the public will get to select it's winner as the photo most voted by people on the website. There will also be a formal group judging the entrants to decide the overall winner.

The top photos will also be displayed in a gallery event at the American Express Community Stadium, and be at the centre point for a whole days worth of activities including school lessons on sustainability working in conjunction with another of the schemes partners Albion in the Community.

The prizes for this competition are amazing including:

£500 vouchers for Clock Tower Cameras
A years membership and £150 driving credit from zip car
Tickets to see Brighton and Hove Albion Play

And of course all of this comes as Brighton has seen a real joy from the world of photography in the last few days as this video, made up of more that 45000 photos has made a storm on Facebook and other media.

This is Brighton from Caleb Yule on Vimeo.

So why not get your camera out and see if you can capture sustainability in just one pic!




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Location:Brighton