Mental Health Awareness Week

10:00 - 10:30 - Parent and Carers Networks Workshop - Register via MS form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff 
Format: Online
This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the resources and support available through the Parents & Carers Networks at Imperial, with a focus on promoting mental health and wellbeing. 

12:00 - 12:45 - Brain Not Braining - Register via MS Form
Activity: Interactive games
For: Staff and Students
Format: Online
Through 45 minutes of some interactive games that will make your brain 🤯, we will try to demonstrate how it can feel to struggle with mental health and/ or life as a neurodiverse individual in a neurotypical world. 

14:00 - 15:00 - Unlocking Potential Through Volunteering - Register via MS form
Activity: Talk
For: Staff and Students
Format: Online
Discover the benefits of volunteering and how it can unlock your potential, and see what exciting, exclusive opportunities are coming up this year.

3 x 1-hour slots at 14:00 - Mindful Sewing - Register via MS Form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Mindful zokin-making involves stitching cleaning rags with care, using repurposed fabric, embracing simplicity, and appreciating each stitch.

16:30 - 17:45 -  Deep Rest Yoga - Register via MS Form
Activity: Yoga session
For: Staff 
Format: In person at the White City campus
This deep-rest yoga session is designed to support staff in navigating the transition of moving office sites. The practice will offer a space to release tension and cultivate resilience using: grounding breathwork, gentle movements, fascia release and sound therapy. 

11:00 - 12:30 - Photo Treasure Hunt - Register via MS Form
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Delivered by Playful Learning SIG (Special Interest Group). Join us for a photo treasure hunt around the beautiful South Kensington campus. Help your team to victory by completing as many photo challenges as you can.

12:15 - 13:15 - Learning Well Cafe - Register via MS Form
Activity: Informal meeting
For: Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
This session is open to the entire Imperial student community - undergraduates and postgraduates from all disciplines and year groups, and at any stage of their academic journey. Everyone is welcome! 

12:30 - 14:00 - Unleash Your Inner Singer: Choir Taster Session - Register via MS Form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
 We invite you to come and try something new! Join us for a taster singing workshop during Mental Health Awareness Week, led by John Cuthbert, Blyth Centre’s vocal teacher, who is a passionate advocate for the benefits of singing. No previous musical knowledge or experience is required—just bring yourself and your love for music! 

13:30 - Walk, Tea and chatting  - No booking, just turn up (Meet outside Hamilton)
Activity: Social
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the Silwood Park campus
Please join us for a 4 km walk around Silwood and beyond. This is a great opportunity to get out into nature and chat with fellow Silwoodians. Then, we will be drinking tea/coffee and more chatting in the Centre for Population Biology. Open to all at Silwood!

14:00 - 15:00 - Learning Well Sessions: 'Traitors or Faithfuls' - Register via MS Form 
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In Person at the South Kensington campus
Join staff and students for a playful 'Traitors' game, exploring how competition, collaboration, and community influence our learning and work!

14:00 - 15:00 - Climate Change and Mental Health: Common Causes, Common Solutions!  Register via Imperial Events
Activity: Talk
For: Staff and Students
Format: In Person at the South Kensington campus
This seminar will summarise the evidence base for how climate change and mental health are deeply connected.  In unpacking the range of psychological responses to the climate crisis, we will also explore what narratives and coping strategies are helpful.

14:00 - 15:30 - Sip and Paint: A Mindful Painting Workshop - *Fully booked*
Complete a booking form if you wish to be added to our waiting list.
Activity: Activity Session
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Tap into your inner Van Gogh! Register for a mindfulness, creative painting experience that will help you to relax and unwind.

15:00 - 15:45 or 16:00 - 16:45 -  Forest Therapy - Register via MS Form
Activity: Physical Activity Session
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Join Move Imperial and London Forest Therapy to turn your screen time into green time. This session offers a unique off-site experience that combines the tranquillity of nature with the power of guided mindfulness exercises and relaxation techniques. 

15:00 - 16:00 - Mindfulness Movements and Meditation Together - Register via MS Form
Activity: Physical Activity Session
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Join us in exploring posture awareness and practicing simple shoulder, neck, and back movements to improve wellbeing and ease tension, with the collaboration of an osteopath.

10:30 - 12:00 - Food for Your Brain -  Register via MS Form
Activity: Talk
For: Staff 
Format: Online
Join me for practical, evidence-based strategies to fuel your brain and support long-term mental wellness. A well-nourished mind is a powerful one! 

11:00 - 12:00 - Learning Well Sessions: Can Food Bring Us Together? - Register via MS Form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Join us to explore how the fusion of science and culture through food can inspire creativity, collaboration, and mutual understanding in engaging ways.

12:00 - 14:00 - Kind Mind Cafe - Register via MS Form
Activity: Drop-in session
For: Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Come de-stress at our Kind Mind Cafe. Drop by for a cup of tea and a chat, get creative at our art therapy station, or try some mindful journaling. 

12:55 - 13:45 - Coffee & Social Run Club: White City -  Register via MS Form
Activity: Social activity
For: Staff and Students
Format: In Person at the White City campus
Join the social run club at White City. This is a beginner-level session at the Linford Christie track. Work at your level with the company of others. Join the group after for a free coffee!

14:00 - 15:00 - Gardening in Community - Register via MS form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Join our Garden Project to connect with nature and community! Share the joy of hands-on gardening, growing together, and nurturing the land.

14:30 - 15:30 - Restorative Yoga: Connected Rest - Register via MS form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
This session will focus on the power of rest and shared experience in building a sense of connection. Through somatic movement, breathwork, Fascia release, and restorative yoga, participants will be guided into a deeply restful state where they can feel supported by the group energy.

17:15 - 18:00 - Social Run Club & Social at Eastside: South Kensington - Register via MS Form
Activity: Social activity
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Join Move Imperial and Charlie, our Run Leader, for this introduction to running session. Take your first steps into running in this supportive community, and enjoy a post-run drink with the group at Eastside!

10:00 - 10:45 and 11:00 - 11:45 - Forest Therapy -  Register via MS form
Activity: Physical Activity Session
For: Staff and Students
Format: In Person at the Hammersmith campus
Join Move Imperial and London Forest Therapy to turn your screen time into green time. This session offers a unique off-site experience that combines the tranquillity of nature with the power of guided mindfulness exercises and relaxation techniques. 

11:00 - 13:00 - Caring Teams Through Compassionate Leadership -  Register via MS Form
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff  
Format: In Person at the South Kensington campus
In this workshop, leaders will explore compassion, its evidence base, and how practising compassion in the workplace can build caring communities through their teams.

14:00 - 15:00 - Learning Well Sessions: 'Traitors or Faithfuls' - Register via MS Form 
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In Person at the White City campus
Join staff and students for a playful 'Traitors' game, exploring how competition, collaboration, and community influence our learning and work!

14:30 - 16:00 - Board Games -  Register via MS form
Activity: Social Activity
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the White City campus
Join members of Imperial's Playful Learning Special Interest Group for a fun, sociable board games session. We’ll have a range of favourites to play, but feel free to bring your own card or board game along.

14:30 - Crafternoon - Friendship Bracelet Making - No booking, just turn up
Activity: Workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the Silwood Park campus
Please join us in making friendship bracelets, which you can keep for yourself or give as a gift to a friend or colleague. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary.
Open to all at Silwood. 

15:00 - 16:00 - Deep Rest Yoga – Finding Stability in Transition & Change -  Register via MS Form
Activity: Physical Activity
For: Staff 
Format: In Person at the White City campus
This deep-rest yoga session is designed to support staff in navigating the transition of moving office sites. The practice will offer a space to release tension and cultivate resilience using: grounding breathwork, gentle movements, fascia release and sound therapy.

09:00 - 10:00 - ABLE Coffee Morning - Register via MS Form
Activity: Virtual social activity
For: Staff 
Format: Online
Join us at our coffee morning. We look forward to meeting you and sharing stories and encouragement from around Imperial, and where appropriate, we hope to be able to support you with your journey. Raise the profile of ABLE@Imperial and the network for all staff and managers

10:30 - 11:00 - Academic Women Association - Information Session - Register via MS form
Activity: Talk
For: Staff 
Format: Online
The Academic Women Association (AWA) was founded in 2022. It is open to all women at different stages of their careers. AWA was established as a networking platform to foster a supportive environment for career development. 

13:00 - 14:00 - V&A Walking Tour on Rituals - Register via MS Form
Activity: Walking Tour
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Join us for a guided tour at the V&A, where we will explore rituals in community from a multi-faith perspective through art, objects, and culture.

14:00 - 15:00 - Dance Taster: The Impact Of Dance On Social Wellbeing - Register via MS Form
Activity: Dance workshop
For: Staff and Students
Format: In person at the South Kensington campus
Feel the mood-boosting benefits of dance in this taster of Charleston dancing. Alice is a Ballroom and Latin instructor at Pineapple Dance Studio and a designer working on ‘dance for health’ research in the Institute of Global Health Innovation. The session is suitable for beginners. Please let Alice know of any accessibility requirements in advance.