The University will be closed from the end of business on Thursday 24th March and will re-open on Wednesday 30th March for the Easter break. During the holidays the Learning Centres will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including the Easter weekend! For more information on Learning Centres see here.

Sheffield-22-Parks

If you need urgent support while the University is closed, please find below a list of organisations’ contact details:

◾Samaritans: 08457 90 90 90 or jo@samaritans.org
South Yorkshire Police: 101
◾Salvation Army Sheffield (Homeless Centre, 126 Charter Row) 0114 272 5158
◾Advice Sheffield (benefits and debt advice) 0114 205 5055 or www.advicesheffield.org.uk
Sheffield Alcohol Support Service: 0114 258 7553 (closed Sat, Sun and bank holidays)
◾Shelter: 0344 515 1515 (closed Sat, Sun and bank holidays)
◾Sheffield and Rotherham Sexual Assault Referral Centre: 01709 427327 or SARC@rothgen.nhs.uk
Women’s Aid: 0808 2000 247 or helpline@womensaid.org.uk

Online self-help
Student Wellbeing will be closed over the Easter Break from the end of business on Thursday 24 March and will reopen on Wednesday 30 March. But you can still access help from the Student Wellbeing shuspace page where there is a range of free, online resources.

Big White Wall
With Big White Wall you can get support, take control and feel better. It has 24/7 peer and professional support, with trained counsellors online at all times, plus a range of wellbeing tools to help people self-manage. It is safe and anonymous, so no one will know you have chosen to use it unless you tell them.

Visit bigwhitewall.com/university and log in with your university email address.

 

We wish everyone a lovely break while University is closed. If you have an urgent query during the closed period, you can contact any of the organisations or websites above.

To contact us direct you can email guidance@shu.ac.uk and someone will get back when we re-open on 30th March. Or please call us on 0114 225 3813 outside our closed period.