Pastoral support

Financial services

If you are under financial stress or need advice on student financial services, we can help you:

• Apply for scholarships and bursaries

• Understand Money and Budgeting

• Get debt advice

•  Apply for hardship funds

• Maximise your income from Funding Bodies, Charitable trusts, work.

• Set up a payment plan

Get appointments to discuss financial related issues or further information by contacting us.

Counselling service

The primary purpose of the student counselling service is to provide a free confidential/ professional counselling service to all students enrolled at Amity. The secondary objective of the service is to enhance and encourage the emotional well-being and mental health of our students and those who support them.

Amity also provides support for International students who are having issues settling into life in the UK.

For further information contact us.

Crisis support

If you need urgent mental health support:

• Contact your GP surgery to request an emergency appointment (some GP surgeries are currently offering phone appointments only)

• If your GP surgery is not open, call the free NHS medical line on 111 for help accessing the right services, but again be aware they are at capacity at present so only call in crisis

• You can call the Samaritans on 116 123 to talk to someone at any time, day or night, 24/7

• You can text Shout on 85258

• You can download Stay Alive app, an app for those at risk of suicide and those worried about someone

• If you are in London, can contact the Listening Place for face-to-face support

If you’re having thoughts about wanting to die, it’s important you tell someone.

Help and support is available from a range of free services and helplines who can help you right now. There is no right or wrong way to talk about suicidal feelings – starting the conversation is what is important. Here is some information about services that are open every day 24h/7days and who can help you during this time:

• You can text Shout on 85258

• Call HOPELINE UK Papyrus

• Call the Samaritans on 116 123

If you feel like you cannot keep yourself safe and you are in immediate danger of harming yourself or attempting to take your life:

• Go to the closest Accident and Emergency (A&E Department).

  1. Call 999 to request an ambulance if you cannot go to the hospital yourself

Useful links:

• Maytree (North London)

• The Listening Place, offer support (sometimes within certain hours) and helpful resources.

• For men: Calm, Campaign against living miserably (5pm-midnight); call 0800 58 58 58 (nationwide) or 0808 802 58 58 (London) or webchat (5pm-midnight)

• Samaritans local branches

• Shout

• HOPELINE UK Papyrus

International helplines:

• IASP International Association for Suicide Prevention has a list of crisis helplines for most countries including India.

• The “Stay alive” app includes more information about international resources including more helplines and ‘stay safe’ plans.
  

• Other international suicide helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org

Advice

• Avoid using drugs and alcohol.

• Stay around family and friends or go to a safe place and call one of them.

• Make a safety plan that you can save on your phone and read during difficult moments.

• Speak with your GP. Most surgeries will have emergency appointments especially in the morning.

• In an emergency call 999 and request an ambulance.