Best Welfare & Wellbeing Initiative

The radical disruptions to our everyday lives over the past few years have shown us how critical it is to maintain a healthy level of mental, emotional, physical, and financial well-being to weather the constant fluctuations of life.

Now more than ever, members need to be actively offering Wellbeing and Support Initiatives that provide ongoing opportunities for students to connect with others in safe and supportive ways, and help to facilitate and promote good health, well-being, and resilience.

Successful initiatives can be broadly or specifically focused. They will provide a welcoming, safe, and caring environment, with opportunities to access tools, skillsets, education, and practical necessities. They will leave participants feeling motivated, supported, and connected enough to keep making positive changes in their own lives.

An initiative being submitted in this category can be a new initiative or a recurring one that has been held on or off-campus, or online. This award celebrates excellence in Welfare and Wellbeing initiatives and must have been actively run for students by a member campus during 2023/24.

Initiatives can include but are not limited to: financial services, mental health and wellbeing programs, equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives, international student welfare programs, stress management or resiliency education, etc.