Also confirmed for Staff Wellbeing Fest on Thursday 3 July are
- Aromotherapy sessions
- Make up tutorials
- Visit by Health Assured to give you all the information on the EAP and Wisdom app
- Escape room
- Yoga
Do you want to learn the principles of training fruit trees, including when and how to prune?
Orchard Project are holding a practice pruning session on 4 young espalier trees on the beautiful grounds of Hill House.
The session is taking place on Wednesday 11 June at 16:00 – 17:30 and to book a place, please visit the Wellbeing Booking System.
Kevin Webster is a transformative coach who has delivered several online hypnosis sessions to the College on a variety of subjects from stress to sugar addiction to unlock your true potential. His most recent session was to learn how to transform your life through Relaxation, Clarity and Resilience. The session helped explore relationships with stress, thinking and wellbeing and attendees were invited to complete a workbook before the session to add to the experience.
Please see attached workbook to complete prior to the session and click HERE here to listen to the recording.
More 1-2-1 sessions with Kev will be on offer on Wellbeing Day on July 3 2025.
Workbook – Relaxation, Clarity, Resilience – Gower College Swansea
GCS took part in the fourth FE Multisport Duathlon at Pembrey Country Park on 14 May. The event is part of the Colleges Wales FE Multisport initiative, offering an opportunity for learners and staff in further education to participate in competitive and active events at a range of levels.
Participants range from Independent Learning Skills (ILS) learners enjoying a group activity challenge for the first time through to learners and staff competing at elite level. With over 40% of participants having additional learning needs, the Duathlon provides a fully inclusive approach to further education sport.
This year 36 staff entered the Duathlon, and in the afternoon competitive event, Sion Cairns, Sport & Public Services, took 2nd place with Gerard Morgan, Engineering, in 3rd place. The first lady to cross the line was Laura Borelli, Lecturer, who came out of maternity leave to enter, and Sherelle Jermin, Work Placement Officer, in 2nd place.
The weather was great with lots of sunshine, and feedback from staff was very positive including “Absolutely fantastic day” “Thank you, I loved it” “Awesome day, my tutor group had an epic time too”. Congratulations to all who entered or cheered on and hope to see even more staff and learners at next year’s event.
The College recently delivered a presentation to the Built environment highlighting the crisis in men’s health, particularly in mental health.
Men are less likely to seek help for health and mental health issues and 75% – 80% of all deaths by suicide are male.
ManHealth is a voluntary sector organisation that was established to address the crisis in men’s health and enable men to find or change direction in their lives by providing them with tools to thrive in their lives and become the best version of themselves. They do this using a proactive approach through support, collaboration, education, advocacy and accountability.
In 2024 ManHealth supported over 5,100 men and provided over 10,200 hours of free peer support. Whilst the organisation is primarily focused on supporting men and their health, the attached presentation contains information and advice that can be applied to everyone, regardless of gender.
Kev is back to deliver a 90 minute interactive online session to help us experience a greater sense of calm, clarity and resilience in our daily lives.
The session will include
- Teaching – how we experience stres and why quieting the mind is simpler than we think
- Guided visualisation – help to reconnnect with a natural state of calm and clarity
- Q&A & Discussion
The session will take place on Wednesday 14 May 18:30 – 20:0 and you can book through the Wellbeing Booking system HERE
The College Summer Wellbeing Fest will be taking place on Thursday 3 July. This year we have an extensive range of wellbeing activities on offer for staff to enjoy including surfing, pet therapy, massages, arts and crafts, hypnotherapy and our infamous pickleball tournament to round the day off. More details on how to book on a session will be shared shortly….