Healthy Body Healthy Mind
Scottish Student Sport, along with partners ASH Scotland, NUS Scotland and SAMH, are delighted to launch Healthy Body Healthy Mind.
Healthy Body Healthy Mind supports colleges and universities in improving student and staff well-being and inspires positive changes on campus. In receiving an Award, institutions demonstrate how they are encouraging sport and physical activity, a smoke-free culture and good mental health.
We believe that young people should be able to arrive into learning environments that support physical and mental well-being. We aim to help create a health-promoting culture across campus with an emphasis on positive action and preventing ill-health. This is central to the institution’s duty of care towards all students and staff and supports wider goals such as improving attainment and student retention.
Mental health continues to be a real focus area within the student population. As we know sport and physical activity can have an overwhelmingly positive outcome on the overall wellbeing of both students and staff on campus.
We have delivered Healthy Body Healthy Mind since 2010/11 with partners NUS Scotland and more recently ASH Scotland. The project is funded by the Scottish Government with the aim of highlighting the links between mental health, physical activity and smoking. HBHM encourages institutions to implement practical changes on campus and adopt a cultural shift to enhance wellbeing through sport and physical activity.
Following an external review of the award last year, we have made some positive changes to the criteria and submission process that we hope will be welcomed and provide an environment to achieve more together. Through offering more support to institutions, as well as ongoing feedback on evidence submissions, the partners are committed to supporting the institutions achieve their goals.
What to expect;
- Dedicated support from the SSS Project Officer.
- Initial meeting with SSS staff to establish baseline data and set project goals
- Access to ASH Scotland staff to support your plans for positively impacting the aim of a Tobacco Free generation by 2034 as well as access to ASH Scotland online training.
- Support through SAMH as part of Scotland’s Mental Health Charter for Physical Activity and Sport, to explore and build your ideas on how to ensure mental health is being addressed through your activities. This will give you access to online training and resources.
How to Sign Up
It couldn’t be easier to sign up to Healthy Body Healthy Mind! Just complete the online form to confirm your interest and then we will be in touch with you on how to take your next steps.
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Wellbeing has never played such a prominent part of the student experience before with physical activity now central to life on campus for thousands of students and staff across the network. We now have 15 institutions working their way through the HBHM criteria and in doing so having a hugely positive impact on the health of thousands of students. Various studies have highlighted the impact being active has on the wellbeing, retention and employability of students – HBHM champions this alongside supporting our members to create inspiring and innovative physical activity programmes.
As SSS move onto a new strategic cycle the HBHM project will fall under the portfolio of Active Health and Megan will build upon Sarah’s excellent work whilst continuing the HBHM journey.
SSS would like to encourage any institution not yet taking part in HBHM to have a look at the information provided on our website and arrange a call with Megan to become part of the growing initiative. All HBHM and Active Health enquires should be sent to Megan via megan@scottishstudentsport.com
Documentation
Here you can find the all important docs and files for this years Healthy Body Healthy Mind.
📝 Healthy Body Healthy Mind Criteria
📝 Mental Health Additional Information
📝 Physical Activity and Sport Additional Information