Welfare services provided by the JCR

The Queen's College provides an excellent variety of support services for its JCR members, some of which are detailed below. Contact details for the Exec. members are provided here and at the bottom of the page.

Your first port of call can always be the two JCR Welfare Officers, Will Gault and Emily Collins, who you can contact by e-mail, phone or even by paying them a visit. They will be available if you have a specific problem that you want to talk over, or if you simply want a chat. Even if they are unable to help you with a specific issue, Will and Emily can certainly put you in contact with someone else within college or the university who will be better able to help you.

The JCR Welfare Team also organises welfare events throughout the year, particularly in the 5th week of every term and throughout Trinity. The “5th week blues” is a common Oxonian affliction, prompting the welfare reps. to offer *free hugs* along with a range of feel-good activities, which always prove a popular distraction from academic pressure. Moreover, a large number of undergraduates at Queen's will sit exams during Trinity term and so freshers and finalists alike may feel in need of some light relief. Therefore, the welfare and peer-support teams will be on hand to help and weekly chill-out events should help to mellow pre-exam stress. These events can include film-nights, ice-skating, yoga and the ever popular welfare brunch (free food!!).

Further to providing support for Queen's undergraduates, Emily & Will also supply welfare provisions to members of the JCR. There is a free condom machine in the BQ 3 toilet which they are responsible for filling and if you ever find that it's empty, e-mail either Emily or Will and the machine will be filled as soon as possible. The welfare reps. can also provide supplies such as condoms, lubricant, pregnancy tests and other items, delivered discreetly and anonymously to your pidge. All you need to do is e-mail or text either rep. and they will be pidged to you.

In addition to the two welfare reps., our LGBT* Rep. is Hayley Topham. She is available to provide advice and support to any LGBT students and will be running LGBT events throughout term. Moreover, she can help you get involved with the university LGBT activities if you wish. As with Emily and Will, if Hayley can't resolve your query or issue, then she will be able to direct you towards someone who can.

Complementing the newly extended welfare team, Queen's has an exceptional peer support network, consisting of 6 genuinely lovely people who are there for you to talk to about any problems you may have. Each of them has excellent knowledge of the university support system along with professional training in how best to help you. You can read more about the peer support system here. Applications for training as a peer supporter usually open in early Trinity and unless you have an exam-free second year, it's probably easier to undertake the training as a fresher.

As with many welfare services across the university, any conversation with the JCR welfare team will be treated as completely confidential, unless you unequivocally state that you're willing for the conversation to be shared with someone else. The only circumstances in which confidentiality can be breached without consent is if a person appears to be "an immediate danger to themselves or others" and in need of experienced and professional help. If this is the case then the matter will always be discussed with you prior to confidentiality being breached.

*(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)



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