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4.3 Welfare 53
4.3 Welfare
We all know from personal
experience how daunting Trinity
and Cambridge can be —
we’ve been through it too!
Welfare in a Cambridge/College
context covers everything from
struggling with workload and
homesickness to sexual assault,
eating disorders and mental
health issues. Whether it’s sex,
sexuality, loneliness or simply
not feeling yourself, Welfare
covers the lot.
If you’re having any problems
with anything, your Tutor
is usually an excellent
person to talk to about it and
in the best position to help you
by pointing you in the right
direction — often you will find The Welfare Officers, James and Kapri
that the support you need is
available without leaving Trinity. There is a College Mental Health & Wellbeing
Advisor and a College Counsellor, as well as the College Nurse and an Advisor to
Women Students. Additionally, there is a Fellow for BME Students and a Fellow
for LGBT+ Students. The College Chaplains are also extremely good listeners, and
offer support to students of all faiths and none.
As well as College-provided support, there’s also us! We’ve all been elected into
our Welfare roles because we want to help the people of Trinity in any way
that we can. Here’s an overview of what you can expect from us:
TCSU’s Welfare Team are there to talk to when you need a non-judgemental ear.
We’ve all been Freshers, we know just how hard it can be to be at university, and
Trinity specifically. There’s no problem too big or too small, and you’ll never be
bothering us; we’ve chosen to put ourselves up for these roles for exactly this reason.
You can use email, Facebook or the contact forms on the TCSU website to get in
touch. While we can’t give professional advice, we can always listen, chat things
through and give our experience, as well as pointing you towards more qualified
help. We are, of course, confidential.
We can all give you free sexual health items: that’s condoms (of all shapes, sizes and
colours), femidoms and dams. We also give out free menstruation items: tampons,
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