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Co-producing Mental Health Initiatives With Student Volunteers

Co-producing Mental Health Initiatives With Student Volunteers


“Nothing about us, without us is for us” is something our student volunteers feel very passionate about. You can’t effectively provide mental health support without meaningfully engaging the people who will be using the initiatives. It is important to work with, rather than doing to people and communities to achieve lasting change.

We worked with our male student volunteers across three years to co-produce mental health and wellbeing interventions to support men’s mental health at universities across the UK.

Explore our learnings and reflections to help you co-produce mental health initiatives with student volunteers, including:
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  • What is co-production?
  • Why is it important to co-produce mental health initiatives?
  • ​How to effectively work with students to co-produce mental health support
  • How to listen to students’ experiences and ideas 

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Well Lads was a three-year project on men’s mental health in higher education run by us at Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity, and supported by funding from Comic Relief between 2018 and 2021.
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Listen to the men’s mental health podcast Changing MENtality and see what our volunteers have been up to on social media.

Read the other guides: Supporting Male Student Mental Health in Higher Education and Podcasting About Mental Health 
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  • About
    • What we do >
      • Our strategy
      • Our impact
    • Our team >
      • Trustees
      • Clinical Advisors
      • University Mental Health Charter Assessors
      • Student Advisors
      • Anti-Racism Council
    • Our supporters
  • Find Support
    • Support for me >
      • Support at your university and further
      • University staff-run workshops
      • Student stories
    • Support for a friend >
      • Starting a conversation
      • Looking after yourself
    • Support for parents
    • Cost of living
    • Resources >
      • Men’s Mental Health
      • The Wellbeing Thesis
      • Transitions >
        • Transition into University
        • Know Before You Go
        • Transitions for staff
      • Starting University
      • Exam stress
      • LGBTQ+
      • Looking after your mental wellbeing
      • Year Abroad
      • Student finance
      • Support through a family health crisis
  • Get Involved
    • Student opportunities
    • Staff opportunities
    • General supporter opportunities
  • Training
  • News and Publications
    • Latest news
    • Research and publications >
      • Reports >
        • Student Mental Health Manifesto
        • Climate change and student mental health
        • Part-time, distance learner and commuter students
        • International Students
        • Life in a Pandemic
        • Supporting Students with Eating Disorders
        • The Role of an Academic
        • LGBTQ+ Research​
        • Student Voices
        • Graduate Wellbeing
        • Grand Challenges
        • University Challenge
        • Looking After a Mate
        • Summary of HEFCE’s Report
      • Consultation Responses
      • Insight Briefings >
        • Student Mental Health in a Pandemic >
          • Life in a pandemic: Wave II findings
        • Disabled students and Mental Health
      • Student Advisory Committee Reflections
      • Good practice guides >
        • Student Living
        • Co-producing Mental Health Initiatives With Student Volunteers
        • Podcasting About Mental Health
        • Co-producing mental health strategies with students
        • Supporting Male Student Mental Health
  • Support Us
    • Fundraise >
      • Step into Spring
      • Plan Your Own Event
      • Fundraise at university
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      • Challenge Events
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      • Fundraising Resources
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