Student Health and Wellbeing
Student health and wellbeing is of great importance at Nelson and Colne College. We have a Health Development Practitioner working full-time within the College as part of the Student Services team. Deborah Walmsley is a registered nurse and qualified public health specialist with experience of working with children, young people and families in both health and education settings.
Deborah runs a drop-in service where students can receive advice on a number of different issues including:
- general health concerns
- sexual health
- smoking cessation
- eating disorders
- bereavement
- anger management
- emotional health
There are also a number of health awareness and promotion campaigns throughout the year, with external organisations including Communities against Cancer, Healthy Minds and Early Break.
In addition to the service provided by Deborah, we provide a confidential counselling service to all our students to help them with any personal issues.
Useful Contacts
To contact our Health Development Practitioner,
Deborah, please call 01282 440 361 or email d.walmsley@nelson.ac.uk
ALL CALLS ARE CONFIDENTIAL
For more information about Student Safeguarding, please contact Amy Platts on 01282 440 303 or email a.platts@nelson.ac.uk
Student Safety
Nelson and Colne College is committed to creating a safe environment for all students.
During tutorials, students learn about personal safety, both at College and whilst out and about. We also consider online safety to be of utmost importance and so each week, students can attend workshops about how to stay safe online, including the use of privacy settings on social media sites such as Facebook. With this in mind, our Moodle site also has a 'Help' button, which gives students immediate contact with a member of staff if they have any worries or concerns.
Students can contact the Student Safeguarding Officer, Amy Platts to discuss any problems they might be experiencing. Amy also organises a range of awareness campaigns throughout the year.
The College has a network of designated Safeguarding Officers, whose responsibility it is to listen to and assess any problems that students might be facing, both inside and outside of College. Our Safeguarding Officers are highly skilled and trained professionals who offer support to all young people.
