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Health & Wellbeing

Health and emotional wellbeing

Our Health and Wellbeing Manager is a qualified nurse who helps promote Barton Peveril’s healthy sixth form college ethos and provides a range of specialist, confidential services for students. These include discussing concerns about smoking, diet and fitness, advice on relationships and help with any issues that may get in the way of you enjoying student life.

Confidential advice

We have strong links with the NHS and other key external agencies which join us for health promotion events throughout the year. The wide range of regular services on offer includes anxiety workshops, confidential sexual health advice / testing, accredited counselling services and support for students whose lives are affected by caring for a family member. Informal social groups include the Gay Straight Alliance.

Support for all

We take our responsibility to promote student wellbeing, happiness and good health extremely seriously. Our healthy college ethos is based on the national Every Child Matters framework which states that everyone should have the support they need to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic wellbeing whatever their background or circumstances.

Eastleigh Young Carers

Young Carers are young people whose lives are affected by caring for a family member who has a long term illness or disability.

Having a caring role can sometimes affect a student’s social life, emotional and physical health and their performance at college.

Eastleigh Young Carers are working with us to offer support  through one-to-one sessions (in or out of college), information and signposting to other agencies, newsletters, events and activity nights where young people meet others in similar situations and take some time out. For more information contact Clare Francis, Health and Wellbeing Manager - cef@barton.ac.uk - or email Eastleigh Young Carers direct - rjackson@1community.org.uk

Star Project

Star Project

Barton Peveril supports the STAR (Start Tackling Alcohol Responsibly) project which is a multiagency approach to raising alcohol awareness in young people and their parents.  Visit www.eastleigh.gov.uk/alcohol for more information on units, calories, the law and safety tips. The information includes a section for parents on keeping their children safe and talking to teens about alcohol.

Get it on

Sexual Health

An NHS nurse runs a clinic in college every Thursday – a highly successful service providing advice and reassurance for many students. www.getiton.nhs.uk

Anxiety Workshops

Anxiety workshops run monthly throughout the academic year. For more information contact Clare Francis, Health and Wellbeing Manager – cef@barton.ac.uk.

“I found the workshop very useful. It helped me to understand that I was not the only person who is dealing with this and also to understand why it happens and how to cope with it.”

“I found the workshop very interesting and helpful. It helped me to realise why I do the things that I do and how to combat them.”

 “The workshop was very useful and relaxed. It really helped me to understand what anxiety is and how to deal with it. I hope it helps others in the future.”

“The workshop was by far the best help I’ve ever received regarding how to approach anxiety and stress. It wasn’t at all threatening, which made it very easy to open up without feeling uncomfortable or embarrassed.”

Catch 22

Catch 22

24/7 is a specialist treatment service that works with young people  in Hampshire aged 19 and under who are experiencing problems with drugs and/or alcohol. The service provides support to young people both within the community and the Hampshire Youth Offending Service.
It operates from two bases: Fareham and Basingstoke.  Anyone can refer, including young people themselves, and the process is simple using one of the following options:

  • Call: 0845 459 9405
  • Free phone: 0800 599 9591 (emergency referral and crisis line for young people and families)
  • e-mail: 247hants@catch-22.org.uk
  • Young people can also text the service to refer or get more information on:  07797 805 821
  • www.catch-22.org.uk/247

Leaflets and further information are available in college.