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Nottingham
Nightline is a confidential and anonymous student-run listening and information service. Operating between 7pm-8am, we aim to provide a listening, non-judgemental ear when no other welfare services are open.
Nightline is a crucial service to all those studying at the University of Nottingham. This is shown as between the period of September 2013 to December 2016, we received a total of 10,772 calls from our students.
Therefore, we believe it's essential to have the presence of such a support network available to our students. We would like to ask for your help to allow us to continue our work and invest in a sustainable future for our service.
Being totally anonymous and non-judgemental, Nightline can be used by any one of our 34,000 students. Due to our email service, Nightline is able to operate 365 days a year so that our students will always have someone to talk to. Not only this, but our Skype and online instant messaging provide a base for students studying abroad to take advantage of our service when away from home.
Calls are taken on a variety of topics, however, the majority of our calls (nearly 50%) are problem calls. Problem calls range from academic or relational stress to topics such as depression, abuse and even suicide. With nearly half of our 10,772 calls being so heavily focused on such topics, we believe Nightline provides a crucial outpost for our student community when it comes to dealing with mental health.
To deal with such a vast array of topics, our volunteers are rigorously trained to deal with all calls. This is to ensure that the volunteer is ready to take such calls and that when taking the call, they will be able to provide the best service possible to allow callers to explore their thoughts and feelings.
As the above statistics show, our volunteers are key to everything we do at Nightline. However, to prepare our volunteers to take such calls, they must first go through a training cycle before taking to the lines. The cost of putting a trainee through such a cycle comes to £30.00 per person.
For more information please feel free to visit: http://www.nottinghamnightline.co.uk/
Or you can find us on:
Twitter - @NottsNightline
Facebook - Nottingham Nightline
Instagram - @NottinghamNightline
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