Stress awareness webinars

This April, we're featuring short videos about stress for Stress Awareness Month.

Throughout St Ann’s 50th anniversary, we’ll be sharing 50 bitesize webinars. Each month focuses on a specific theme, with a new bitesize session released each week to watch at a time that’s best for you.

This April, Stress Awareness Month, we’re featuring short videos on stress from our friends at the British Red Cross and Mind, the mental health charity.

Watch the latest video above, or click on the webinar titles below to catch up with them on YouTube. 

How to understand stress

It’s important to understand stress and how it affects us, so we can manage it well. Here’s an activity from British Red Cross to help you with this.

Recognise the signs of stress

The C.A.L.M.E.R. approach was developed by the British Red Cross’ psychosocial and mental health team. Using it will enable you to easily remember a few healthy steps you can take when you or someone you know feels anxious or helpless about the current situation. It’s a very effective way to help reduce stress.

Tips for Managing Stress

This animation is one of a series of videos to support students with their mental health, produced by Mind’s Mentally Healthy Universities Programme, supported by Goldman Sachs Gives. It focuses on managing stress, and has tips and ideas you can try.

8 relaxation tips to help with stress

Exploring relaxation can help you look after your wellbeing when you’re feeling stressed or busy. Have a look at these tips and ideas to see how relaxation can fit into your daily life. Don’t worry if some ideas don’t work for you – just enjoy the ones that do.