Hey!
I’m Josh, a first year historian at Trinity. As Male Welfare Officer, I’m responsible for making sure that all members of the college are provide with advice and support ranging from contraception and sexual health information to information on the college and university pastoral networks. I hope to be a friendly face around college, and if anybody has any issues or concerns about any topics at all please feel free to come and have a chat! My drop in hours are 4pm-5pm Mondays and 3:30pm- 4:30pm Wednesdays in A10 Angel court, but feel free to come along at any time and I’m sure that we can sort something out. As well as acting as Male Welfare Officer, I am also President of the Men of Trinity – a society that I hope many of you will get involved in over the next year! Please get in touch if you want to chat or need any more information, and hope that you have a good year!
Best wishes,
Josh x
Contraception and Sexual Health Resources
In order to ask for contraception just log on to http://www.tcsu.net/playground/playground to type in your details, and I will make sure that it is deposited in your pigeon hole within 24 hours. Alternatively, I have set up an email account under trinity.men@hotmail.com which anybody can log on and send anonymous messages to (simply send them to the same email) with the password “confidential”. The college provides Chlamydia self-testing kits, rape alarms, condoms and lubrication free of charge to all members, so please get in touch if there is anything you need. I shall leave anything required in my own pigeon hole in the Great Court mailroom within 24 hours in a brown envelope marked “Welfare”. Please take advantage of this!
Useful links
▪ All the important numbers you need, from the college nurse to the porters’ lodge to local taxi firms, should be pinned on your bathroom doors, particularly in first year rooms. It is a good idea to keep at least one taxi number in your phone at all times.
▪ It is possible to get a dental check-up and hygienist service at the Cambridge Dental Centre for just £15. The number to call to arrange an appointment with them is 01223 332 860
▪ If you are sexually active please feel free to make use of the sexual health clinics in the area for students including the Laurel Community Contraception and Sexual Health Service (Tel: 08456 506152) and the clinic at Addenbrookes Hospital (Tel: 245151)
▪ The TIMEOUT Art Group is a free art group for all students of the university. It is held in the art room at Kettle's Yard, Castle Hill, Cambridge (Castle Hill is straight across the traffic lights, up from Magdalene College) every Thursday in term time from 1.30-3.30pm. There is no need to sign up for it. The art room is a light airy space where people can use the wide range of art materials provided, in any way they wish, from making a mess to creating a more structured art work, a great way to relax and have fun. It is facilitated by Carol Davies (cd219) an art therapist at the University Counselling Service.
• The Tutors- Tutorial hours can be found at http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=105#hours
• The Adviser to Women Students (Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald)- http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=10&conid=160
• The Chaplains (Revd Alice Goodman and Revd Chris Stoltz)- http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=54
• The College Nurse (Teresa Crouchman)- http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=115#nurse
• The College Counselor (Liz Roman) - http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=592
The CUSU website has some really useful links and numbers on it if you can’t find what you need here: http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/welfare
Some other useful numbers:
• NHS Direct - For 24 hour health advice and information, call NHS Direct on 0845 4647 or online advice at http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
• Cambridge County Council Contact Centre 0845 045 5202 (includes Social Care needs)
• CAMDOC - 01223 464 242
There are also numerous off-site resources for issues ranging from sexual health, mental illness, depression, and eating disorders. Here is some information that may prove useful in any one of these issues, feel free to contact me for more should you need to!
Linkline
Stressed? Linkline is the student-run Nightline for Cambridge University. We offer an anonymous, non-judgemental and confidential listening service. The phone lines and the office (17 St. Edwards Passage) are open from 7pm-7am every night of full term for students to call or drop in. The numbers are 744444 (NTL) or 367575 (BT).
Please see our website http://www.linkline.org.uk or email linkline@cusu.cam.ac.uk for more information.
Examination support from CUSU
The CamExams website provides information on: