Tag: Anglia Ruskin University

Samaritans launches first university volunteering hub with Anglia Ruskin University

Stuart Mitchell

The ways we communicate are changing, and there’s increasing pressure on mental health and wellbeing. So Samaritans is joining forces with ARU to pilot a new on-campus duty room – the first of its kind in the UK – where fully trained students and staff will deliver digital-only support to anyone struggling to cope. The initiative will see volunteers from the Anglia Ruskin Samaritans Hub in Cambridge help the charity with their online chat pilot, a digital innovation Samaritans is trialling in an effort to meet new and changing demands…

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Investigating how fitness could be one of the most powerful but overlooked tools to improve cognition for people with Down syndrome.

Stuart Mitchell

The Canadian Down Syndrome Society, Anglia Ruskin University and BrainHQ launch a global, first-of-its-kind, research study to collect data to examine whether physical and brain exercise should be an integral part of cognitive therapies for people with Down syndrome.  For too long, the role of fitness has been an overlooked and undervalued tool in helping to support the lives of people with Down syndrome. Anecdotal evidence from within the community has shown exercise can help people with Down syndrome improve their cognitive function and physical abilities. But outdated assumptions and…

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