Endsleigh and Unite shake hands on student wellbeing deal
Howden Group company and education solutions provider – Endsleigh Insurance – has announced that it has signed a first of its kind deal with student accommodation provider Unite Students. The partnership is set to provide new 24/7 wellbeing and mental health services to 70,000 students, particularly for those residing in Unite Students’ schemes.
Designed to complement and support the operators existing wellbeing support, Endsleigh’s 24/7 Student Wellbeing Helpline and Digital Therapy provides students with unlimited access to a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited, 24/7 counselling helpline. It also has an interpretation service in over 240 languages and online support resources including cognitive behavioural therapy.
The Unite Students 2023 Applicant Index reveals one in three university applicants, a total of almost 154,000, missed lessons at schools, colleges and sixth-forms in the last two years due to their mental health. A quarter (24%), from the survey of 2,141 applicants who were planning to start an undergraduate degree in the 2023-24 academic year, said they felt lonely all or most of the time – part of the reason Unite Students has joined forces with Endsleigh …