Outline of Activity

The Wellbeing Garden is to be a UUSU society-run project, focused on managing and expanding the development of an on-campus food-growing site. The EDGE accredited activity will be volunteering with the Wellbeing Garden as a gardener, events coordinator, project manager, and further relevant roles not exclusive to committee membership to help promote sustainability, wellbeing, civic engagement, social enterprise, and much more.

Learning Outcomes

By engaging with the project, the anticipated learning outcomes would be:

Know how food systems and what we eat can impact the environment

Understand the relationship between healthy eating, exercise, and one's own wellbeing

Realising one’s ability to contribute towards and build social enterprises that have community benefit.

  • Working as a team to reach shared goals
  • Preparing and working to a schedule
  • Interpersonal abilities and communicating with people from different backgrounds

Assessment Details

Students applying for EDGE activity will log their hours spent volunteering with the Wellbeing Garden throughout the academic year and be asked to complete a short reflective piece of no more than 800 words responding to 'What skills and experience have you gained from engaging with the Wellbeing Garden? Please provide specific examples.'

Level of Commitment

Minimum of 20 hours to include:

  • Engaging with the Wellbeing Garden

Contact

Get involved by contacting UUSU’s Student Activities Coordinator, Emer Smith, at e.smith2@ulster.ac.uk

Upcoming events

From
25
Sep
2025

Employability Drop in - Coleraine  - starting on Thursday 25 September  at Coleraine campus

Thursday 25 September to Thursday 11 December
Coleraine campus
Floor Beneath Library
From
25
Sep
2025

Employability Hub Drop-in Belfast BC Building  - starting on Thursday 25 September  at Belfast campus

Thursday 25 September to Thursday 11 December
Belfast campus
Opposite Well Being Hub
From
25
Sep
2025
From
25
Sep
2025

Employability Hub Drop-in - Belfast: BA Building  - starting on Thursday 25 September  at Belfast campus

Thursday 25 September to Thursday 11 December
Belfast campus
Outside Paul & Henrys Cafe
On
07
Oct
2025

Business Careers Fair  - starting on Tuesday 7 October  at Belfast campus

Tuesday 7 October
Belfast campus
BC Ground Floor and BA Ground Floor
On
13
Oct
2025

Computing Careers Fair  - starting on Monday 13 October  at Belfast campus

Monday 13 October
Belfast campus
BC Ground Floor & Lower Ground
On
16
Oct
2025