Healthy Trinity Healthy Campus Group

Healthy Trinity – Healthy Campus Group

Changing Trinity in 2017

Projects to improve health and wellbeing in Trinity College

Application Form

The Changing Trinity project is sponsored by the Healthy Trinity – Healthy Campus Group and will be run in conjunction with Trinity Week 2017, the theme of which is Health In Our Changing World: Discover, Understand, Act.

Background The Healthy Trinity – Healthy Campus Group was established in mid-2015 to develop a position on achieving a ‘Healthy Campus’ at Trinity College. The group wishes to consider both staff and student issues as they relate to health and wellbeing. The overarching aim of the Healthy Trinity – Healthy Campus Group is to implement Healthy Ireland into all aspects of Trinity life, striving to achieve and maintain the ‘Healthy Campus’ flag for Trinity College.

The strategic priorities for the Healthy Trinity – Healthy Campus Group are:

1) Physical Activity

2) Mental Health

3) Healthy Eating

Link to ‘Healthy Ireland’ strategy document: http://health.gov.ie/blog/publications/healthy-ireland-a-framework-for-improved-health-and- wellbeing-2013-2025/

Changing Trinity Project Applications are invited from students and staff who wish to make a positive change to the physical, social or cultural environment of Trinity College. The positive changes should fall within one or more of the strategic priorities of the Healthy Trinity – Healthy Campus Group. Projects must have a clear implementation plan, with a timeframe of no longer than one year to complete. Funding of up to €2,500 will be awarded to successful projects, along with a personal prize for the project organiser. Applications will be judged by an expert panel and a public vote.

Each strategic priority area has an academic lead and an operational lead, please contact the relevant staff for guidance on your project:

Strategic Priority Academic Lead Operational Lead 1 Physical Activity Emma Stokes Michelle Tanner School of Medicine, Head Of Sport & Discipline of Physiotherapy Recreation [email protected] [email protected] 2 Mental Health Louise Doyle Deirdre Flynn School of Nursing & Midwifery, Director Of Student Discipline of Mental Health Nursing Counselling Service [email protected] [email protected] 3 Healthy Eating Catherine Darker Moira O’Brien School of Medicine Catering Manager Discipline of Public Health & Catering Department Primary Care [email protected] [email protected] Catherine Darker Lena Doherty General Queries about the Chair of Healthy Trinity – Healthy Faculty Administrator competition Campus Group Health Sciences [email protected] [email protected]

Completed applications must be submitted to Lena Doherty, Faculty Administrator for Health Sciences: [email protected] no later than 12pm on Wednesday 29 th March 2017

Trinity Week 2017 Health In Our Changing World: Discover, Understand, Act The world is facing into a period of major geopolitical, environmental, economic, demographic and social change. There are complex and unprecedented new challenges facing societies including the greatest movement of people on record, a growing and ageing population in a world of diminishing resources, the rise of antibiotic resistance and health epidemics such as obesity and dementia, and political instability and heightened security fears. This has led to huge uncertainty for individuals around how these changes will shape our daily lives and our futures.

During this period of rapid change, however, we are also seeing incredible advances in health, technology, science, information sharing, engineering, communication - changes and developments which are and will continue to positively address many of these new challenges.

In a world of uncertainty and anxiety, Trinity Week will try to help you better understand the challenges we face as a society and to gain an insight into the innovative work being done in Trinity and around the world to drive positive change and meet those challenges head on. Trinity Week will encompass a range of free interactive events, lectures and workshops open to the public.

Project Organiser Details (Each project must select one individual to act as project organiser – all communications will be made through the project organiser)

Staff Member / Student (select as appropriate):

Staff / Student ID Number:

E-mail Address:

Phone Number:

Please detail briefly any other groups or individuals who may be involved in this project:

Project Details

Title:

Strategic Priority Targeted (you may select one or more):

1) Physical Activity

2) Mental Health

3) Healthy Eating

Specific objective/s of Project (max 50-100 words):

Summary Description of Project (max 200 words):

Expected Project Timeline (include details of preparation stages and final completion date): Ask the Expert – have you contacted the academic / operational lead for your project? Please provide details / any suggestions made: Target Audience:

Communications Strategy (how will your audience find out about your initiative?):

Expected Impact of Your Project on the Target Audience and Theme (max 200 words):

How does this project fit in with or extend current activities within College in this area? (max 50 words):

Possible Challenges and Proposed Solutions - Please detail possible challenges to the successful implementation of your project and outline how you plan to address these (max 200 words):

Criteria for success of the project (how will you know if your project was successful?): 100 words

Financial Details

Total Grant Requested:

Detailed Costing (please give as much detail as possible of all proposed purchases, their estimated prices and their function within the project):

Alternative sources of funding (please specify any additional sources of funding that will be or could be used by this project. If there are no other sources of funding available to your project, please state accordingly): Any Further Details You may provide any other relevant information not covered by the questions above in this section (max 200 words). Projects who do not complete this section will not be penalised.