UNE Healthy Campus
Welcome to UNE Healthy Campus – Your Path to Wellness!
SportUNE is proud to lead the delivery of the UNE Healthy Campus Program, an internationally accredited initiative committed to improving the physical, mental and social wellbeing of the UNE community.
Built on the global FISU Healthy Campus Standard, the program provides a structured approach that helps universities create environments where people feel supported, connected and able to thrive.
What Is the Healthy Campus Program?
Healthy Campus focuses on seven key wellbeing domains, including physical activity, mental and social health, nutrition, sustainability, disease prevention, and risk behaviours.
At UNE, SportUNE delivers the program in collaboration with UNE and UNE Life departments, ensuring a coordinated and impactful approach across the entire university.
What You Can Expect
Throughout the year, SportUNE will roll out a variety of opportunities designed to uplift wellbeing and encourage healthy habits, including:
- Wellbeing events and activations
- Social and physical activity experiences
- Healthy lifestyle initiatives
- Activities that build connection and community
Whether you’re on campus or online, our aim is to support a healthier everyday experience for students, staff, alumni and the wider UNE community.
Why Healthy Campus Matters
A healthy campus is one where people feel a sense of belonging, balance and wellbeing. The program helps UNE:
- Improve wellbeing outcomes for staff and students
- Promote active, positive and balanced lifestyles
- Strengthen collaboration across departments
- Align with global best practice in university wellbeing
Join Us
Take a moment to step away from your desk, get moving, meet new people and reconnect with what keeps you well. Healthy Campus is for everyone at UNE.
The program is delivered in partnership with FISU, UniSport Australia, UNE and UNE Life, with SportUNE leading its activation across campus.
Get Involved in UNE’s Healthy Campus Initiative
We’re inviting UNE staff, students, board members, and anyone interested in helping grow the Healthy Campus initiative to get involved and be part of what’s next.
By joining, you’ll:
- Stay connected as UNE works toward Platinum Healthy Campus Status
- Have opportunities to share feedback and ideas that support wellbeing initiatives
- Be considered for the formal Healthy Campus Steering Committee once it’s established
If you’re passionate about health, wellbeing, and making UNE an even better place to study and work we’d love to have you involved.
Together, we can make UNE a leader in health, wellbeing, and sustainability in regional Australia.
UNE Healthy Campus Events
All year
UNE Social Running Group | Armidale
Join the UNE Social Running Group for free weekly running sessions every Thursday. UNE staff, students, and community members are all welcome to take part, connect with others, and prioritise their overall wellbeing.
Date: Thursdays | SportUNE
Time: 12:30 PM & 5:15 PM
Who: Everyone!
Make sure to wear shoes and clothing suitable to run in and bring a water bottle for hydration.
All year
UNE Healthy Campus Walk | Armidale
Join us for our monthly UNE Healthy Campus Walk. UNE staff and students are invited to step away from your desk, connect with colleagues and friends, and focus on your overall wellbeing.
Date: 1st Wednesday of every month (excluding January)
Time: 12.00 PM
Where: Ingrid Moses Courtyard, UNE
All year
Social Committee Lunch | Sydney
We host a lunch regularly with varied dates, if you’re interested in joining us, please express your interest by emailing and we will keep you in the loop with the next lunch.
Email: sydneysocial@une.edu.au
Healthy Campus Programs & Activations
UNE Student Support
The University of New England’s Student Wellness Centre is here to provide personalised mental health support, equity and accessibility support, and study support.
Advocacy & Welfare
Counselling and Psychology Services (CAPS)
Equity & Accessibility Support
AskUNE
PASS @ UNE
24/7 Crisis Support
You can call these crisis lines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Emergency 000
- If you or someone you are with is in immediate danger, please call 000 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.
Beyond Blue – 1300 224 636
- Talk to a trained mental health professional any time of the day or night. Calls are confidential. They will listen, provide information and advice and point you in the right direction to seek further support.
- Beyond Blue chat online – 3pm to midnight, 7 days a week
Lifeline – 131 114
- 24-hour crisis support telephone service. Lifeline provides 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services.
UNE Staff Support
See what resources are available to you as a UNE staff member here
Employee Assistance Program
24/7 Crisis Support
You can call these crisis lines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Emergency 000
- If you or someone you are with is in immediate danger, please call 000 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.
Beyond Blue – 1300 224 636
- Talk to a trained mental health professional any time of the day or night. Calls are confidential. They will listen, provide information and advice and point you in the right direction to seek further support.
- Beyond Blue chat online – 3pm to midnight, 7 days a week
Lifeline – 131 114
- 24-hour crisis support telephone service. Lifeline provides 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services.
Thank you Regional Australia Bank (RAB).
We’re proud to have RAB as a valued sponsor of SportUNE and UNE Healthy Campus.
Their commitment to empowering regional communities and supporting local growth perfectly aligns with our mission to enhance the experience and wellbeing of our UNE community.
