Winter Vacation Opening Hours
Student Services will close on Friday the 20th of December at 4:30pm. We will re-open at 9:00am on Thursday the 2nd of January 2025.
Check out our webpages for information about how you can get in touch - Contact Details : Student Services , Aberystwyth University
Getting emergency support during the Break:
24/7 Security:
The University’s Security Team are based at the Campus Reception Lodge and are available to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the whole year, both on and off campus.
Phone: 01970 622649 or 07889 596220
Email: security@aber.ac.uk
Security: Estates, Facilities & Residences, Aberystwyth University
Wellbeing Support:
If you have immediate concerns about your own safety or the safety of others, please use the contacts below to access emergency support:
Your local General Practitioner (GP), or out-of-hours GP. Telephone your GP surgery and you will be redirected.
- Padarn Surgery Phone: 01970 624545
- Church Surgery Phone: 01970 624855
- Ystwyth Medical Group Phone: 01970 613500
Attend the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) at Bronglais Hospital, if you are in Aberystwyth.
Aberystwyth University 24/7 Site Security also advises that, if there is an emergency, you should call 999. If the emergency services send a response unit out, you should also inform Site Security on 01970 622649 or 078895 96220 to let them know what is happening.
Mental Health Support
Adferiad: The Sanctuary, based in Aberystwyth, provides out-of-hours mental health crisis support. Phone: 01970 629897. Email: ceredigionsanctuary@adferiad.org
Papyrus: Papyrus provides 24/7 confidential suicide prevention advice. Text: 88247. Phone: 0800 068 4141. Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Shout: Please utilise Shout, a free, confidential and 24/7 text messaging service for when you are distressed. Text the word 'shout' to 85258
CALL: Please phone CALL, the 24/7 Mental Health Helpline for Wales, for confidential emotional support and information on mental health. Phone: 0800 132 737
Samaritans: For someone non-judgemental to listen to you contact the Samaritans, open 24/7. Phone: 116 123. Email: jo@samaritans.org
CalmHalm: You may find the App CalmHarm helpful in managing self-harm urges.
Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse Support
New Pathways: Provides support through their 24/7 Sexual Assault Referral Centres. Phone: 01685 379310 or 074234 37020 for out-of-hours support. Email: enquiries@newpathways.org.uk
West Wales Domestic Abuse: They provide a free 24/7, confidential service throughout Ceredigion. Phone: 01970 625585
Live Fear Free Helpline: A free 24/7 hour helpline. Text: 07860 077333. Phone: 0808 80 10 800. Email: info@livefearfreehelpline.wales
Finally, from all the team in Student Services, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.