ACS Brain Battle
Think fast. Solve smart. Win £20.
The £20 puzzle is live, paid by the ACS welfare officer. Solve it after the welcome gate, or open it here. Welfare support does not depend on playing.
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Play Brain BattleSwansea University African Caribbean Society
Welfare Hub
Every student seen, heard and supported.
Your community. Your support. Your ACS.
You belong here. Whether you are new to Swansea, looking to make friends, interested in events or seeking support, the Afro-Caribbean Society is here to help you feel connected.
The aim is a welcoming community where every student feels valued, included and supported. The ACS Welfare Hub is also here when life at university becomes difficult. You can get help without joining anything.
You are not alone. ACS is here for you.
I Need HelpRequest a Welfare Check-inSubmit Anonymous ConcernJoin Swansea BuddyUpMeet ACS LeadershipAccess the Support FundBecome a Welfare Ambassador
Confidential support. Anonymous options. Real help. You are not alone.
Explore Welfare Support does not ask you to join. Join Our Community opens the official Students’ Union membership page. There is no approved WhatsApp group on this hub. Instagram is @swansea_acs.
Welfare desk
Start with how you feel, not with a form.
Green is information. Amber is a check-in. Red is urgent professional help. ACS will not pretend to be that help.
Next on the welfare plan: Monthly welfare check-in, 15 Oct. The room is real only when @swansea_acs posts it.
Talk it through with the ACS Guide
See what is comingTraffic light
Where do you need us today?
Meet Your ACS Leadership
The students serving this society
Get to know the student leaders working to represent, support and serve the ACS community. The ACS leadership team is here to create a welcoming, inclusive and empowering society where every student feels valued and supported.
PresidentFaithJournalism, Media and Communications, third year
Vice PresidentHafsaPublic Health and Health Promotion
SecretarySabbaaMathematics and Computer Science, third year
TreasurerSinitLaw with Criminology, third year
Events OfficerOmoComputer Science, third year
Welfare OfficerAJNursing (Mental Health), second year
Three promises
Seen, heard and supported
Seen
Monthly check-ins and a private welfare passport, so you are not invisible between events.
Heard
A suggestion box, welfare circles, and ambassadors who take a quiet student seriously.
Supported
Practical help with food, money worries and settling in, plus a clear path to University and SU services.
Weave a welcome
Pull up
Pick a welcome from languages spoken across Africa and the Caribbean. There are more than 2,000 African languages, so if yours is not in the list, type it. The word becomes the heading, a colour goes into the cloth, and the stripe at the top of every page changes. It stays on this phone. It is play, not a support form.
Pick a welcome, or type one in your own language.
100 welcomes on this list.
Pick a welcome, or type one in your own language.
Get help now
Nine places to start
- Mental HealthLow mood, anxiety, panic, grief, or a mind that will not switch off.
- Money and HardshipRent, food, travel, a bill you cannot pay, or the quiet stress of counting coins.
- AccommodationA difficult housemate, a deposit problem, somewhere that does not feel safe, or nowhere settled yet.
- Academic PressureCoursework piling up, exams, a grade that shook you, or the fear of falling behind.
- Loneliness and HomesicknessMissing home, eating alone, or feeling invisible in a busy city.
- Food and EssentialsAn empty cupboard, toiletries, or the basics that make a week livable.
- International Student SupportA new country, a visa question, family in another time zone, or a campus that still feels temporary.
- Discrimination and SafetyRacism, harassment, a night that did not feel safe, or a room where you had to shrink.
- Emergency or Crisis SupportYou feel unsafe, you might hurt yourself, or someone else is in immediate danger.
Home Office
Visa dates and not overstaying
ACS cannot give immigration advice. If your permission to stay is ending, or you think it already has, use the official Home Office pages and Swansea University VISA Advice.
Open the Home Office signpostWelfare projects
What ACS is building with you
Wellbeing
ACS Monthly Welfare Check-ins
A regular, bookable conversation so students do not have to wait for a crisis before anyone asks how they are.
Request a check-inWellbeing
ACS Mental Health Ambassadors
Trained student peers who notice when someone goes quiet, share honest information, and walk people towards real support.
Meet the ambassadorsWellbeing
ACS Welfare Passport
A private note, kept on your own device, about how you want to be supported so you do not have to retell your story from zero.
Open my passportBelonging
Home Away From Home Programme
The welfare side of the ACS family: a landing place for students who are far from the people and food and rhythms they know.
See the programmeCalendar
Come as you are
These are planned welfare dates for the committee. They are not confirmed University bookings. The room goes on @swansea_acs in the week of the event.
Join an eventCheck-in
Monthly welfare check-in
15 Oct · 5:00 to 6:30pm · plan, not a booked room
Social
Home Away From Home welcome table
18 Oct · 4:00 to 6:00pm · plan, not a booked room
Check-in
Black History Month wellbeing circle
22 Oct · 6:00 to 7:30pm · plan, not a booked room
From the society
More than a society. A community.
ACS is about more than events. It is about creating friendships, celebrating cultures, supporting one another and building a home away from home. Whether you want to get involved, meet new people or discover what is happening, there is a place for you here.
ACS supports members through university life: socials that build real friendships, programmes that help with degrees, and networking that prepares people for what comes next.
Your words, your device
ACS Welfare Passport
Write down what helps, what does not, and the one thing you want this month. It stays in this browser until you choose to share it.
Create my passportA promise, in plain language
Listen. Support. Signpost.
ACS welfare is led by Welfare Officer AJ, with Mental Health and Welfare Ambassadors beside the rest of the ACS leadership. We will not diagnose you, and we will not leave you with only a vibe and a prayer.
Meet ACS Leadership
