Welcome to Stridi!

Hi everyone, welcome to Stridi Towers.

It’s Matt here. If you’ve been with us for a while then you’ll know me as the author of a few of our advice articles. But if you’re new to us, I’ve probably just had a chat with you on social media, introduced Stridi and given you a link to this blog. We’re launching our first ever advertising campaign, to help spread the word and reach out to more of you, so that we can help to improve the lives of uni students who struggle with mental health issues.

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My main job is to overlook and manage our blog posts and media activity. I edit all of our blogs and get them ready for publication, before handing over to Josh, our founder, while we discuss how best to spread the word on social media. I also interact with our guest writers and help them to get their story out there. This is something we value highly at Stridi – being true to our readers and their experiences and giving you all a platform to speak amongst people who are just like you.

Got something to say but don’t want people to know it’s you? Not to worry – we’re more than happy to publish stories and articles anonymously (or even under a different name, whatever makes you happy, it’s your call!).

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As Josh mentioned in his New Year piece, we’ve got big plans for the future, including introducing podcasts with mental health experts, and organizing events where we can all get together and raise money for mental health charities. Much of these plans were due to be happening this year, but due to the current climate, they’ll simply be happening at a later date instead.

But in the meantime, we’re still providing advice and insight on our blog, which is going from strength to strength – and that’s all thanks to you!

Any questions? Feel free to drop us a line anywhere you like. Our email is editorial.stridi@gmail.com, or you can DM us on social media where we’ll be more than happy to have a chat with you!

Cheers,

Matt

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