What is Rafiki?

Rafiki is the Students' Union's peer support listening service, led by students, for students. If you're experiencing any problems while you're at university, you can come in and talk to our student volunteers who offer peer support. They can also signpost you to support services on campus or externally which can help. Rafiki is a drop-in service, so you don't need an appointment. We also offer an instant messaging service - to chat to our volunteers, just click on the green button (this appears during the opening times). 

We work in close partnership with the University's Counselling & Wellbeing team, who support us with running the service and with volunteer training. All our volunteers receive comprehensive training to prepare them for the role. Rafiki is not a professional service, and offers peer support only. 

Opening Times

Rafiki will be reopening as an online service in September 2020. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about Rafiki, you can email us on ussu-dropincentre@salford.ac.uk