Social Safety

We find it important that everyone at Kraket feels well. Sadly enough however, not everyone does all the time. If there is anything that is bothering you, whether you’re feeling off, something happened to you (both at or outside of Kraket events), or anything else, we find it important that you are able to get the help you need. On this page, you can find more information on how and where to get help.

Student confidants

Within Kraket, we have four student confidants: Anne Alberts, Jasper Roelvink, Resa Beckers and Pieter Maarse. Conversations with our student confidants are confidential. This means that if you want them to keep the conversation to themselves, it will not be discussed with others*. This confidentiality is taken very seriously.

As they are fellow students, they are the ones who are easiest to approach, and they can be your first step to get help. As all four have followed trainings to become a student confidant, they are not only able to listen to you, but also help you to get professional help, if needed.

You can reach out to our student confidants for many reasons, among which:

• You have experienced behaviour that you find inappropriate and want to report this. This could be both at or outside of Kraket events.
• You have been struggling with mental issues.
• You have heard about someone else who has been struggling with something or has experienced inappropriate behaviour, and want us to know about.
• You have been stressed lately and want to have a chat with someone about it.
• There is anything else that you wish to talk about with someone.

You can reach them via general@confidant.kraket.nl, or individually via the contact details below. These emails are private and will be deleted when they step down as student confidants. If you are doubting whether you should reach out, please do so, even if you’re doubting whether your troubles are “bad enough”. They became student confidants because they want to help you. So remember, they WANT you to reach out.

Anne Albers is a 23 year old master student in Operations Research. You can reach her via anne@confidant.kraket.nl or +31 6 10661594.

Jasper Roelvink is a 19 year old bachelor student in Econometrics and Operations Research. You can reach him via jasper@confidant.kraket.nl or +31 6 10661594.

Resa Beckers is a 19 year old bachelor student in Econometrics and Operations Research. You can reach her via resa@confidant.kraket.nl or +31 6 21358120.

Pieter Maarse is a 22 year old master student in Econometrics. You can reach him via pieter@confidant.kraket.nl or +31 6 13449559.

*Only if they expect you will hurt someone or do something illegal, they are required to share this.

Other possibilities

If you would rather not talk to someone within Kraket, there are more possibilities within the VU to get help. Below you can find the link to an infographic with all these possibilities. As there are many options, we can imagine that you are not sure who to contact. If this is the case, you can always ask our student confidants for advice.

You can find the infographic here!