Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day, but what good is awareness? And what about tomorrow?
Author archive for: Jules
Attention seekers
How we react to other people’s behaviour is often a reflection of our own perceptions and prejudices.
Death gets attention, self-injury is dismissed
Why does death, and suicide, get such hysterical attention, yet self-injury and the struggle to cope and survive get dismissed?
New SI awareness wristbands for 2015
We change our wristbands slightly each year; the wording is always new, and we sometimes include purple with the traditional orange colour. This year we've gone back to plain orange, but with a glow. That's right, our 2015 wristbands glow in the dark!
Please yourself
I always get a little overwhelmed at this time of year by the number of well-meaning posts and articles that...
It’s Self-Injury Awareness Day today
Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day. SIAD is an annual, global event that was introduced about fifteen years ago. LifeSIGNS has...
New thoughts, new actions, new life
We hope you like our new motto for 2014, which is also the wording on this year’s wristbands. These few...
New self-injury awareness wristbands now available
We hope that our wristbands will not only help to raise awareness about self-injury, but will also serve as a little reminder to all who wear one that change is possible, and that everyone has the power to create a new, healthier and happier life for themselves.
Summer meet-up reminder
This is a reminder that you're all invited to our real life summer meet-up this month in Birmingham, UK. We'll be meeting from 12pm until 3pm on Saturday 20th July at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, which is in the city centre.
Living with depression
One of our Directors, Jules, talks about her experiences with depression, and explores the connection she's identified between her depression and self-injury.
Donate £5 to receive a magnet in May
We are incredibly lucky to have so many supporters who are kind enough to donate money to us, and so we have decided that during the month of May we will thank each person who donates £5 or more by sending them one of our shiny new magnets.
I’m a volunteer (Jules)
We are recruiting; I'm a volunteer like everyone else at LifeSIGNS.