Small print is never fun, but we’ve made ours simple and clear – we don’t spam or blab – read on

Copyright

We own this stuff, ya gotta ask if ya wanna use our words on your website or in your newsletter – just ask, don’t copy or steal

© LifeSIGNS Voluntary Organisation 2002 – 2015. All rights reserved

The information contained herein is the property of the LifeSIGNS Voluntary Organisation and is supplied without liability for errors or omissions. No part may be reproduced, published or used except as authorised by contract or other written permission. The copyright and the foregoing restriction on reproduction, publishing and use extend to all media in which the information may be embodied.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and sensitivity, LifeSIGNS and the individual Authors of this work can not guarantee that the information contained herein is suitable for all individuals. By reading any part of this material, you agree to indemnify LifeSIGNS and the Individuals responsible for LifeSIGNS against any claim, be it financial, legal or personal, that this material has affected you in an adverse way.

LifeSIGNS is incredibly careful not to publish other people’s work that we do not have permission to publish. You can assume that everything within this site is Copyright LifeSIGNS unless otherwise marked.

Some images are from Flickr, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License; some kind Flickr people give us permission to use their work above and beyond this Attribution license.

Terms and conditions

Of course there are T&Cs – it’s not easy talking about self-injury, it’s even harder writing about it

LifeSIGNS is managed and led by people with personal experience of self-injury, and we are non-judgemental, non-directional, and respectful of our members’ and visitors’ life experiences and perceptions. We offer guidance, ideas and inspiration; never advice.

Information directly produced by LifeSIGNS is appropriate for our various audiences to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. Information and guidance is provided for general reference and inspiration only, and should not be considered as a substitute for the advice of a health care professional.

LifeSIGNS is not liable for other websites even if shared via the LifeSIGNS website or social media channels.

Always talk to a health care professional when concerned about your health and happiness.

Claimer and disclaimer

LifeSIGNS is an unincorporated small charitable organisation, made up of volunteers. While every care is taken to create worthwhile and appropriate content, LifeSIGNS cannot be held responsible for how information and ideas are understood, used or how such might affect an individual’s thoughts and feelings.

Any contact between members of the public and LifeSIGNS shall be considered conversational, and not a counselling relationship in any sense. Private conversations shall be considered as private correspondence between two (or more) consensual people; any guidance or ideas expressed must be considered as the private thoughts of the person(s) involved. Guidance and ideas from individuals may not reflect the thoughts and feelings all all the volunteer members of LifeSIGNS.

LifeSIGNS does not provide individuals with advice beyond the sharing of guidance and ideas. LifeSIGNS shares ideas and inspiration in the belief that everyone deserves support.

Limitation of liability

As an unincorporated organisation, LifeSIGNS cannot be held liable or responsible for any damages whatsoever.

Individual volunteers within the LifeSIGNS organisation may be liable for their own conduct, in word or deed.

Terms and conditions

By surfing the LifeSIGNS website or following / engaging with LifeSIGNS via any media / social presence, or choosing to study any LifeSIGNs material (in any media) you agree that you are responsible for your own thoughts, feelings and actions. LifeSIGNS understands that everyone is different, and has unique emotional boundaries and limitations, but LifeSIGNS does not seek to disempower anyone, but only support self-determination.

Privacy

We take your privacy (and ours) very seriously, we really don’t horde tracks or traces of individuals

The LifeSIGNS Voluntary Organisation will not supply any information you may choose to give us to anyone else without your permission. Your name and email address are totally safe with us.

That means we will not discuss you or your situation with anyone who contacts us, which includes; parents, teachers, doctors, nurses or the police.

Sometimes there are legal reasons when we may be forced to pass on your information, but these occurrences are very rare, and are to do with very serious circumstances like a life threatening event. We would always endeavour to seek your agreement before doing so.

Giving us information

Through email, or through Questionnaires that we might run, there will be opportunities for you to tell us lots of information about you and your situation.

We may use this information for statistical purposes, but your information would be anonymous, and you would not be connected to it.

Sometimes, we might like to quote your words, and we may do so anonymously, or we may contact you to ask if we can quote you using your first name, or web name.

Cookies

The LifeSIGNS website may use cookies to store information about your preferences, such as Votes or Text Size (see Accessibility). Cookies used can not be traced to individual and store no personal information.

Web tracking

For statistical interest, we track your visit through this website, but no personal information is retained.