Write about your experiences; see your nickname up in lights! Articles are more precious than gold, more valuable than money!

We invite you to be involved with the development of the website, and to submit articles relating to self-injury, self-harm and emotional welfare to us for publishing. You might like to tell us about what has helped you overcome self-injury, or how you might have helped a friend or family member who self-injures.

Please follow these guidelines:

• Articles generally need to fit into one of our sections, such as: “What self-injury is” and “Helping You (with your SI and with your emotional life)” and “Guidance for Family Members and Health Care Professionals”
• Articles need to be written in such a way that a 14 year old can appreciate what we’re saying, and a well educated professional can still enjoy / learn from the article.
• Articles should not, in general, be written in the ‘first person’, although personal stories from people with direct experience of healthcare / self-injury are of course welcome.
• By submitting an article to LifeSIGNS, you give us permission to review and edit it (although this will not usually change your article, and will generally be done with your approval) and publish it in any of our publications; web, blog, newsletter etc.
• You grant LifeSIGNS a permanent, non-exclusive licence to publish your article; we ask that you don’t publish your article anywhere else for two months, after which time you are free to publish it elsewhere.

Email your submission document to letters@lifesigns.org.uk, it will then be reviewed by one or more Directors.

Thank you kindly!