24:7 Samaritans National Fundraising and Awareness Raising Day Monday 24th July 2006 Next Monday the Samaritans are holding a fundraising and awareness day, called 24:7 (highlighting the fact that they provide a 24 hour service, 7 days a week!More information can be found on: http://www.samaritans.co.uk/support/247/index.shtm Many LifeSIGNS members will have had experience of the Samaritans, […]
The National Inquiry Conference 6th July 2006I went to the conference today and let me first stress that I was mightily impressed with the day and the work that the panel has done over the past two years. There was such a wide array of people there today, doctors, nurses, headteachers, social workers, voluntary workers, […]
LifeSIGNS is a registered charity!After two years of planning and filling in forms (and filling them in again) and getting ourselves into proper order, LifeSIGNS has finally been registered by the Charity Commission as Registered Charity No 1114661.By becoming a charity, LifeSIGNS will find it easier to raise awareness about self injury, and provide a […]
Bach Flower Remedies In the twenties and thirties of the last century, Dr Edward Bach worked on identifying negative states of mind that could affect one’s physical health. Around his centre in Oxfordshire, and on his travels throughout the world, he found 38 flower remedies to treat each of these states of mind and attitude, […]
On getting older… “A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.” ~Author UnknownBirthdays, like new years’ days are a time for reflection. As I celebrate a quarter of a century of life, I look back on my past with mixed feelings. Like everyone I have had […]
Internet message-boards for self-injury I was getting increasingly annoyed with articles about self-injury message board encouraging self-injury, so wrote the following article for an online news site (999 today): http://www.999today.com/technology/news/story/3147.html Not only does it show that not all self-injury message boards encourage self-injury, but it was also a chance to promote LifeSIGNS!
26th April 2006 – The Independent’s feature on Self-Injury Today, there were two articles in “The Independent” about self-injury (full-page spread). As I say repeatedly, it is always good to see awareness being raised through the media, even though it can at times be misleading. The feature was entitled “Children self-harm aged nine, warn nurses”: […]
Spring, Summer and ScarsSpring finally seems to have arrived bringing with it some welcome warmth. However the advent of warmer weather often poses a problem for those who self harm – namely that of scars. In the winter it is easy to cover up and therefore hide scars that we don’t wish others to see […]
IMPORTANT – LifeSIGNS Questionnaire I have completed a LifeSIGNS questionnaire. This is designed for ALL LifeSIGNS users to fill in, whether they use the message board or not, and whether they self-injure or not. The questionnaire is designed to find out more about our members and newsletter readers, their experience with self-injury (if they have […]
This is bad – A Daily Express article by Leo McKinsty http://bigdaddymerk.co.uk/mailwatch/forum/viewtopic.php?p=422&sid=20ba0bd80d0b3384921aac43f0b4f541 A kinda difficult article to read. Basically insulting, all about self-harm being self-indulgent, fashionable, cry for attention and so on. Don’t read it if you are not prepared to be filled with rage. I would write something to the editor of the Express, […]
