We have kindly been given permission to republish this super article from The Mental Mouth. Please take care when reading. This isn’t a post about government cuts. This is a post about self harm. Bow out now if you think it’s not your thing, and consider yourself warned with all the other appropriate warnings […]
Tumblr is a great mini-blog platform for self-expression, and ‘following’ other interesting people. At FirstSigns, we believe that self-expression is crucial in the journey towards health and happiness. We’d like to invite 5 (or 6) people to start a ‘self-expression on the road to happiness’ Tumblr blog with FirstSigns, and benefit from the support and […]
Jules and I would like to invite one or two of you to manage and run our Tumblr blog. If you’re a tumblr user already, we’d like to hear from you. Please email info@lifesigns.org.uk Duties would include: Using the ‘queue’ to ensure that our Tumblr blog is always busy; Posting links and quotes from our […]
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) is developing a clinical guideline on the longer-term care of adults, children and young people who self-harm. As part of this process, draft recommendations have been published on the NICE website for public consultation. This new guideline will follow on from the NICE guideline on the short-term […]
Edyta is looking into self-injury as part of her research into ‘hope and hopelessness’ for her doctoral level studies at City University London. Edyta is looking for people to interview about their lives and reliance upon self-injury. Naturally, interviews will be treated strictly confidentially and participant’s identities will be protected. If you’d be willing to […]
Quick news: Jenny and Dorothy, of Mind, did a fantastic job of talking in detail around the subject of self-harm this morning on BBC Radio Shropshire. Jim Hawkins was kind enough to invite our Wedge on to the show as well, via phone. Here are the links you need to listen in: Jim Hawkin’s self-injury […]
A film called ‘Coping’ will be aired on BBC 2, this Thursday 17 March at 04:30 – 05:00am. That’s half past four in the morning, as it’s aimed at schools (who record it for later lessons). It might be available on iPlayer soon after. This series offers case studies of problems relevant to young people; […]
Nicky Callaby’s exhibition in London runs from the 17th to the 27th of March, from 1pm to 6pm. Nicky’s textiles and glass work elegantly tackle the subject of self-injury, and so it’s a very emotional exhibition. The Brick Lane Gallery 196 Brick Lane London E1 6SA The Brick Lane Gallery – The Annexe 93-95 Sclater […]
Most organisations don’t release their web stats or member numbers. We think that the continual growth of numbers speaks for itself, and demonstrates why self-injury is a topic that must be discussed and out in the open. Oh, just a note about our Message Board members – the number hovers around 400, because that seems […]
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Towards the end of 2010 I learnt about the inaugural World Book Night. Only individuals could apply to become book givers, so I applied personally and on my application I said that if selected I would donate the books to FirstSigns for distribution to our members. Happily we were selected. I chose ‘New Selected Poems’ […]
