Self-injury awareness day is an international event occurring annually on 1st March. The last week of February is crucial to the success of SIAD, so thank you to all our members and everybody who is raising awareness. There’s still a couple of days to go, so it’s not too late to get involved. They’ll be […]
Judging by the number of queries we’ve had asking about wristbands and keyrings, I’m sure many of you will be just as excited as I am to hear that they are now in stock, and available to purchase! As so many of you wanted different combinations of wristbands and keyrings last year, we’ve made ordering […]
Jav, from the BBC, contacted Wedge yesterday asking for our help in finding people to take part in the BBC Headroom campaign. As part of the ongoing campaign, Jav will be producing 5 short films focusing on self-harm. Each two minute clip will feature people sharing their experiences of how they have coped, overcome or […]
Jules and I went on our travels on Sunday, down to Wells, near Glastonbury. Come Monday morning, we were in the thick of the day’s Self-Harm Conference, called ‘The Injured Self’. We were fortunate to be invited when Alison Leyland (of Living Change) heard me speak at the CPC Conference (London) in May. Alison organised […]
Jules and I are off on our travels (as usual!) to attend and speak at a conference on self-harm this coming Monday. Alison (from Living Change) has done a grand job organising everything (including us!) and we’re thrilled that, after seeing us at the last conference I spoke at, she’s invited us to be part […]
On Monday, Wedge and I attended a school in Exeter after being invited to speak on the subject of self-injury. The school in question had recognised a need for more awareness on the subject for their staff and we were warmly welcomed by the school nurse who had organised the event, and all the teaching […]
As you know, some time ago we changed our name from ‘LifeSIGNS’ to FirstSigns and changed our web address to match. Obviously this has an impact on how people find us, link to us and how many people visit our site. Google has to re-find our FirstSigns website and re-index us and decide where to […]
The makers of ‘The Secret Cut’ have been kind enough to send LifeSIGNS a copy of their DVD; we would like to offer it to a member so that you can review it for us, and let British people know your thoughts on this American production. If you live in the UK and would like […]
In the last few weeks we’ve certainly given people loads to talk about, and you’ve been kind enough to share your thoughts with us by email, Facebook and our Message Board, and yes, we notice that not everyone is happy with what’s been going on, but what we also notice over everything is the huge […]
Volunteering England has featured LifeSIGNS within its Volunteering Magazine! Here’s how the interview went. Q Please could you tell us how LifeSIGNS started?A I ‘Came Out’ about my self-injury and started seeking help when I was at University; I started writing my personal thoughts on my own website and then I realised I had to […]
In case you’re wondering, even though Self-Injury Awareness Day was on a Saturday (weekends are quiet you see) the LifeSIGNS website still manage to pull in six times as many visitors for the day! Six times as many! I’m just thankful that our little server didn’t fall over under the weight of demand!
Self-Injury Awareness Day is the 1st of March each year, and it’s the last week of February that’s crucial to the success of SIAD, so thanks to all our members and everybody for raising awareness! It’s not too late to get involved, in fact, loads will be happening tomorrow and even Monday no doubt! Why […]
