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Archive for category: The Media

02.122017January 14, 2018
Death gets attention, self-injury is dismissed

Death gets attention, self-injury is dismissed

By JulesIn Personal, Self-injury, The MediaTags suicide

Why does death, and suicide, get such hysterical attention, yet self-injury and the struggle to cope and survive get dismissed?

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28.012017January 28, 2017
We’re looking for men of all ages to take part in a group discussion about self-injury

We’re looking for men of all ages to take part in a group discussion about self-injury

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, Self-injury, The MediaTags male, men, video

We want to tackle the issues and make a video.

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29.072016July 29, 2016
Feature in BBC documentary – life after self-injury

Feature in BBC documentary – life after self-injury

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, The MediaTags bbc, documentary, media request

Have you moved away from self-injury? Do you want to hide your scars sometimes?

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01.122014February 18, 2015
LifeSIGNS: Twitter’s Trusted Resource

LifeSIGNS: Twitter’s Trusted Resource

By JulesIn Organisation Announcements, Our Website and the Web, The MediaTags social, twitter

Twitter has selected LifeSIGNS as a 'Trusted Resource'.

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23.062014May 11, 2015
Self-injury labels: what do you want to be called?

Self-injury labels: what do you want to be called?

By WedgeIn Self-injury, The Media

The labels seems to focus on the behaviour, the harm, rather than the person in distress trying to cope.

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25.022013May 11, 2015
SIAD letter published in ‘Special Children’ magazine

SIAD letter published in ‘Special Children’ magazine

By WedgeIn Schools, Self-Injury Awareness Day [SIAD], The MediaTags individual needs, letter, schools, Self-Injury Awareness Day [SIAD], specai needs, teacher, teachers, teaching

Our letter has been published in 'Special Children' - the magazine for teachers.

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11.092011May 13, 2015

Magazine opportunity (UK) – for a Mother

By WedgeIn The MediaTags magazine, The Media

Is your family coming to terms with self-injury? Would you be willing to share your story in That’s Life magazine? Christina is writing an article...

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13.042011May 13, 2015

NICE consults on draft recommendations for the longer-term management of self-harm

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, The MediaTags NHS, NICE

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....

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17.032011May 13, 2015

Self-injury on BBC Radio Shropshire

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, The MediaTags radio

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...

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15.032011May 13, 2015
Self-injury, anorexia, depression and OCD on BBC2

Self-injury, anorexia, depression and OCD on BBC2

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, Schools, The MediaTags tv

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,...

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08.032011May 13, 2015
Get help while on TV

Get help while on TV

By WedgeIn The MediaTags tv

Share your therapy on TV.

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09.012011January 9, 2011

Get help on ITV – appear on UK TV

By WedgeIn The MediaTags tv

New TV series looking at therapy wants you to appear.

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14.102010October 14, 2010

BBC Learning Zone TV programme needs you

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, Schools, The MediaTags bbc, television, The Media

ORTV, a television company, is making a programme for the BBC Learning Zone along the lines of Radio 1’s ‘The Surgery’ where young people call...

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26.012010January 26, 2010

Help us with a magazine article

By WedgeIn Members, Raising Awareness, Self-Injury Awareness Day [SIAD], The MediaTags magazine

We’d like to hear from people from within the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community about self-injury. We have the chance to feature in a...

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14.112009November 14, 2009

FirstSigns on BBC Radio – Monday 16th Nov

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, The MediaTags radio

Wedge will be on the radio on Monday, arguing that health-care professionals mustn't simply forbid a person from hurting themselves, but rather, support the person as they learn to make new choices and find new coping methods.

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There are people of all ages suffering in silence - believing they are alone.

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