Wedge founded our voluntary organisation in 2002, and although he has worked with several different members of our Management Committee over the years, Wedge has been the one continuum throughout. I’m thrilled to be here for our latest and greatest birthday!

So many people have great ideas and early enthusiasm, but it takes something special to maintain the work and dedication needed to grow and develop an organisation over such a long time. Many organisations fail within the first year, and many more web based organisations never update their pages or create anything new because they lack the creative skills and drives necessary to say anything of importance.

Wedge has those skills in abundance, and together with some fantastic people, has created the LifeSIGNS we all know and love today.

You can read more about the history of LifeSIGNS online.

Currently, Wedge and I run LifeSIGNS, with guidance and help from our dear Mods and supporters. We also look forward to increasing our Management Committee members later in the year in order that LifeSIGNS can continue to grow and provide new and fresh ideas and services.

LifeSIGNS is more vibrant and busier than ever, just look at the news on our home page! Our website it getting so many hits that Wedge has had to increase the size of his server in order to cope with all the traffic!

We are on Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, with new members joining us every single day. We are proud to be a part of Bebo’s BeWell campaign, where we feature alongside such organisations as the Samaritans and Childline.

We would like to thank everyone who supports us or who is a part of our thriving community. Many thanks to all our Newsletter Members, Message Board members and social networking members for your support, both now and over the last six years.

It’s not easy managing a whole organisation, and it’s not even always pleasant, but it’s certainly worthwhile. We are passionate about raising awareness about self-injury, and with your help, we do, we really do. Making a difference in the world is such a reward – thank you all.

If you want to celebrate our May Birthday with us, please ‘attend’ our online Birthday Event on Facebook – you don’t have to do anything or go anywhere, it’s just a show of support.