A Centre of Excellence for Self Harm and Suicide Prevention
Harmless becomes UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Self Harm and Suicide Prevention on World Suicide Prevention Day
Harmless CIC has been working in the field of self harm and suicide prevention for over 14 years. CEO Caroline Harroe established the service from lived experience and out of a dedication to ensure that those who were facing self harm had the access to appropriate care, support and advice. For the first time, there […]
Celebration Event tickets on sale now!
Join us to celebrate 14 years of Harmless! Please come along and join us at our 2021 Celebration Event. It’s been a challenging couple of years, but we’ve not only made it through, we’ve developed our services even further! Text service, Sanctuary, online ePortal…the list could go on! But we still need your help; now more […]
Free Mental Health Awareness training in Derbyshire!
Harmless have been commissioned by Derbyshire County Council to deliver CPD accredited, half day Mental Health Awareness training and what’s more, the sessions are fully funded meaning that this training is free to workers in the county of Derbyshire (excluding city) that are working or volunteering within a statutory, community or voluntary sector organisation. Hosted […]
Free Online Suicide Intervention Training in Hertfordshire
Harmless are excited to announce that we are offering free CPD accredited, easy to access, live online training in Hertfordshire. Our Hertfordshire funded Suicide Intervention Training sessions will take place throughout August (dates below). This is a great opportunity for professionals, frontline workers and volunteers who are in contact with those at risk of suicide […]
Level 2 Self Harm ePortal testimonial
A garden transformation to celebrate Volunteers’ Week
Yesterday, volunteer; Darren, clinical support worker; Anne and myself, transformed the outside space at the Beech Avenue office from an underused yard to an urban garden. The project has been a long time in the planning. Last autumn at our staff day we discussed the Five Ways to Wellbeing (connect, be active, take notice, learn […]
“It is more important than ever that we make the most of every contact with someone who self-harms”
Harmless and The Tomorrow Project CEO, Caroline Harroe last week was quoted in the media regarding new research that revealed why some people do not receive NICE recommended care following self-harm. The research has been co-authored by those with lived experience of self-harm and accessing mental health services. It has been published in the Australian […]
Thanks for beleafing in us!
A massive thank you to Brooklea Nursery in Leicestershire, who yesterday kindly donated plants, planters and compost for our garden project. CEO Caroline and COO Darren, had the pleasure of getting away from their laptops and heading out in the sunshine to choose some items to add some colour to the space outside our Nottingham […]
Harmless receives further awards
We are thrilled to announce that we have recently received the following awards for our service: Most Dedicated Self Harm and Suicide Prevention Organisation – UK at the Global Health & Pharma Social Care Awards 2021 Most Compassionate Suicide Prevention Support Service – East Midlands at the Corporate Vision Education and Training Awards 2021 Suicide […]