Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
What is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week? Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a weeklong campaign dedicated to talking about mental illness during the perinatal period. The theme for this year’s awareness week is The Power of Connection, and will focus on connecting communities, virtual and real-life support, in a more equitable sense for diversity […]
Sun, Sea, and Scars
Spring and summer. Flowers start to bloom, leaves grow back on trees, the sky is blue again and the days last longer. Hats and scarves are packed away and are replaced by shorts, t-shirts, sandals and sun hats. Everyone seems to be happier, people are planning barbecues and holidays, and everyone talks about how lovely […]
Week in the life of a Placement Student at Harmless
Hello everyone! My name is Charlotte and I recently joined Harmless in 2021 as a Clinical Administration Officer and am here on a 12-month internship as part of my undergraduate Psychology degree at Nottingham Trent University. This blog post is a little snippet of my time here at Harmless and an insight into what it’s […]
Introducing the Bereavement Team: Satinder
My passion to work in suicide and self-harm arose from my previous job where I worked as a senior support worker across supported accommodations in the community. Via this job, I supported individuals from various backgrounds including mental health and substance & alcohol misuse issues, domestic violence, and learning difficulties. Whilst working, I also completed […]
A Renewed Hope
Ockenden Final Report – March 2022 What is the Ockenden Report? Finding and recommendations from the Independent Maternity Review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which has identified a number of new themes that will be shared across all maternity services in England as a matter of urgency to bring about positive and […]
Meet the Suicide Crisis Team!
Lydia joined the team in February 2020 as a Clinical Support Worker for the Tomorrow Project Suicide Crisis pathway. She is now the Trainee Service Manager for the Crisis pathway and Harmless Out of Hour Service. She has previous experience of working with individuals with autism and dementia. Lydia aims to offer a safe space […]
Harmless & The Tomorrow Project Drop in Services
Needing additional support? We have a range of drop in services available here at Harmless and The Tomorrow Project. We can offer support to anyone experiencing distress related to self harm or suicide – you are not alone. Details for this weeks opening times are detailed below, make sure to check out our social media […]
What to expect from us at Harmless!
Self harm doesn’t discriminate on the basis of gender, race, age, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Neither do we. OpportunityHarmless is a specialist self-harm provision offering two-tiers of intervention; stabilisation and a psychotherapeutic. Stabilisation involves practical and emotional support offered by clinical support workers. Psychotherapeutic is a person-centred psychotherapy delivered by a therapist. ChoiceWe will […]
Introducing the Bereavement Team: Fiona
Over the next few weeks we will be posting blogs introducing our amazing bereavement team! First up, is Fiona. Fiona works in our Leicester office and joined our team in February 2022 so is one of the newest in our ranks. I previously worked in mental health, I trained as a psychiatric nurse back in […]
It’s not too late, you can still join us!
2022 Harm to Hope Conference: Building resilience for the future In line with Self-harm Awareness Day on the 1st of March, we launched our 7th annual Self Harm and Suicide Prevention Conference: From Harm to Hope. The theme for our 2022 conference is: Building resilience for the future. And it just happens, we’ve made the […]