Self-Harm Communication
Self-harm involves an action where an individual hurts themselves in response to a physically, emotionally, or mentally overwhelming situation/experience or as a way of dealing with intense emotions or feelings. Approximately 1 in 10 people will self-harm in their lifetime, with only around 50% of people seeking help from friends and family. At Harmless, we […]
Take a Seat and Smile!
Sometimes we can forget that it’s so important to ensure that we find time in our schedule to just sit down and take a few moments to ourselves, to simply be present. Our staff work hard and sometimes, just like everyone else, we need to take a moment to to just sit, have a cup […]
From Harm To Hope Conference: Sarah Kessling Session Highlights
In line with self harm awareness day on the 1st March, Harmless launched our 7th annual Self Harm and Suicide Prevention Conference: From Harm to Hope. The theme for the 2022 conference is: Building resilience for the future. Whilst the conference launched in March 2022, tickets are still available to purchase. This gives you the […]
Carers: We are here for you too.
Harmless and the Tomorrow Project provide support to people who self-harm, who are in suicide crisis, or are bereaved by suicide. We very often advertise the different types of support that we offer for these people, such as 1-1 sessions, text services, group support, out-of-hours support, and more. But what is lesser known about our […]
Save the date! Celebrating 15 years of Harmless
Join us in celebrating 15 years of Harmless! Save the date for our annual celebration event, an evening of food, fundraising & fabulous entertainment! Our celebration event is an occasion to celebrate our life-saving work and raise vital funds for our service and this year is extra special as we are celebrating 15 years of […]
A problem shared is a problem halved!
The theme for this years Stress Awareness Month is ‘Community’. This theme was chosen because a lack of support can lead to isolation, which in turn increases loneliness and stress. The last 2 years has had a detrimental impact on our lives, with social gatherings, working from home, and restrictions on our ability to travel […]
Our From Harm to Hope Conference is well underway – it’s not too late to join us!
On Self Harm Awareness Day (1st March) we launched our annual From Harm to Hope Self harm and Suicide Prevention Conference. Throughout March we hosted 9 online webinar sessions from a range of expert speakers on all things self harm (and suicide) prevention. This includes academic, professional, and user-led perspectives focused on the theme Building Resilience […]
Self-Care
As a worker for Harmless, I think it’s important we shed light on what we do for self-care. It’s important to share that even we sometimes need to force ourselves to put the laptop and work phone away and focus on what we need to do to be present in the moment. Self-care helps to […]
Meet The Business Support Team!
Meet our wonderful business support team… Jack Fox Office Manager Jack is responsible for overseeing the administrative operations within the organisation, along with ensuring the smooth running of the office on a day-to-day basis. Part of his role is facilities management, which involves keeping buildings and offices maintained and in good working order, so that […]
Stress Awareness Month 2022
Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to raise awareness of the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. The last two years have been the most challenging we have faced and in 2020 our services were overwhelmed by people that are struggling and seeking support. What is stress? If you […]