Upcoming Suicide Intervention Training
When you think about suicide, how does it make you feel? Scared, Uncomfortable, Angry, Upset? I know, if I am honest, that those are some of the feelings I used to experience when thinking about suicide. That is until one day nearly 6 years ago now, when my partner walked out of our home, leaving […]
Suicide Bereavement: Practical Applications – A Digital Conference
Throughout September 2021 Harmless are proud to announce that we are hosting our second online Suicide Bereavement conference to examine the practical application of working in the field of suicide bereavement, split over 7 live webinars over September 2021, in line with World Suicide Prevention Day. The Theme for this year is: *Surviving a crisis: […]
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
Crisis Help; Emotional & Social Support in Lincolnshire
As of today, we are proudly offering a digital cafe called CHESS, which stands for Crisis Help; Emotional & Social Support and aims to prevent male suicide in Lincolnshire. The Digital Café will provide a space for men to meet virtually for support. The sessions will provide opportunities for sharing experiences, learning mental wellbeing techniques, and […]
FREE Suicide Bereavement training for Notts
Sometimes its not easy to know what to say or what to do following a loss through suicide, but we should not let that prevent us to providing support to someone who may need it the most. This evidence-based, CPD-accredited course is suitable for anyone who would like to know more about suicide bereavement, especially […]
The Older Population and Self harm
Often when we consider self harm the public will focus on the younger population. However, self harm doesn’t discriminate and neither do we. The BBC News released an article on Thursday (3rd June 2021) focusing on self harm in the older population and the impact of the pandemic. Colin Menz, Self harm Service Manager, […]
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 […]