A big thank you to the Province of Nottinghamshire Freemasons COVID support fund!
Last week, the Province of Nottinghamshire Freemasons awarded Harmless £1,000 from the Covid-19 relief funds. This money supports us to continue our vital work supporting those at risk of self-harm, suicide crisis and those affected by suicide bereavement. Trevor Harris met with Katie, our suicide crisis service manager, to hand over the cheque… socially distanced […]
Could you help us to better support our clients?
If you have been bereaved by suicide, could you please complete this brief survey? In this survey we are trying to understand how Covid-19 has impacted those bereaved by suicide. It is so important that we understand the implication on different groups of people during this difficult time if we are to ensure that services […]
Tell us about your opinions on text messaging support services!
Harmless are currently carrying out some research about what the general public expects from text messaging support services. We’ve created an online survey, and we would really appreciate it if you could fill it in! It takes no more than 10 minutes, and all answers are completely anonymous. Here’s the link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TP_text_services Your opinions are important […]
Befriending
Nearly one third of older adults experience loneliness and/or social isolation (Berg_Weger & Morley, 2020). This figure will be exacerbated due to the COVID-19, with over-70’s self-isolating and being particularly vulnerable to the virus. Social isolation can negatively affect the elderly in numerous different ways, including elevated feelings of stress, anger sadness, depression, emptiness, worthlessness, […]
Being a not-yet-equal same sex family
This is such an important week for me and my family. It is PRIDE month with the rainbow flag flying high and a symbol of hope and suffering for so many. I am the CEO of Harmless and the Tomorrow Project and with my wife Amy, co-founded the organisation in 2007. So much has changed […]
…it’s not something that defines me it’s just something I am and that’s not going to change.
This year us here at Harmless & The Tomorrow Project were planning on being at Pride and it was something I was extremely excited about, but with everything that’s happened it looks like Pride isn’t going to happen this year. One of the things I love about Pride is how inclusive it is, anyone is […]
Food and Mood – by Lisa
If there is one thing that never fails to put me in a positive mood…..it’s cake! I love cake, I love to eat it and I love making it. Cake has had a place in my life for as long as I can remember. We only ever had cake for very special occasions when I […]
Our Belly and Our Brain
Before lockdown I delivered a training session discussing mental health intervention and a delegate on training working as a nutritionist providing feedback suggesting that we should focus more time in the session on our mental health and how our diet directly impacts it.She told me that our digestive system produces over 90% of all serotonin […]
Food and mood – Some thoughts by Helen
Food and mood – This topic is highly emotive because after spending something like 15 years in the health and fitness industry, I have a little understanding of how our relationship with food often corresponds with good or bad phases of mental health or distress. Our eating habits are often indicators of whether all is […]
Rani kicks off Food and Mood Week!
Join our Therapist Rani on a tour of her kitchen, where her children are cooking a delightful meal for the family! Remember to nourish both your body and mind.