Join Harmless – the national centre of excellence for self harm and suicide prevention – as it leads National Self Harm Awareness Day with its annual flagship conference. Featuring a range of expert speakers and leading academics, this is your opportunity to join delegates from across the sector for an engaging day of specialist and evidence-based content. Our conference theme for 2027 is In The Eye of the Storm:
Strengthening Support for Self Harm & Suicide Prevention.

Our first guests include:

Plenary Speakers

• Professor Rory O’Connor (University of Glasgow)
  From Understanding Risk to Strengthening Suicide Prevention
  Rory is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow, Past President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the International Academy of Suicide Research, and leads the internationally renowned Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab. With over 30 years of research experience, he co-developed Scotland’s Distress Brief Intervention programme, authored When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It, and hosts MQ Mental Health Research’s Open Mind podcast.
  
  
• Tom Coyle & Anna Scott (Harmless & The Tomorrow Project)
  Innovative Interventions
  
  

Workshops

• Caroline Harroe & Darren Fox (Harmless & The Tomorrow Project)
  Workforce Welfare
  
  
• Angela Glaves (Heavy Metal Therapy)
  Heavy Metal Music is Good for You
  
  

Further guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

Fully CPD-accredited, the conference will deliver knowledge and practical solutions for implementation in real-life situations, as well as the chance to network and share experiences.