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When the News Never Stops: Protecting Your Mental Health in a 24/7 World
By Nick Thompson (Marketing Officer) Today is World Mental Health Day (WMHD), a time to remind ourselves of the importance

Booking Now Open: The 11th National Self Harm & Suicide Prevention Conference 2026
Harmless is delighted to confirm that booking is now open for From Harm to Hope 2026: the 11th National Self

Outreach in Action: Hope in Every Conversation
At Harmless, we don’t simply wait for people to come to us – we also run a proactive outreach programme,

No One Left Behind: Rooted In Equality, Driven By Compassion
At Harmless and The Tomorrow Project, we recognise that access to mental health support is not always equal. Research shows

The Power of Fundraising
By Jess Paine (Fundraising & Events Officer) Every penny counts, and right now we are all counting pennies. Fundraising can

Who Else Will Pledge to the Suicide Prevention Charter?
By Tom Garrett (Suicide Bereavement Team Lead) As a long-standing mental health service in Nottinghamshire, we at Harmless and The

A Shift in Perspective: From ‘Over-Diagnosis’ to Representative Diagnosis
By Caroline Harroe (Harmless CEO) The narrative that children’s mental health issues are being ‘over-diagnosed’ and that this undercuts ‘grit

Harmless Shortlisted at the VAL Awards
Harmless was thrilled to be shortlisted as a finalist for the Social Enterprise of the Year at this year’s VAL Awards. 2025 was

Learning with Purpose: How Self-Directed Study is Empowering the Third Sector
By Ash Botes (E-Learning Lead) In a sector where budgets are stretched and impact is everything, third sector organisations are

FREE Online Life-Saving Training in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire – Now With Increased Eligibilty
The Academy at Harmless is delighted to announce its 2025–2026 timetable of free online training courses for those working or

More Than Just Clean & Tidy: The True Reality of OCD
By Tom Coyle (Clinical Support Worker) Have you ever heard someone say something like ‘Gosh my desk is so tidy,

Understanding Grief Through the Lens of Ethnicity as a South Asian Queer Woman
By Simran Dhillon (Clinical Support Worker) Grief is an emotion and experience that is universal, yet also individual to all.