My life before seemed hopeless. I was self harming and frequently suicidal. Harmless is special because I’ve had counselling and therapy in the past and I’ve never felt so listened to. I don’t know where I’d be without Harmless
Our Supporters
We work with a great many organisations either as funders of our work or as ongoing stakeholders and supporters. In particular, we would like to thank the following for their continued support:
Funders

Ambassadors

Pam Burrows
Ambassador

Pam Burrows
Ambassador
Pam has been an advocate and supporter of our work for many years.
She has regularly hosted workshops as part of our annual self harm conference promoting self-care and ensuring we all take the time to look after ourselves. In recent years, Pam has been kind enough to donate her time to compere our annual celebration event bringing her compassion and enthusiasm to help us to celebrate the work we do and those we support.

The Harris Family
Ambassadors

The Harris Family
Ambassadors
The Harris family have been champions of Harmless and The Tomorrow Project for many years.
Trevor Harris helped to promote our organisation and led regular fundraising events that raised thousands of pounds to maintain our services and ensure we can help as many people as possible. Trevor sadly passed away during 2023, but his legacy lives on in all of our work here.
Hilary, Ross and Becky have continued Trevor's amazing work and remain Harmless' staunchest supporters.
Trevor Harris helped to promote our organisation and led regular fundraising events that raised thousands of pounds to maintain our services and ensure we can help as many people as possible. Trevor sadly passed away during 2023, but his legacy lives on in all of our work here.
Hilary, Ross and Becky have continued Trevor's amazing work and remain Harmless' staunchest supporters.

Joanna Lockwood
Ambassador

Joanna Lockwood
Ambassador
Dr Jo Lockwood is a Research Fellow working within the NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative team at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) at the University of Nottingham. Her work explores how innovations can support improved psychological understanding and assessment, intervention and treatment delivery, and communication around mental health in children and young people, and in particular in relation to self harm and suicide. She uses creative co-production and participatory methodologies to work with partners and experts.
Jo is currently leading research and involvement projects to explore the experiences, needs and priorities of parents caring for young people in suicidal crisis.
In addition, she is working on the co-development of a new digital tool (the CaTS-app) to support collaborative assessment of self harm as part of the UKRI funded multidisciplinary Digital Youth programme, working in partnership with young people, the Sprouting Minds young person’s advisory group and other clinical, education and third sector partners.
Jo is currently leading research and involvement projects to explore the experiences, needs and priorities of parents caring for young people in suicidal crisis.
In addition, she is working on the co-development of a new digital tool (the CaTS-app) to support collaborative assessment of self harm as part of the UKRI funded multidisciplinary Digital Youth programme, working in partnership with young people, the Sprouting Minds young person’s advisory group and other clinical, education and third sector partners.

Sohrab Panday
Ambassador

Sohrab Panday
Ambassador
Dr Sohrab Panday (MRCP, MRCGP) is Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity, and a General Practitioner at Clay Cross Medical Centre, Chesterfield.
Sohrab has a profound commitment to mental health and suicide prevention. His extensive experience spans over two decades, during which he has made significant contributions to the field.
He has two decades of experience as a GP, during which he has been deeply affected by patient suicides which has driven him to enhance mental health support and training for primary care staff. Sohrab has also chaired the Peterborough & Cambridgeshire Suicide Prevention Implementation Group and later focused on training Primary Care Teams in Derbyshire, where he has delivered peer-to-peer training to over a thousand GPs and professionals.
The author of the UK’s first Postvention Support Pack for Primary Care, Sohrab created a comprehensive guide for GPs and practice staff on how to respond after an actual or suspected suicide, endorsed by the Royal College of GPs & NHS Practitioner Health.
Sohrab advocates for regular training in self harm, suicide prevention and postvention for all NHS staff, frequently speaks on suicide prevention at conferences, and is working with Keele University on self harm research.
‘I am proud to be an Ambassador for Harmless as I share the vision, passion, commitment and values that lie behind its conception, growth and success’ – Sohrab Panday
Sohrab has a profound commitment to mental health and suicide prevention. His extensive experience spans over two decades, during which he has made significant contributions to the field.
He has two decades of experience as a GP, during which he has been deeply affected by patient suicides which has driven him to enhance mental health support and training for primary care staff. Sohrab has also chaired the Peterborough & Cambridgeshire Suicide Prevention Implementation Group and later focused on training Primary Care Teams in Derbyshire, where he has delivered peer-to-peer training to over a thousand GPs and professionals.
The author of the UK’s first Postvention Support Pack for Primary Care, Sohrab created a comprehensive guide for GPs and practice staff on how to respond after an actual or suspected suicide, endorsed by the Royal College of GPs & NHS Practitioner Health.
Sohrab advocates for regular training in self harm, suicide prevention and postvention for all NHS staff, frequently speaks on suicide prevention at conferences, and is working with Keele University on self harm research.
‘I am proud to be an Ambassador for Harmless as I share the vision, passion, commitment and values that lie behind its conception, growth and success’ – Sohrab Panday
My life before seemed hopeless. I was self harming and frequently suicidal. Harmless is special because I’ve had counselling and therapy in the past and I’ve never felt so listened to. I don’t know where I’d be without Harmless